I'm always looking for ways to simplify my life and streamline my day. The way i figure it, the more i do on autopilot, the more actual free time i get to accomplish more meaningful things...like scrubbing congealed food from the kids' table, or otherwise making the world a better place. As you might guess, i am of the demographic that is obsessed with supplements. My four year old takes a multivitamin, a fishy vitamin (fish oil-which is the only exception to our vegetarian diet since she won't take flaxseed oil!), enzymes (very helpful for her wheat allergy), and...a chocolate chip because the multivitamin doesn't taste good...*sheepish look*
I was getting all of the aforementioned out for her every morning before hitting upon the genius idea of putting each day's allotment of supplements in a pill box.
Now, each Sunday (or even Saturday if i'm feeling especially industrious and top of things) i fill up a week's worth all at once. I place the container in my DD's accessible kitchen drawer and each morning she is able to pull it out and take her daily supplements. ***Disclaimer*** If your child is of an age where they might open all of the compartments and take a seven multivitamins at once, please put this out of reach!!!
Another fun little benefit, is that Little One is able to practice her concept of days of the week and such using the pill box. I say, "what day is it today?" And she (knowing the sequence of the days of the week, but not which day it is today upon waking) will say whilst counting the empty compartments, "sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday..." and then, happening upon today's heretofore unconsumed compartment exclaim, "FRIDAY!" For extra environmental enrichment, i wrote out the full name of each day on each rectangle with sharpie-in english and spanish :) que bueno!!
So, Shazam!! You will now save approximately 4 minutes of time each week. Promise me to do something super amazing with that time.
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