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22 Things Parents Get Done Before 8 AM


Mothers, we work like machine, when someone is still barely out of bed by 8 am, as a parent you are up as early as 4 am. Once you are a parent there’s a 101 things to do and so little time to accomplish everything. Not that we want to, but there are small humans dependent on us and what choice have we than to do their bidding?

Waking up slowly, taking a leisurely bath, reading your newspaper while you enjoy a cup of tea is a thing of the past now, get used to it!

These 20 things we get done before 8 am proves that parents are definitely productive;

  1.  Wake up or be beaten awake by the children.
  2. Wake up the older children, often with nagging.
  3. Put a kettle filled with water on fire to boil for tea/coffee or bath.
  4. Bath for one child while rubbing cream on the other child with one hand.
  5. Running after a nude toddler so he can take his bath.
  6. Cleaning up baby’s poo and giving baby a bath again.
  7. Cooking a light dish.
  8. Serving their food and making sure you serve it in the right bowl
  9. Have the quickest shower in record’s time.
  10. Deal with the fight going on with the children(“that’s my socks!” “It’s not yours it’s mine!”).
  11. Quickly get dress up.
  12. Spend 20 minutes looking for the car key you thought you left on the table but is nowhere to be found.
  13. Attempt to brush and clean up your little one’s hair
  14. Someone just pee their pants, you have to clean it up
  15. Wonder why the toddler who you’ve dressed up is naked again and try to dress them up all over again.
  16. Get toddler dressed again with a stern waning not to undress.
  17. Check if everything they need is their bag
  18. Find that one of them hasn’t done their homework., quickly do it for them.
  19. Say to your child “where’s your other shoe” Then look for the shoe.
  20. Bundle everyone out the door and to the road to school.
  21. Go back inside as someone forgot something or has to poo.
  22. Deliver everyone to their school and say a quick goodbye!
  23. Thank God we made it today! Tomorrow is another day.

I just tried to make the list short, cause truth is the list is like a hundred and one long! Phew motherhood is serious hardwork. May God reward us all.


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Read These Parenting Tips For Lastborn Children


Lastborn kids are the babies of the house. They enjoy the attention of their parent who tends to be liberal and relaxed in their expectations and enforcing rules.

Lastborn children are likely to be fun-loving, uncomplicated and self-centered. They are the little star that steals the family show so often that they can get away with offences that if it were committed by the older sibling it would have been punishable.

Here, how to get your lastborn kids to behave well and grow upright;


  1. Practice Fairness: Sometimes parents get too engrossed with the achievement of the other siblings that the last-born is just a tag along. Making time for him/her own activity will help to give a sense of identity as part of the family. Get your last born involved in all the activities at home and with other siblings, there are little aspects that he/she can fit into easily.
  2. Make Him Accountable: Like it or not lastborns tend to get away with many things their elder siblings would have received punishments for at their age. Parents must be careful in overlooking offences that deserve some disciplinary measures else, it might create some resentment in the older siblings who will notice the preferential treatment.
  3. Protect Him: Parents need to look out for the last-born child when there is a tendency to be bullied and teased by older kids. Here you need to teach the older ones to be responsible for the last born kid, step in if you need to do so to stop the intimidation.
  4. Be Willing To Turn Some Requests Down: Be ready to say no and feel good about it. Lastborn kids can be self-centred sometimes, so they request for things that they may not need by throwing tantrums to force your hands to do their bidding. When she acts this way, you should not give in to the request. Treat her like every other child in the family.
  5. Explain Situations: Sometimes it is difficult for children of different ages to play together without anyone being left out especially the youngest. Perhaps he/she cannot run fast or jump high. The lastborn child might feel left out. Parents should explain the situation of things to the kid. It is only a matter of time before he/she would be able to do what others are doing. Then you should look out for common games and things every child can do together in the family without being left out.
  6. Double-Check; it just might be a trick: One of the common traits of a lastborn is being mischievous. Your youngest child may likely exaggerate some facts in other to get some attention. For example, if your last born child observes that whenever anyone is sick in the house, they get better meals and a warm and loving care. She may feign sickness just to enjoy this goodness. Be sure to double check health facts before giving in to your child’s claim.

This guide follows the principles of birth order theory but the reality is that not all kids would fit into the mould of birth order. Some are an exception to the general. Lastborns that behave like firstborns and firstborns that act like lastborns.

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