Alone with baby?

How am I supposed to cook, or eat, or shower, or wash up? How do you do those things if you have a 1 year old screaming at your feet. I just don't do the things 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I shower with him in the room which usually ends up with him crawling into the shower with me but at this point I just embrace it 🤣

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I've done that but he runs about and slips, or goes and wees on the mats, or sits there and shivers naked on the floor

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Mine helps in kitchen has a helper to worktop give him little tasks. Shower usually comes in bathroom, passes me his toys. And eating he and I eat together even if I have small bit then eat more once he is asleep

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Play pen. Stair gate

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Pop him in the high chair and offer a snack which works for me when I need to eat or cook. Showering I often wait till she’s asleep or my partner is home so he can look after her/watch baby monitor. And cleaning I’ll either again pop her in the highchair or if I’m cleaning the living room/hoovering and dusting she just potters about “helping” me x

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he screams like his arms and legs are falling off 😳

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These are all good tips, and if you can, setting them up with a task or activity before you start can usually buy you some time, but just want to acknowledge that it is actually super hard! You're not wrong to find it hard.

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Play pen! We're getting our girl used to hers now at 8 months old!

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Can you put him in the cot , chair, play pen etc with toys? Even if you need to put something on the TV for abit to help you get something done

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I feel you, my almost 2 years old shout and screams a lot too, and often just for attention...can't really do much and no village

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I will shower with my 1 yo or put her in the bath whilst I shower. With eating I eat when she eats & we eat pretty much the same thing! Cooking can be more difficult bcos some dinners need a lot of attention / time but a bit of screen time or an activity can give you a bit of time or get them involved with a helping tower, a lot of the time I will do dinner prep during nap time so it’s just a case of letting it simmer or chucking it in the oven when the time comes x

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High chair or if I’m cleaning give him a duster or the dust pan and brush then he feels like he’s helping. When I’m cooking he has a pot and a spoon or plastic bowl. I try to do things when I know he’s not a near a nap or call it a day when he’s just had enough.

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