5 Things to do while you are waiting.

There is some crazy statistic out telling a freakishly high number of minutes we spend waiting…

Not a fan of waiting..

Especially with toddlers…

 

This morning we spent 20 minutes to see a doctor in the patient room…

Then we spent 2 hours & 45 minutes waiting in the pharmacy drive-threw for them to call the perception in. (insert annoyed mom face).

And then the morning was gone.

🙁

But waiting sometimes is unfortunately inevitable.

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Here are 5 Things to do while you wait.

Almost anywhere.

5. Look at pictures on your phone.

If you are great at uploading pictures off your phone (I’m not) or you don’t take a lot, I would recommend picking a random person to Facebook stalk, or google image almost anything works also.

4. Storytell

Books aren’t always present, when this arises we will just make up a story, retell their favorite story, let them tell a story, or just tell a story from when someone was younger.

 

3. Color / Draw.

Yes you may not have the coloring book and crayons on hand… but you may be able to find a paper towel, piece of paper (used or unused), napkin, newspaper… and if you don’t have a writing utensil handy most people don’t mind sharing.

2. Play I spy.

We play several different versions of this classic game.

1. The traditional version (I spy, with my little eye something that is…. (insert color here)…)
2. Eye spy in a book
3.  I spy using specific items ( book, tractor, animal etc. ) this works awesome with younger kids who don’t quite know their colors yet.

1.  Listen to a Podcast

Yes a podcast. Whether you are solo, or with 3 crazy toddlers there is something out there for you.

My personal recommendations

By yourself:

The Purposeful Home Podcast

 

 

With kids: 

Disney Story Central