The Musings of a Working Mom

I love those diaper caddy's that are sold at the various "baby" stores - they look cute and can really help you to organize your diapering supplies in one place so you have it when you need it.  But let's be realistic - when you have a young, curious, mobile child like I do, I would have to put this caddy out of my son's reach (a.k.a. hide it away which loses it's function of having all of your diapering supplies at arm's reach) or my 16 month old son will pull everything out of it and hide it in places I will never be able to find!!  Well to make things easy for myself, thus having all of my diapering/changing supplies in one location without allowing my son to open the container and get into it, I use a storage container with a secure lid on it to hold all of my diapering supplies.  I purchased mine from my local Target but you can get one from any place that sells storage bins/containers.  I love that the...

I don't know about the state of your kitchen when you have kids but my kitchen counters looked like a bottle/sippy cup factory exploded in it.  It seemed like every square inch of our counter space was covered with bottles and sippy cup accessories.  A few years ago I read a great article in The Washington Post about other parents of multiples and how they managed their lives through the chaos with kids.  They had some great tips and advice that they shared and I have implemented a few of their tips into my life.  A great tip to help with organization - use over the door pocket plastic or canvas shoe storage units for storing all sorts of things.  We have a pocket storage unit stowed away inside of the door leading to our basement located in our kitchen so it's out of the way.  It's great - our kitchen counters look so much cleaner and we have all of the bottles and sippy cups stored in it and out of sight...