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Pro tip to help you get an extra bit of sleep on the weekends

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When my kids hit that age where they can start to do some things, but they struggled with pouring themselves milk (4 or 5 maybe?), we used to put a small cup of milk in the fridge on Friday nights. When they woke up Saturday morning way earlier than we wanted to be up, they poured themselves bowls of cereal and then took the cup out of the fridge and poured it in the bowl for themselves. Turned on cartoons.

Eliminated the "I'm hungry! Can I have breakfast?" on weekends. Usually gave us another 30-45 minutes in bed. Plus they always felt v grown up to be handling things themselves.

Posted Jul 28, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

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Hossman687•

Life hack right there.. nicely done 👍

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imlittleeric•

I like this. Am i understanding my 5 year old though by thinking expect in him to navigate to a tv show with the remote is a little much?

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tigris1286•

Set the channel the night before so it's on it when it turns on?

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imlittleeric•

I forgot some people still watch tv over the air. We are a streaming house

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tigris1286•

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, my household is old-school.

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beetrootdip•

In australia, the sequence is ‘red button then press 2 twice’ and you get the tv on and kids shows. How complicated is it with your set up? Your 5 year old has got this

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jt64•

My 5 year old knows how to navigate multiple apps to watch what she is allowed to. We have Saturday and Sunday as special days where she can get up and watch tv in the mornings. Took a bit to teach her but she's got it now.

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1blockOP•

Lol. Yeah. We had it on the air, but that option is disappearing

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beetrootdip•

In australia, the sequence is ‘red button then press 2 twice’ and you get the tv on and kids shows. How complicated is it with your set up? Your 5 year old has got this

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Aggravating-Plate814•

Good tip! Some Cheerios dumped on a low coffee table used to grant me about 10 minutes to prepare actual breakfast for the family. Little tips like this can really add up

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Metallic-Blue•

We did this, and re-used the mini-gallon jugs so the kids would feel like big kids.

And now we're up to 3 gallons a week. Teenagers man....

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SaddestDad79•

Very good suggestion. I wish there was something similar for infants because...ours is kicking our butts.

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SirMammoth772•

Airplane Mode - White noise sound to Focus , Study & Relax (ASMR) https://youtu.be/I-coGBnBGw8

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