I've had a couple friends ask how I work out with kids present annnnnnd I'll go ahead and share that now.
I'll usually try and do my workout during Coles nap but if he's really fighting it I'll just put him in the pack and play for independent quiet play and usually he will fall asleep on his own anyway.
Ezykiel is now normally in school when I do my work outs but if he's home (like now bc fall break) than he also has quiet independent time. Since Cole is confined during this time it's when I allow Zekes to play with all his art stuff since he requires very little supervision. Cole is still in the oral stage, meaning he puts things in his mouth from time to time so he cannot be roaming free when Ezykiel has a hundred tiny things laying around.
I have a bunch of stuff in a bin for him to choose from; all of which work on fine motor skills. Some examples in pics, I have wooden beads that he can string on pipe cleaners, we are starting to learn patterns right now. I have stencils in shapes, letters, numbers and shapes. Both to work on finger strength and letter/number/shape recognition. I allow crayons only and color pencils...although he is old enough to know where his "art station" is, I will take no chances and don't want markers on my walls. I also drew out a bunch of simple shapes in sharpie in his paper book if he wants to practice using kid scissors. Scissors on an obvious note help both with muscle strengthening and dexterity.
There's actually alot of things he can choose to do and I could go on for days. If anyone's actually interested I might make a separate post.
Anyway my work out is an hour and some change and Coles nap is usually two hours. I usually split that second hour and work with Zekes on whatever (patterns/drawings/painting) and than make lunch. When Cole wakes up everyone gets fed before we head out for whatever afternoon activity.
I'll usually try and do my workout during Coles nap but if he's really fighting it I'll just put him in the pack and play for independent quiet play and usually he will fall asleep on his own anyway.
Ezykiel is now normally in school when I do my work outs but if he's home (like now bc fall break) than he also has quiet independent time. Since Cole is confined during this time it's when I allow Zekes to play with all his art stuff since he requires very little supervision. Cole is still in the oral stage, meaning he puts things in his mouth from time to time so he cannot be roaming free when Ezykiel has a hundred tiny things laying around.
I have a bunch of stuff in a bin for him to choose from; all of which work on fine motor skills. Some examples in pics, I have wooden beads that he can string on pipe cleaners, we are starting to learn patterns right now. I have stencils in shapes, letters, numbers and shapes. Both to work on finger strength and letter/number/shape recognition. I allow crayons only and color pencils...although he is old enough to know where his "art station" is, I will take no chances and don't want markers on my walls. I also drew out a bunch of simple shapes in sharpie in his paper book if he wants to practice using kid scissors. Scissors on an obvious note help both with muscle strengthening and dexterity.
There's actually alot of things he can choose to do and I could go on for days. If anyone's actually interested I might make a separate post.
Anyway my work out is an hour and some change and Coles nap is usually two hours. I usually split that second hour and work with Zekes on whatever (patterns/drawings/painting) and than make lunch. When Cole wakes up everyone gets fed before we head out for whatever afternoon activity.
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