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House Cleaning
She is called the House Fairy. The website is http://www.housefairy.org/. Hope it helps !!!! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- i'M SURE YOU GOT BOMBARDED WITH RESPONSES ON THIS ONE!!! I am cracking up! :) This is the life of a MOm. I'm full time and aslways come straight home and clean and coo...
- Im still trying to figure that one out, I have 5 kids, ages 2, 3, 9, 12, & 33 (yeah I know, my hubby IS a big kid!) Everytime I get my house "spotless" I swear it will...
- Hi C., If you think you will get your husband to do it and he's never done it before, think again.....however, if you ask him to be the teacher for the boys, man to...
Tooth Fairy Rate
Another idea that I heard of, after the tooth fairy started visiting our house, so I could use it myself - was to have the tooth fairy write a VERY small ...
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- Some people we know even give $10! We leave one of everything. A penny, nickel, dime, quarter and a dollar bill.
- 25 cents a tooth is what we do, and I think it's appropriate for this age range. I've never heard of anyone going over $1 per tooth. You can check with parents of hi...
- I always go with something cool like a dollar coin, or, for the first one, a $2 bill. My daughter has lost so many now, I keep a few dollar coins stashed away just in...
Giving up the Pacifier
A lot of people seem to usebinky fairies andtrading them in for big kid toys etc I ... finally just took them away when they were staying at her house ...
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- L., I just took my son's pacifier away at 21/2. He absolutely loved it too. I started by only giving it to him when he was tired. About a month ago, he fell in the...
- My husband really wanted our son to be rid of the paci by 3yrs. I didn't want to take it on his birthday. So we did a big build up around his birthday. We went shoppin...
- When my son was 2 we tried to take it away, he too had gotten to the point when he only had it at bed and nap. It was a nightmare, after 3 days of total meltdowns at ...
Oh Help! How Can I Get My House Ready to Sell When I Have KIDS!!
Teach them about the house fairy (on flylady site) if necessary. My 18 month old can pick up his toys, load & unload the dish washer, & feed the dogs. ...
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- i have recently sold my house and have a toddler. Although i only have one we had a very small house that he took over. As someone speaking from all sides, buyer, se...
- K., The first thing I'd recommend is to let each of the kids pick out a suitcase worth or toy box or whatever box you have (my kids have a little suitcase of toys t...
- Oh K., I feel your pain. I just did the same exact thing in June with 2 toddlers, a dog and a cat. Not easy. One thing my husband and I did was to rent a storage fa...
Creative Chores
The House Fairy is an idea that works for "big" kids as well. ... from the " House Fairy" complete with 'fairy dust' (glitter, confetti, or colored sugar ...
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- Mine are 2 and 3 and while I still do most of the chores, they both think it is fun to help. I just let them do what they can but don't push them to do it if they don'...
- I really dont' have any creative chores but I can share what we do. I used microsoft clip art of chores and laminated them each thing that needs to be done. Each we...
- Hello fun mommas! Here is somethign that I do with my girls in the Summer. I have carpet in the kitchen (yeah I know...) so I do vacuum it but I also need to wash it ...
Input on Allowance/Chore Charts/incentives
Also, try The House Fairy (www.housefairy.org). The House Fairy comes weekly and we hardly ever have to get her to clean her room...it's just clean! ...
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- Whatever you do... make your reward system SIMPLE or your children will be bickering about the system! Come up with a reasonable allowance payout, per week. Personall...
- I started with the chore chart and the allowance and charts for school work and found they didn't work quite the way I expected. Stepdaughter started thinking she shou...
- L., I agree with Ellen's post (the most). Keep it simple. And I wouldn't tie ANYTHING to an allowance until it's above and beyond "everyday" things. I agree with...
Help!! Getting Rid of Binkies This Weekend- Looking for Advise
Send them to the binkie fairy? Let the girls throw them in the garbage? ... Anyway, whenever any toy or other item gets "disappeared" at our house I usually ...
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- When we ditched my 2 year olds pacifiers, I had basically just had enough of them! I cut the nibs off of them, and then showed them to her. I said they were broken; sh...
- Check out this recent request - lots of good ideas! http://www.mamasource.com/request/recent/60655/1238712849/16
- If they only use them for comfort, what's the hurry? My kids didn't use pacifiers, but I would have been happy if they had. I didn't have a problem with them having bl...
Tired of Doing All the Cleaning!
I think its a perfect time because Christmas is getting closer and she's old enough to remember what Christmas is, the premise of house fairy is that she is ...
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- 2 things have worked for us. 1 - Have less toys. I box up all but about 12 toys and keep them locked in the closet. The plan was to pull out a box or so at a time...
- I got tired of being the bad guy--always nagging about picking up the toys... Now it's out of my hands. We have a Gobble Bag who has come to live with us. (Scary fa...
- The rule at our house is that if I have to ask more than twice, and I start picking up the toys, then they are MINE! :) Okay, I really just lock them up for a few da...
Advice on How to Get a 2Yr Old to Give up the "Binky"
Sep 22, 2009 ... When she got home she asked Daddy for one of her binkies and searched the house. There was a note from the binky fairy that she had gathered ...
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- We sent ours to the pacifier fairy...the pacifier fairy collects pacifiers from big kids that don't need them anymore and brings them to new babies that really need th...
- I am guessing you mean pacifier not blanket. If it is pacifier I would try the "binky fairy" who gives the "binky" to babies that need them. My son collected his "paci...
- Do it cold turkey. Gather them up and throw them away. There will be a few very rough days, but the transition will be quicker than if your co-worker tries to 'wean'...
Party Games and Craft Ideas for 4 Year Olds Birthday Party
Oct 26, 2009 ... Give them pictures of items (related to fairies of course" that you have hidden around the house. Give them some clues and see if they can ...
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- Hi! you sound a bit like me.....I have a 5 year old daughter and a soon to be 8 month old little boy. when was your son's bday? anyway, something fun to do with you...
- Little kids love to play go fish (just put a fairy twist on it). This is very easily done. Find a corner or some space you can section off so that no kids can see behi...
- I didn't get to fully read all of the responses, but for my daughter's fairy birthday party we made fairy headbands. I purchased the starry wire and two big spools of ...
