August 5, 2016: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices - Keeping the Family Trains Running

Topic

UT Moms Meeting: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices - Keeping the Family Trains Running

Date

05 Aug 2016

Attendees

Other Attendees: Kayla Ford Yesenia Sanchez Courtney Ann Sy Julia D Chinnock Jones, Laura M @kyle hernandez Corson, Sara L

Discussion Notes

Knock Knock: Notepads to help planning (What to Eat, This Weekend, Things Moms Really Really Needs, Daily Intention Tracker) Can order online at: http://knockknockstuff.com/product-category/notepads/?gclid=CMTNneniqs4CFYGHaQodOkMNjg or buy at World Market, Paper Place, or Amazon
Break the weekend into quadrants (Sat morning, Sat afternoon, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon): only plan one big thing in each quadrant
Apps to help with lists: Wunderlist, Out of Milk (can mark if you have a coupon), Our Groceries (keeps a list of most common items added, Evernote
Meal Planning Tips
- Try to avoid meal prep (buy pre-cut items, pick things that don't require as much prep)
- Have a leftover day the day before trash pick-up to clean out items in the fridge
- Cook meat on Sunday and stretch it throughout the week in different forms (tacos, sandwiches, etc)
- One crockpot meal each weekend to help for the week
Kid Lunch options
- Spinach, hummus and tortillas
- Peanuts
- Almond butter
- Pack the night before (plan for 2 nights at a time)
Cleaning Tips
- Roomba: worth every penny! Good with dog hair, empty it out every day; you can schdule it to run at certain times of the day
- Do deep cleaning on a cycle (so by the end of the month, the whole house will be cleaned)
Chores
- Start early if you can (some moms started around 5 generally, and at age 7 usually need less supervision)
- Think of ideas to help incentivize "If you do laundry, you get to keep anything in the pockets!"
Whatever you do, BE CONSISTENT and FOLLOW THROUGH (with both rewards and consequences)
Don't put time limits on consequences (take it away until you think they have learned their lesson)
Working Out/Exercising
- Camp Gladiator in the morning
- Get Fit through UT
- Go to gym at lunch with an accountability partner
- Desk Exercises (from Kinesiology)
- Use child as accountability partner: we will take you to the swings and hten afterward, we do 2 laps around the park
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Redefine what a "work out" is: it may no longer be an hour long time at the gym but more like walking the dog
- Use a fitbit to keep you more aware
PodCast: Mom and Dad are Fighting (parenting topics); share triumphs or fails for the week and suggestions

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