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[quote=Anonymous]How much do you really expect your 10mo to engage with kits?! Also, yes, there’s a certain amount of clean up for the infant at mealtime, but you clean up should be as simple as picking up 2-3 balls, a few blocks, a mat, etc. The 4yo should be cleaning up for themself. This AP has never had experience with an infant and a preschooler (Preschool classrooms have a cohort within an age range. Even Montessori won’t put a 10mo and a 4yo in the same class.), and you’re expecting her to know how to balance needs. Write a schedule around the baby’s meals and naps. Your 4yo plays independently while the baby is awake, then she has an activity or kit for the baby’s naptime. Your 4yo is old enough to have verbal reminders of what to clean up from their play or activity while she diapers, soothes and/or feeds the baby. Please stop expecting an AP to be a nanny.[/quote]
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