You call that "help" kid?

MelissaMiso · April 2014

What ways do your kidlettes "help" that ends up causing you more work?

Last night, Fifi was "helping" me with cleaning the bunny cages. She did this by grabbing handfuls of the shredded bedding (the kind that is compressed in the package) and pulling pieces of it out to drop in their cages. More of it ended up stuck to her jammies and landing on the floor. She was so happy to be helping it was cute. Well, I wasn't planning on vacuuming... sigh She also likes to help feed the bunnies. I put the lettuce on top of their cages and she pushes it in. This normally works very well but now she's decided helping means she takes some lettuce leaves and nibbles on them herself. I am perfectly okay with this kind of helping.

littleredfish · April 2014

DD's been "helping" me with my "bo-bo hand". She'll come and pet it and kiss it better, which is very sweet but she's not always as delicate as a broken finger requires. She also like "helping" the nurse with my IV line by shaking it. Daily household help is "help" unload the dishwasher, then continue to unload as I load it with dirty dishes. "Helping" fold laundry by running around with socks or pulling stuff off the piles to inspect if she thinks it's pretty. Best little "helper" I ever had.

MrsH11710 · April 2014

DD hasn't really hit this phase yet. If I'm folding laundry she will empty out the laundry basket so she can play with it and if I'm vacumming she will run back and forth as if I'm chasing her. She's not too interested in doing the chore itself (I wonder where she gets that from?).

I look forward to this "fun" and "helpful" phase!

MelissaMiso · April 2014

@littleredfish Ah yes, Sophia "helps" with the laundry in the same way

bellelamb · April 2014

Lol Lucas loved to "help" with cooking as he says, it's cute but not so helpful sometimes. He also vacuums which is helpful as long as he gives it back. Dishwasher has always been a favorite of his.

GromMom · April 2014

Lo likes to put things in the trash and close the drawer the trash can is in. However he also tried to help me sort tax paperwork and that was not at all helpful. Today he wanted to see what I was up to sewing wise but I had a ton of pins in my shirt that I was Hemming so that didn't help much either. I did let him help crush Graham crackers with a rolling pin in a zip lock for magic bars. He is so cute when he helps :-)

ELF4321 · April 2014

Sorting the laundry. It goes in the basket. It comes out of the basket. It goes in a different basket. Repeat 20x until the colors are all mixed up again. LOL