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[quote=Anonymous]Cut up fresh veggies as soon as you buy them. You'll always have a healthy snack on hand. Add those to any unhealthy meal (or takeout!) and you'll feel ok!

Make lunches in batches. My dd doesn't notice or care is her pbj sandwich has been in the fridge for 3 days. I usually make 3 at a time.

Cleaning the bathroom while the kids are in the bath. I also taught my daughter to take a shower by herself before she was 4. She didn't do it every day, and she didn't get as clean as I could have gotten her, but soap on hair and body was good enough most days.

Family clean up time. We put on clean up music and everyone tidies (I have a 4yo and 2yo and our house is small, so kitchen/living room/playroom are all basically one space).

Certain toys have parts that come apart bc they're cheap. Superglue. We have this small toy ice cream cart that the kids love but they pull apart all the accessories (the menu, the horn, etc, all of which are supposed to be fixed to the toy but we're falling off constantly.  Glueing them reduces small parts to pick up. Or just avoid those toys in general :)

Set up the room for what we'll want ready in the morning. Pour milk into cups (my kids have milk first thing). Have oatmeal sitting in water/milk in a bowl overnight in the fridge. Have coffee maker ready to go or auto programmed. Clothes, shoes, outdoor gear laid out and ready on school mornings. Any morning "grab and go" is helpful.

We also do lots of playground dinners. I often pick up the kids from daycare/school and hit the playground, have a simple sandwich picnic dinner outside. No clean up! Come home, bath, bed.

Minimize evening routine/expectations. We read in the morning and after dinner, but not as part of the bedtime routine. Once dinner is over it's straight to bath, pjs, teeth, bed. Once they're in pjs its maybe 15mins before we're out of their room and done for the night.[/quote]

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