Just wanted to let you know your videos keep me sane! My daughter was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It has been a very hard week to say the least. I am trying to create a sense of back to normalcy for her and me as much as we can. Just watching your videos I missed put me back into a routine and calm space. Thank you for all the great advice and motivation!
Oh my goodness!! What an amazing comment that means SO much to me! I’m so sorry you are dealing with health issues with your daughter. I will continue pumping out videos! If you ever have ideas for videos you want me to do, feel free to send me a DM on Instagram (worklifeglue). I’m so happy to help! 💖
Hey! This is great! Habit stacking is so true! When my daughter was a newborn and extremely demanding, most days I would forget to wash my face&brush my teeth at the end of the day so what I did was add it into her bedtime routine and lullabies which I sung to her in the bathroom that way I could not forget to take care of myself too
Loved this and needed this! For the first 7 years of motherhood I did an in-home daycare and now I’m working outside of the home teaching first grade. Time management and productivity have been the biggest challenge in regards to transitioning from working inside the home vs outside the home. I feel like I’m always behind in my life away from school. I’m excited to try time blocking and I’m making a list of my main priorities today! Thank you for the encouragement.
I’m so glad it was helpful!!! That transition is so hard I’m sure!!! Know that you may not be able to do everything like you did before and give yourself grace!
Hi Sarah, omg you have no idea how much this episode helped me. I usually listen to your podcast, but in the app I'm using I can't leave reviews. You are brilliant, always help me get motivated! I agree we have to listen to our bodies and make our own schedules. I have a four-year-old who was terrible at sleeping. It cost me so much energy! I wished I saw a video like this back then :D
Do your kids listen to staying in their rooms in the morning? This is a big struggle for me. I hate starting my day yelling or consequences, but my 3 year old wakes up at 5 or 530. He's a go go kid, so it's like "I want breakfast, wipe me, I want a craft." All before 5! Sorta losing it over here. 🤯
Mine are 100% the same way but they stay in their rooms until 6:30. They go through phases where they push the boundaries on this but I don’t ever give in. They have okay to wake clocks and have things they can do in their rooms. My 6 year old doesn’t push the boundaries in that area anymore. She’s usually up by 5:30 and will read, draw, play with her dollhouse, listen to music, etc. until it’s time to come out. 2-5 year olds are boundary-pushers by nature. They are testing to see if we mean business. So we have to follow through. Trust me, it hard, and I get irritated too, but I’d you stay consistent it will pay off. Try out different things he can do in the morning when he wakes up. Get a special toy, have a sticker chart with a fun reward, have a radio (we love our Yoto Player for this purpose) he can use in the mornings, etc. I hope that helps! Keep it up - he will stop pushing eventually!
@@HomeschoolGlue it's definitely a struggle 😫 we're going to have to try something though bc we're on another week of a closed preschool for covid. So I need my time in the early morning to get some work done now. Also have a baby who will be walking before I know it. I'll try some of those techniques you suggested for my preschooler. Thanks so much!
@@HomeschoolGlue Just wanted to say we tried the red/green clock and it worked amazingly! I have it set for 6:30 and if he does get up beforehand I walk him back to bed. He usually falls back to sleep. He was so tired before and even behaves throughout the day better. There's no power struggles bc it's not "me" doing it. It's the clock. 😆 I'm so shocked this worked, but I love my morning work time now. Thank you so much!! 🤗
Just wanted to let you know your videos keep me sane! My daughter was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It has been a very hard week to say the least. I am trying to create a sense of back to normalcy for her and me as much as we can. Just watching your videos I missed put me back into a routine and calm space. Thank you for all the great advice and motivation!
Oh my goodness!! What an amazing comment that means SO much to me! I’m so sorry you are dealing with health issues with your daughter. I will continue pumping out videos! If you ever have ideas for videos you want me to do, feel free to send me a DM on Instagram (worklifeglue). I’m so happy to help! 💖
@@HomeschoolGlue thank you!
Hey! This is great! Habit stacking is so true! When my daughter was a newborn and extremely demanding, most days I would forget to wash my face&brush my teeth at the end of the day so what I did was add it into her bedtime routine and lullabies which I sung to her in the bathroom that way I could not forget to take care of myself too
Amazing idea!!! That’s exactly how it works and it truly does work like a charm!
Loved this and needed this! For the first 7 years of motherhood I did an in-home daycare and now I’m working outside of the home teaching first grade. Time management and productivity have been the biggest challenge in regards to transitioning from working inside the home vs outside the home. I feel like I’m always behind in my life away from school. I’m excited to try time blocking and I’m making a list of my main priorities today! Thank you for the encouragement.
I’m so glad it was helpful!!! That transition is so hard I’m sure!!! Know that you may not be able to do everything like you did before and give yourself grace!
Thank you! I absolutely appreciate how real you are. Excellent actionable ideas. Can't wait for your up coming video on Planning!
Aw thank you so much!!!
Hi Sarah, omg you have no idea how much this episode helped me. I usually listen to your podcast, but in the app I'm using I can't leave reviews. You are brilliant, always help me get motivated! I agree we have to listen to our bodies and make our own schedules. I have a four-year-old who was terrible at sleeping. It cost me so much energy! I wished I saw a video like this back then :D
Wow thank you! That means so much!! I’m SO glad it was helpful!!!
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This is a bit off topic lol but I love your top! Where did you get it?
Thank you!! I can’t remember!? Amazon? I can’t find a link though!
Thanks :)
Do your kids listen to staying in their rooms in the morning? This is a big struggle for me. I hate starting my day yelling or consequences, but my 3 year old wakes up at 5 or 530. He's a go go kid, so it's like "I want breakfast, wipe me, I want a craft." All before 5! Sorta losing it over here. 🤯
Mine are 100% the same way but they stay in their rooms until 6:30. They go through phases where they push the boundaries on this but I don’t ever give in. They have okay to wake clocks and have things they can do in their rooms. My 6 year old doesn’t push the boundaries in that area anymore. She’s usually up by 5:30 and will read, draw, play with her dollhouse, listen to music, etc. until it’s time to come out.
2-5 year olds are boundary-pushers by nature. They are testing to see if we mean business. So we have to follow through. Trust me, it hard, and I get irritated too, but I’d you stay consistent it will pay off. Try out different things he can do in the morning when he wakes up. Get a special toy, have a sticker chart with a fun reward, have a radio (we love our Yoto Player for this purpose) he can use in the mornings, etc. I hope that helps! Keep it up - he will stop pushing eventually!
@@HomeschoolGlue it's definitely a struggle 😫 we're going to have to try something though bc we're on another week of a closed preschool for covid. So I need my time in the early morning to get some work done now. Also have a baby who will be walking before I know it. I'll try some of those techniques you suggested for my preschooler. Thanks so much!
@@HomeschoolGlue Just wanted to say we tried the red/green clock and it worked amazingly! I have it set for 6:30 and if he does get up beforehand I walk him back to bed. He usually falls back to sleep. He was so tired before and even behaves throughout the day better. There's no power struggles bc it's not "me" doing it. It's the clock. 😆 I'm so shocked this worked, but I love my morning work time now. Thank you so much!! 🤗
@@bdowiemama3310 That's amazing! I'm so glad it's working!!!
The best thing I've done for time is to ditch my smartphone. Going on 4 years now.
That’s awesome!!!
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