It would seem like little things, but they save a lot of time, effort and maternal nerves.
How to do everything if there are only 24 hours in a day? The workload on women is usually such that even to save money on sleep, food and time for oneself, it is still impossible to redo all the affairs. Time management tips – the Internet is full of them, but usually it all boils down to “get your husband / mother / girlfriends to help, hire a nanny.”
But this is not always possible. Therefore, mothers endlessly invent their own systems of how to manage everything and not die of fatigue: they invent, try in practice and, fortunately, share their successful experience. We have collected 20 cool life hacks that really work. Mothers assure that life with children becomes much easier.
1. Start a box for unpaired socks
“There are five of us: me, my husband and three children. There are many socks. After washing, I sort it out in pairs, throw off the lonely socks in one box. There is a time – I take it apart. Out of clean pair socks – you can dig in it and fish out the necessary ones. If you have no time, you should be careful.
2. Wash small items right away
“There is a liquid detergent dispenser on the side of the bathroom. Something small gets dirty – I wash it right away and throw it on the heated towel rail. It takes two minutes and the laundry does not accumulate. Very comfortable with panties and T-shirts soiled with food. “
3. Stock up on dry soup mixes
“Obviously, you shouldn’t get carried away with such food. But when there is absolutely time trouble, it is very convenient – pour it into boiling water, two minutes, and the soup is ready. And if there is a frozen broth, in general beauty. “
4. Do not throw away leftover food
“I bought plastic containers for one plate. There is usually so much soup in a saucepan, for 1 – 2 plates. I pour it into containers – and into the freezer. In case they returned from somewhere, the child is hungry, but there is no time to cook, five minutes in the microwave – and a hot lunch is ready. It’s the same with side dishes and main courses. “
5. Unfold the bedding
“After washing, I throw all the laundry into the general basket. Once a month, I disassemble and form sets for each bed: I fold the sheet, the duvet cover, and pack everything in a pillowcase. I put them in the wardrobes. When I need to change the linen, I just take out the right pillowcase, and that’s it. “
6. Buy frozen berries
“Instead of desserts and cookies, children chew frozen berries. Raspberries, cranberries, cherries are very fond of. And frozen corn in large packages – if they refuse to eat for some reason, then they gnaw corn with pleasure.
7. Throw out shoe boxes
“Ingenious storage bags from IKEA saved me from endless boxes. So the shoes take up much less space, and it is easier to find the right pair ”.
8. Container for dirty linen in the nursery
“My daughter was not yet three years old, and she was already throwing off her removed clothes. And there are trash cans in every room. They are not particularly visible, but everything is thrown out at once, nowhere lying around. “
9. Make semi-finished products
“I buy minced meat, cook cutlets from one part, twist small meatballs from another part and freeze it on a board or tray. Then I put it in a bag. Soup recipe in 10 minutes: boil water in a saucepan, throw in a handful of meatballs, a handful of frozen vegetables and a handful of pasta. “
10. Soup dressing for the future
“I make a large amount of frying for the soup: onions and carrots. Then I put it in freezer bags – and in the freezer. I break off as much as needed and throw it into the soup. I make borsch dressing according to the same principle. In 20 minutes you get two liters of borscht. “
11. Carry shoe covers
“If you are a small child, keep a pair of shoe covers in your pocket, put them on the legs of the child in transport, so as not to get the passengers dirty. In the car – so as not to stain the back of the chair and take mom if you need to take it in your arms. I carry a disposable diaper in my bag – it makes the perfect cover for a toilet bowl in a public place. Or put a bed under your feet, if you need to change the child’s shoes. “
12. Keep wet wipes in every room.
“In all rooms and in the bathroom it is obligatory! I wipe everything with them: dust, if something spilled, dripped. They perfectly wash everything: furniture, batteries, toilet, stove, taps. Especially the stove. Each child also has a box for personal junk (not clothes). They have autumn leaves mixed there, soap bubbles, other ‘very necessary’ nonsense, but nothing is lying around anywhere. “
13. Get a container for toys
“Plastic containers of 45 liters with lids are the best thing in the world. All my children’s toys fit into them. Three of these containers ensure perfect order in the nursery. And in containers of 30 liters, all shoes fit for spring, winter, summer for two children. “
14. Box for items worn once
“It’s early to wash, you can’t put clean things in the closet, you can’t hang it on a chair – and the room gets littered, and the children will carry everything. I allocated a drawer in the dresser for things that are worn once. It turned out to be the most ”.
15. Boil eggs with a stock
“I always keep boiled eggs, rice, buckwheat in the refrigerator. Eggs can be put into a salad with tuna or chicken, you can chop and mix with buckwheat and rice, put in a soup with a homemade egg, you can make a cabbage salad, you can just eat it – you already have the strength to wait for dinner. The child, while still not able to cook, can already take it from the refrigerator, peel it and eat – a good snack. “
16. Buy a hanging organizer for small items
“Pockets for small things – like for a bathroom, only for a room. Hanging on the door in the nursery, the daughter puts rubber bands, hairpins, small toys, pens and pencils, drawing supplies there. Nothing is lying around, it’s very convenient. “
17. Get a pet
“The dog at the time of the introduction of complementary foods is the best helper I have so as not to growl at the year-old who is throwing food. The dogs will pick up everything from the floor themselves. In general, pets helped me a lot to entertain my child when he was little, stimulated his motor development: he crawled after the cat, walked, holding on to the dog. “
18. Keep your plate in the freezer
“The plate in the freezer made my life a lot easier. The soup is boiling, the child is aching with hunger. Pour only the cooked soup into a cold plate – you can eat it right away. So it is with porridge in the morning. “
19. Freeze grated vegetables
“I don’t like to grate carrots, so I rub more with a nozzle in a meat grinder or grater, into a container – and into a freezer. It’s the same with beets. “
20. Plan your menu
“Come up with what to cook during the week, calculate the products, order with delivery. Delivery is usually free of charge, a lot of time is saved. And you don’t need to break your head once again to cook for dinner. “