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When making lunch for the children, make an extra plate of food (or two depending on how many you are feeding), wrap it in plastic wrap, refrigerate it and serve it another day when you are pinched for time. (Your employers will probably love this if you leave it for them to use on the weekends!)
If you take a diaper-wearing child to the pool, put a swim diaper on over their regular diaper. Then, when you get to the pool, all you have to do is pull down the swim diaper, take off the regular diaper and pull the swim diaper back up. This way, you don’t have to completely change the child at the pool.
Fix lunches and lay out clothes the day before a big outing, especially when you are leaving in the morning.
In your local grocery store, make a list of the items in each aisle, then make a shopping list in that order. Copy this list and keep it in the kitchen so everyone can easily update it. With an organized list, you’ll do less backtracking and have fewer overall trips to the store.
At the grocery store, ask that the cold and frozen food be bagged together so if your time is crunched, you only have to bring in the cold items right away and can get the other groceries when you have more time.
Put sunscreen on the kids right before you leave for the park or pool so once you get there the kids are ready to play!
So it’s easier to get out the door, load the car for the upcoming trip while the children are napping or busy with a different project.
Before you arrive at a destination, verbally review the rules or expectations in the car. Let them know what is going to happen next so that once you arrive the children aren’t surprised by rules they weren’t aware of (e.g. when we get to the pool, we need to remember not to run, etc.)
Whenever possible, offer a child choices. Children will argue less if they are offered a choice. For example, instead of saying, “You need to do your homework” offer a choice, such as, “What would you like to do first, your homework or clean up the family room mess?” (If the response is, “neither,” you can smile and say, “That wasn’t one of the choices. Homework or clean up?”)
If it works for your employer, do all the laundry once a week.

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