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Ohhhh, podcasts are my catnip! I love Pop Culture Happy Hour, Pantsuit Nation, What Should I Read Next, and Slate Culture Gabfest
@beckygean that sounds interesting! Haha.
I love The Lazy Genius Podcast, Risen Motherhood, Simple, Sorta Awesome, and Coffee and Crumbs. Honourable mentions: Stuff You Should Know, Sleeping at Last Podcast (enneagram episodes), and The Popcast.
In the winter tv takes place of a lot of outdoor play in my home. Where we live the sun is only up for 3-5 hours a day from December to February, and it’s usually -40°C before windchill. However in the summer the sun is up 24/7 so we don’t have much screen time, only on stormy or sick days, and spend a lot of time outside instead. It’s all about balance here.
I’m in Northwest Territories, Canada, not too far from Santa. ;) It’s a little fly-in community of about 500 people.
reading Marie Kondo’s book and then the Netflix show gave me a push to donate toys given from loved ones that aren’t used but i was feeling like i had to keep around because a certain relative had gifted it.
I get down on her level and try to name the emotions – “You feel so frustrated/sad/upset.” I try to get her to say it too. It does seem to diffuse things most of the time. :)
We are a military family and love using the phone for communication! When Dad is gone on trips or deployments, it’s so nice to be able to open up Christmas presents via FaceTime. At the same time, I find myself some days leaning on screens as a distraction to help get things done. It’s really challenged me to figure out other ways to help our toddler cope. For example, instead of watching videos of Dad every single evening before bed or naptime, we made a photo album and read a deployment book. Or if I find myself wanting to put him in front of a movie to cook dinner- I try to incorporate him by helping me. It’s been such an interesting transition for us!
We are striving towards cutting out as much screen time as we can in order to treasure the family time we are able to have together. We do have a tradition of watching a movie once a week on Friday nights! We really look forward to it- we cook dinner together, make popcorn and snuggle on an air mattress/blanket fort.
I made a snack mix yesterday and little man had fun sorting and counting for our math activity. It wasn’t the healthiest likely…Rice Chex, Bugles, pretzels, Cheeze-its, and cashews with an all natural ranch seasoning blend. So good!
I love the busy box idea! I have my three year old “do work” with me. She has workbooks that she can do alongside me when I’m doing computer work.
