Do You Schedule Like Mother Theresa?


I have been a Stay at home Mom for other a year now.  I love it!  I feel so blessed every day to get to spend time with our little girl.  I realize that I do need help as this article and many others state.  Depression in high in this field of work. 

 In this blog post  I found Mother Theresa's simple schedule of Missionaries:

Daily Schedule for the Missionaries of Charity
4:30-5:00 Rise and get cleaned up
5:00-6:30 Prayers and Mass
6:30-8:00 Breakfast and cleanup
8:00-12:30 Work for the poor
12:30-2:30 Lunch and rest
2:30-3:00 Spiritual reading and meditation
3:00-3:15 Tea break
3:15-4:30 Adoration
4:30-7:30 Work for the poor
7:30-9:00 Dinner and clean up
9:00-9:45 Night prayers
9:45 Bedtime

How can I implement a similar schedule in my life?  What does your schedule look like?  Does it reflect your goals in life?  Do you take time for prayer?  Would a simple schedule make your life less crazy?  What do we feel the need to make ourselves busy all day to feel fulfilled?     

I hope to learn the lesson of keeping things simple and working towards a goal every day.  




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Lisa is the creator of the blog Charlie-The-Cavalier and His Friends, Family, and Home.  She is also the author of 50 Things to Know Before Having a Baby..  Send Lisa Rusczyk and email at lbrennec@gmail.com.  
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5 Things to Know To Get Your Preschooler to Behave


Guest Post- Gemma Dawson

Here is another guest post from Gemma Dawson.  I don't have a Preschooler yet but I will soon.  I hope you read and enjoy the tips.  Again, Gemma lives in England so there is a British twist to these tips.  

 Many parents have problems with their under 5 year old's and behaviour, whether this is temper tantrums, not doing as they are told or blatantly ignoring you as a parent. The first step to take is to see why their behaviour has slipped, this could be a number of reasons:

  • They are not getting enough attention at home
  • The atmosphere at home is one of constant arguing
  • Two parents cannot agree on discipline.
  • The child is bored and unstimulated
  • The child doesn't understand what is expected of them
The easiest way to conquer most of these is to talk to your child through the day, make sure there is no shouting or arguing in the household and agree with your partner what is good and bad behaviour. Remember sometimes parents will be fine with one thing and the other will think that is naughty so both parents need to compromise and work together because the minute you don't work together it creates problems as your child gets confused.

There are easy ways to deal with children's bad behaviour

1. Tantrums

Ignore your child when they are having a tantrum. Tell them once a tantrum will not help anything and you will not be listening until they stop the tantrum and tell you properly.

2. Boredom 

Most children get bored sometimes especially in winter so make sure your child is stimulated, whether that is toddler groups, nursery, getting out and about and visiting new places or providing craft and stimulating toys in the house.

3. Not listening

The naughty step is good for kids who do not listen or do as they are told, they need to go on it for minutes according to their age and explain to them why they are on there and they need to stay there to think about how they behaved.

4. No shouting or hitting

Sometimes kids do test your patience however shouting and hitting is a definite no no, because all it does it says to the children you can hit and you can shout and no child should ever think that behaviour is okay.


5. Good Behaviour

Good behaviour should be rewarded either with stickers or something else the child likes. You could even have a reward chart for things like getting dressed, putting coat and shoes on, toilet training reward charts, helping in the house rewards just for maybe moving their plates and rubbish to the sink and bin.

I hope these tips have been useful in encouraging good behaviour and how to deal with bad behaviour. I am Gemma, mother of 3 gorgeous children and owner of a party supplies business offering themes such as octonauts party supplies .

Other Materials on Child Behavior: 




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Milk Jug, Plastic Spoons, and Forks Activity

As a new Mom I don't have too much extra stuff around the house.  But we do feed the baby and she drinks milk.  So this combination activity was free and entertaining to watch. 

What activities have you created for your toddler with things around the house?  









About Lisa Rusczyk
Lisa is the creator of the blog Charlie-The-Cavalier and His Friends, Family, and Home.  She is also the author of 50 Things to Know Before Having a Baby..  Send Lisa Rusczyk and email at lbrennec@gmail.com.  
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Kitchen Organization


Pots and Pan Storage

This is where we keep all the pots, pans, crock pot, rice cooker, and pressure cooker.  The pan rack and the lid rack are very helpful.  



Note Paper and Mail

These letter storage containers are from Ikea.  I secured them to the wall with L brackets.  We keep pens and paper in the top one and mail and bills in the bottom.  



Dish Storage

This cabinet contains many organized items.  The top shelf is a shelf that I can not reach.  Here we put storage for food that we found on sale.  The second shelf has our  food storage container organizers   and measuring cups.  The last shelf has our plates  and bowels on storage racks.  I love the corelle  dish set because they are very easy to stack.  We bought two sets so we would have enough for guests or if we just need to get more wash done.  





Silverware

I love having all the same silverware.  Keeping them organized in a simple, easy to clean in the dishwasher tray is easy.  I bought these at Ross on sale. 



Kitchen Tools

Before I cleaned out this drawer there was 3x as many serving spoons in this drawer.  I put the other spoons in the holiday section over the refrigerator (a cabinet we don't use often) and only kept the things that we use the most in this drawer.  





About Lisa Rusczyk
Lisa is the creator of the blog Charlie-The-Cavalier and His Friends, Family, and Home.  She is also the author of 50 Things to Know Before Having a Baby..  Send Lisa Rusczyk and email at lbrennec@gmail.com.  


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