You collapse onto the sofa, ready to binge a season of your new favorite dramedy. Maybe you took a hot shower and poured yourself some wine.🍷😌 It's been a long day, after all, and you deserve to relax with some #SelfCare.
⏳️ Ten seconds later... ⏳️
You're on the floor with a pacifier in your mouth, being handed a stuffie and a bottle of apple juice. A little gasp escapes your suckling lips as your jeans come off and a bunny-soft diaper slides under your butt. Change of plans. It's Tummy Time. Right now. Your head is spinning.
😵💫 What just happened? 😵💫
Small things don't have a lot of control over what happens to them. They get picked up, set down, passed off, tossed around...and very rarely asked or notified when they're about to experience a random interruption. After all, they're SMALL. What are they going to do about it?
Caregivers: even if it isn't practical to physically haul your kiddo away from whatever they were doing, you can simulate the experience by randomly changing their plans at a moment's notice!
Is your Little in the middle of playing a video game? "You're going to pause that and suck your thumb for ten minutes, cutie pie."
Are they scrolling on their phone in the living room? "It's time to read some kids' books for a half-hour, sweetie."
Did they just start watching a movie? "You need to change your diaper, honey. Hop to it."
It's not about planning all their activites or taking away their free time. You're just sprinkling their life with little reminders that they're so small, so itty bitty, so teensy weensy, you can just pick them up and set them down in front of a new activity.
Whenever you feel like it.
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