Prepping for the week ruins my Sundays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feed my kids cheerioes for breakfast, box mac and cheese and chicken nuggets for dinner and send abes muffins and made good bars as snacks because while my kids don't have allergies, their friends and classmates do, and I don't feel sorry about it (wow, the judgment on here!)

Same, but I'll brag here, as I have kids who only eat crap processed proteins, but will happily eat a bowl full of vegetables, so you win some, you lose some. Judge me for my box mac and cheese dinners, but my kids also eat bowls of carrots, peas, and broccoli without complaint, as it seems we're one upping each other on the food judgment comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, whole foods sells allergen free kids muffins. Abe's brands. Just find a place to buy these in bulk.

https://www.abesmuffins.com/

Also, I skip laundry for the kids every week. It's not going to hurt anyone. Twice a month is fine.

For dinners, just get used to basic cooked meat and roasted/microwaved vegetable side for weekdays. This is quick and easy and you don't need to prep it on the weekends. For instance, our dinner: Air fryer panko chicken breasts and roasted asparagus.

PS, also for other allergy friendly snacks, look at Made Good bars and products.

Abes suck. Sorry not sorry. They are gross and MadeGoodbars are great in a pinch when you have to use individually-packaged snacks but they have no fiber and no protein. Yall are seriously ladysplaining being a parent to a kid with allergies who still needs their nutritional needs met. GO GET A JOB.

Compare the 1g protein and 1g fiber muffins you linked to these: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/veggie-loaded-chocolate-protein-muffins/#recipe they have 7g protein and 8g fiber.

That's great, I ain't got no time to whip these up, apparently you do? F off you out of touch DCUM rich you know what.

I make 65k per year still dont waste my money buying sugar bars vs making a batch of muffins.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feed my kids cheerioes for breakfast, box mac and cheese and chicken nuggets for dinner and send abes muffins and made good bars as snacks because while my kids don't have allergies, their friends and classmates do, and I don't feel sorry about it (wow, the judgment on here!)

Same, but I'll brag here, as I have kids who only eat crap processed proteins, but will happily eat a bowl full of vegetables, so you win some, you lose some. Judge me for my box mac and cheese dinners, but my kids also eat bowls of carrots, peas, and broccoli without complaint, as it seems we're one upping each other on the food judgment comments.

That isnt what the problem is the problem is OP asked for help and wondered if it was normal and literally 3 out of 5 posters focused on the muffin making. And CONTINUED after OP said she wasnt willing to cut that part out. AND then said well thats your problem heres other options. She already said she wasnt willing to change that and got ideas (that didnt include muffins) from other posters.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, whole foods sells allergen free kids muffins. Abe's brands. Just find a place to buy these in bulk.

https://www.abesmuffins.com/

Also, I skip laundry for the kids every week. It's not going to hurt anyone. Twice a month is fine.

For dinners, just get used to basic cooked meat and roasted/microwaved vegetable side for weekdays. This is quick and easy and you don't need to prep it on the weekends. For instance, our dinner: Air fryer panko chicken breasts and roasted asparagus.

PS, also for other allergy friendly snacks, look at Made Good bars and products.

Abes suck. Sorry not sorry. They are gross and MadeGoodbars are great in a pinch when you have to use individually-packaged snacks but they have no fiber and no protein. Yall are seriously ladysplaining being a parent to a kid with allergies who still needs their nutritional needs met. GO GET A JOB.

Compare the 1g protein and 1g fiber muffins you linked to these: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/veggie-loaded-chocolate-protein-muffins/#recipe they have 7g protein and 8g fiber.

That's great, I ain't got no time to whip these up, apparently you do? F off you out of touch DCUM rich you know what.

I make 65k per year still dont waste my money buying sugar bars vs making a batch of muffins.

And you sound miserable and you ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MAKE A BATCH OF MUFFINS ALL THE TIME(?!?!) which makes you judgmental you know what of parents who don't have that kinda time. I'm judgmental of your judgmentalness. Go get over yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, whole foods sells allergen free kids muffins. Abe's brands. Just find a place to buy these in bulk.

https://www.abesmuffins.com/

Also, I skip laundry for the kids every week. It's not going to hurt anyone. Twice a month is fine.

For dinners, just get used to basic cooked meat and roasted/microwaved vegetable side for weekdays. This is quick and easy and you don't need to prep it on the weekends. For instance, our dinner: Air fryer panko chicken breasts and roasted asparagus.

PS, also for other allergy friendly snacks, look at Made Good bars and products.

Abes suck. Sorry not sorry. They are gross and MadeGoodbars are great in a pinch when you have to use individually-packaged snacks but they have no fiber and no protein. Yall are seriously ladysplaining being a parent to a kid with allergies who still needs their nutritional needs met. GO GET A JOB.

Compare the 1g protein and 1g fiber muffins you linked to these: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/veggie-loaded-chocolate-protein-muffins/#recipe they have 7g protein and 8g fiber.

That's great, I ain't got no time to whip these up, apparently you do? F off you out of touch DCUM rich you know what.

I make 65k per year still dont waste my money buying sugar bars vs making a batch of muffins.

And you sound miserable and you ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MAKE A BATCH OF MUFFINS ALL THE TIME(?!?!) which makes you judgmental you know what of parents who don't have that kinda time. I'm judgmental of your judgmentalness. Go get over yourself.

No Im pointing out that the suggestion to BUY pre-made goods isnt a choice OP is willing to make so stop harping on it. She asked for other alternatives and yall kept going so I thought I could make it more clear why that isnt an option for some people. Each parent has to make hard choices. OP already told yall that the muffins are staying. Give her other suggestions. Maybe its only changing the sheets bi weekly. Maybe its doing more during the week. Maybe its hiring a cleaner.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, whole foods sells allergen free kids muffins. Abe's brands. Just find a place to buy these in bulk.

https://www.abesmuffins.com/

Also, I skip laundry for the kids every week. It's not going to hurt anyone. Twice a month is fine.

For dinners, just get used to basic cooked meat and roasted/microwaved vegetable side for weekdays. This is quick and easy and you don't need to prep it on the weekends. For instance, our dinner: Air fryer panko chicken breasts and roasted asparagus.

PS, also for other allergy friendly snacks, look at Made Good bars and products.

Abes suck. Sorry not sorry. They are gross and MadeGoodbars are great in a pinch when you have to use individually-packaged snacks but they have no fiber and no protein. Yall are seriously ladysplaining being a parent to a kid with allergies who still needs their nutritional needs met. GO GET A JOB.

Compare the 1g protein and 1g fiber muffins you linked to these: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/veggie-loaded-chocolate-protein-muffins/#recipe they have 7g protein and 8g fiber.

That's great, I ain't got no time to whip these up, apparently you do? F off you out of touch DCUM rich you know what.

I make 65k per year still dont waste my money buying sugar bars vs making a batch of muffins.

And you sound miserable and you ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MAKE A BATCH OF MUFFINS ALL THE TIME(?!?!) which makes you judgmental you know what of parents who don't have that kinda time. I'm judgmental of your judgmentalness. Go get over yourself.

No Im pointing out that the suggestion to BUY pre-made goods isnt a choice OP is willing to make so stop harping on it. She asked for other alternatives and yall kept going so I thought I could make it more clear why that isnt an option for some people. Each parent has to make hard choices. OP already told yall that the muffins are staying. Give her other suggestions. Maybe its only changing the sheets bi weekly. Maybe its doing more during the week. Maybe its hiring a cleaner.

That's fine, but someone made a suggestion and someone else then followed up with insulting the parent to "get a job" rather than just politely explaining why it doesn't work. So they got insulted back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is repulsive to many but we don't change the sheets weekly. Maybe monthly. Maybe. So far nothing awful has happened.

Also we really only do the bathrooms when company is coming over, or when it actually looks dirty. If there's that pinkish scum, it's time for a wipe. If it still looks ok, it's ok.

Same, we have done this for years. My kids shower plenty, wear clean clothes, and don't stink. I know when they do stink, so I'm not just immune to their smell. If you shower daily, sheets don't get that dirty.

Ditto. But don’t say this on the other thread - they will call you gross and unhygienic

[Anonymous]

Agree with cleaning bathrooms while your kids are in the bath, and doing a load of laundry each day.

I also bake double batches and freeze when I do.

Have to say that I love that most of the "hire a cleaner" suggestions make no mention of affordability. Or "my nanny does that." The privilege of DCUM astounds me sometimes....

[Anonymous]

At least your DH plays with the kids. Mine lies around and the kids watch hours of screens while I prep for the week and then I feel guilty on top of being exhausted.

[Anonymous]

Just here to sympathize with you, OP.

I was off over MLK weekend and realized that I could just kick back and play with the kids on MOnday.....now all I need are three day weekends!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, whole foods sells allergen free kids muffins. Abe's brands. Just find a place to buy these in bulk.

https://www.abesmuffins.com/

Also, I skip laundry for the kids every week. It's not going to hurt anyone. Twice a month is fine.

For dinners, just get used to basic cooked meat and roasted/microwaved vegetable side for weekdays. This is quick and easy and you don't need to prep it on the weekends. For instance, our dinner: Air fryer panko chicken breasts and roasted asparagus.

PS, also for other allergy friendly snacks, look at Made Good bars and products.

Abes suck. Sorry not sorry. They are gross and MadeGoodbars are great in a pinch when you have to use individually-packaged snacks but they have no fiber and no protein. Yall are seriously ladysplaining being a parent to a kid with allergies who still needs their nutritional needs met. GO GET A JOB.

Compare the 1g protein and 1g fiber muffins you linked to these: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/veggie-loaded-chocolate-protein-muffins/#recipe they have 7g protein and 8g fiber.

That's great, I ain't got no time to whip these up, apparently you do? F off you out of touch DCUM rich you know what.

I make 65k per year still dont waste my money buying sugar bars vs making a batch of muffins.

And you sound miserable and you ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MAKE A BATCH OF MUFFINS ALL THE TIME(?!?!) which makes you judgmental you know what of parents who don't have that kinda time. I'm judgmental of your judgmentalness. Go get over yourself.

No Im pointing out that the suggestion to BUY pre-made goods isnt a choice OP is willing to make so stop harping on it. She asked for other alternatives and yall kept going so I thought I could make it more clear why that isnt an option for some people. Each parent has to make hard choices. OP already told yall that the muffins are staying. Give her other suggestions. Maybe its only changing the sheets bi weekly. Maybe its doing more during the week. Maybe its hiring a cleaner.

That's fine, but someone made a suggestion and someone else then followed up with insulting the parent to "get a job" rather than just politely explaining why it doesn't work. So they got insulted back.

You are right. That was me and I apologize. This is a thorny issue for me and I responded unkindly.

[Anonymous]

now THIS is a good tips thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, head on over to the parenting hacks thread in the General Parenting forum for some other good tips (the ones shared here are good, too!).

Stop folding laundry
Stop doing anything other than Bleach wiping the bathrooms
Double or triple those muffins and freeze them

How does that save that much time cleaning toilets and the floors?
I think cleaning 10-20 minutes a day keeps a lot of things at bay and clears up my weekends.

[Anonymous]

I demand OP come back and explain why she hasn't hired a nanny and a house cleaner yet! Doesn't she know the weekends could be her own if she just outsourced the muffin-making???

[Anonymous]

I think we need three-day weekends. The two day weekend is arbitrary and we are more productive than ever.

Stop fighting each other and fight The Man.