What do you do with three kids?

@muse02 (213)
United States
March 16, 2008 10:57pm CST
I'm a stay-at-home mom of three great children. But what can you do with all three when they are 4, 2, and 1? What can you do to involve all three in your daily activities?
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@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
17 Mar 08
Kids of all ages usually love music. Try playing music games, things like the Hokey Pokey or the Chicken Dance, or any music that they enjoy and dance with them. Megablocks are safe for 1 year olds, but still fun for a 4 year old. Get a big set of those, enough to share. They could play dress up, do art activities. The 1 year old will need more supervision, but the older two can use crayons and glue sticks pretty independently.
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@pumpkinjam (8546)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar 08
I think your kids are close enough in age to do things together. You could get them to do painting (or drawing if you don't want so much mess!) or any sort of art or craft which you think they are all capable of. My kids are 8 and 2 so I find it really hard to find things they can do together but they like art so I encourage that. There are also simple games like matching pairs which would be suitable for all your children I would think.
• United States
17 Mar 08
I only have two (3 and 8 months) but I consider our miniature daschund my other baby and he is 4 (he acts like a child). I am also a stay at home mom. When I am in the kitchen preparing a meal, I have my 3 years old with me and I let her help me by giving her a clean hand towel and let her wipe our utensils when I took them out from the dishwasher. This will keep her occupied and teach her how to set the table. As she wipe the utensils, she got so many questions and am just nearby to answer her. The 8 months old is on her walker or exersaucer and as long as we are in her peripheral vision, she is ok. My dog is hanging out in the kitchen too. I also make it a point that when I give my 8 month old her tummy time, I will tell my 3 years old to choose what toy her sister can play for the day. This will keep her occupied and feel that she is a part of our playtime. Or we read a book together. There are also activites that they can do while you just keep an eye on them.
@2btrueinu (700)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
I got 3 kids also. They were 10,9 and 2 now. The first two were schooling and the youngest is the who left with me. I'm a stay home mom also I got business at home it's hard on my part because I have a store business at home every now and there are some one buying sometimes I don't eat in the right time but my kids have too. She was 2 years old very active always on the go, run, going up the chair so I have to look for her all the time. In the morning I prepared their breakfast the first two knows already how to take a bath and dress them selves so I got no problem with just prepared their school uniform and food. When they are gone I have to bath the third one feed her I put some activities she will do to spends time in her own for awhile, I also open the television for some cartoons she can watch, then when she is tired I will put her to sleep. I will do all my chores when she is sleeping. I prepare the food for dinner and do everything I remember to be done that day. I have to do it fast coz she will woke up in a matter of time. every day that's my routine but every weekends my husband is here so I have time to relax and not in rush all the time. Tough job as a mom but I honestly enjoy doing it myself. I got some help in the mean time.