101 Things Moms do for YOU Toddlers! :)
In celebration of Mother’s Day, I’d like to remind all you toddlers how lucky you are to have such wonderful moms that take care of you each day ( yes Dad’s I know that you do these things too, but today was a day to celebrate motherhood.)
The list below of “101 things Moms do for their Toddlers” is just a start…if you have any to add, just post in a comment below, I’m sure I missed a few ( or a lot!!) :)
Hey Toddlers, here are “101 Things Mom does for YOU, her sweet little one!” :
- Buckles you in your car seat
- Drives around in the car for an extra fifteen minutes when you just fall asleep in your car seat
- Puts your blankets on after you have kicked them off
- Checks on you before going to bed
- Rubs your belly
- Holds your Popsicle stick when you are done
- Eats the rest of your half-eaten lunch
- Rolls your pants up
- Rolls your sleeves up
- Wipes your hands before and after eating
- Entertains you on a plane trip
- Laughs at one of your jokes, even if it doesn’t make sense
- Listens to grand ideas about zoo animals running the world
- Reminds you not to use “potty talk”
- Takes you for a walk outside when you’ve had enough of being in a restaurant
- Hears “mommy,…” millions of times a day
- Let’s you pick out a not so fashionable outfit
- Smiles at your unmatched socks
- Helps you button your pants
- Ties your shoes
- Helps you get dressed
- Gets a cold pack for you when you bump your head
- Checks your temperature when you aren’t feeling so good
- Takes you to the doctor
- Takes you to the dentist
- Reminds you to wash your hands
- Wears colored pasta necklaces in public
- Brings snacks along on day trips
- Remembers your favorite blankie
- Remembers to bring your favorite stuffed animal
- Takes you to the library
- Let’s you ride in the kid cart at the grocery store
- Buys you ice cream
- Let’s you smush frosting on your face from your birthday cake
- Washes your clothes
- Sorts your clothes
- Buys you new clothes
- Discards clothes you have outgrown
- Make sure shoes fit
- Makes you breakfast
- Makes you lunch
- Makes you dinner
- Makes you Mickey Mouse pancakes
- Makes you smoothies
- Take photos of you, for your scrapbook
- Wipes off spaghetti sauce on your cheek
- Wipe snot away
- Helps you blow your nose
- Changes your diaper
- Potty trains you
- Wipes you
- Packs the diaper bag full of goodies
- Usually has an extra set of clothes on hand, for accidents
- Brushes your teeth
- Flosses your teeth
- Tucks you in bed
- Bathes you
- Washes your hair
- Clips your fingernails and toenails
- Removes splinters
- Kisses your boo-boo
- Picks up your sippy cup up off the floor (many times)
- Picks up your pacifier (many times)
- Washes your pacifiers and sippy cups
- Finds your pacifier in the sofa cushions
- Takes you for a walk in the stroller
- Takes you to the playground
- Rocks you to sleep
- Reads you a book
- Play with cars with you
- Play with dolls with you
- Wipes dirt off of you after you fall
- Wipes sand off your face and hands
- Puts bandaids on your cuts
- Wipes up your spit up
- Washes your sheets
- Tells you stories
- Sing you songs
- Give you kisses
- Give you hugs
- Gets you ready for bed
- Tucks you in at night
- Holds your hand
- Watches for cars when crossing the street
- Puts sunscreen on you
- Keeps you in the shade
- Makes fun snacks for you
- Sets up playdates
- Teaches you how to talk
- Teaches you the alphabet
- Teaches you numbers
- Teaches you shapes
- Teaches you manners
- Makes crafts with you
- Turns on the nightlight
- Turns on the humidifier
- Sings your favorite songs over and over and over
- Plays Hide and Seek with you
- Answers all the “Why…” questions all day.
- Shows you how to LOVE. :)
- Finds awesome toddler activities to do with you each day! :)
What did I miss…add below in a comment. With your help, I’m sure this list should grow! :)
Here are a few to add…
Fix your toys when they break.
Replace batteries in your toys.
Hold you when you get scared.
Great list! And the majority of it still pertains to school-age kids :)
102 Fixes doors back on your toy cars, all day. 103 Sits and cuddled you all day when your poorly. 104 Takes you out to splash in muddy puddles. 105 Shows you bugs and insects, even if I don’t like them. 106 takes you swimming. 107 makes cakes and biscuits with you. (dont realise how much we really do! )
Those are great Kaylee and Laurie. I just thought of some more…
– picks up your dishes
– reminds you to say please and thank you
– holds up your pants when you use a public restroom
– holds you up to the sink so that you can wash your hands
Cheers you on. She is your number one fun at everything you try
put you phone on air plane mode so you can play with it
teach you the time so you know when daddy come home
clean hand print off the window a 100000 times
change your night light
keep saying I love you
listen to the story over and over again
make a club how out of 2 chair and a blanket
make a play house out of card board
plan your birthday
go out of town just to get that toy you see on tv
get you a remote so you can act like daddy
I can go on and on
What about: let’s you “do it yourself” even though it takes three times as long?