Quick Toddler Lunch!

I believe that I am currently parenting one of the pickyest toddlers there is... of course, I also believe that most parents feel this way at one point or another!

 

After yet another lunchtime of me watching my child push one thing after another off of her tray, I just about gave up and let her eat popcorn and peanut butter. However, I decided to try one more thing, and go figure, it worked!

 

It's basically homemade Mac 'n Cheese, but with Spaghetti noodles instead of Elbow pasta.

 

• Boil the noodles and drain
• Add in a slice of cheese
• Add a touch of milk and/or butter to make it creamy

... viola'! Success!!!

I left the noodles full length. They made for added fun (and added Mommy free time) during lunch time!



Snack Time!

I'd pinned a pin about feeding a toddler by filling compartments of a muffin tin. "Brilliant", I thought! However, one muffin try dropped onto the tile floor and a screaming baby (who likes to be woken from a nap like that?) later, and I knew I needed another way. An egg carton worked perfectly! Quiet when dropped, small compartments, and more compartments (which can also be a downfall trying to fill!).



No more lost pacifier!

The best time saver that I've found yet... hanging the pacifier on the wall. No more middle of the night searching for that teeny tiny little thing buried in the blanket, or under a stuffie, or between the crib mattress and the slats.

I just took a plastic stick-on hook, put it on the wall (well out of baby reach) and viola'! An instant pacifier holder! I can put two on there, and in the middle of the night, grab one off of there for instant quiet baby, then do a quick sweep of the crib for the 'missing' pacifier. If I find it, great, I hang it up, if not, I have another one on the hook for later!