Having a Baby Friendly Kitchen

Doing…. well…. pretty much everything with a mobile baby is a challenge. Everything takes longer, because you have to stop and chase after the little bug. I'm trying hard not to say "no", because I don't think a kid should grow up with that being one of the first words he knows…. It's hard, though, to find ways around it…

Every time I go into the kitchen now, whether it's baking, or cleaning or preparing food for Jaxson, he follows me in, very quickly, and goes after everything he's not supposed to, naturally! Luckily, Adrian and I have baby proofed all the drawers he can reach, but we have an open-faced hutch that used to house our blender, my crock pot, the toaster and a couple really big stock pots. I know, I know, not the greatest idea to have in easy access of a baby, but give me a break, baby brain makes me act a LOT slower these days. I feel like I'm in a bit of a haze most of the time. I read recently that it's a really good idea to have a "safe" cupboard for your baby. Finally the other day, I had a light bulb moment for how we could do this in our kitchen. 

Aha! If I move all the Tupperware (of which we have a ton since having a baby) from the sizeable cupboard in which we kept it, to the hutch, and move all the hutch appliances to a cupboard that Jaxson hasn't figured out how to open, then I have to be less worried about Jaxson when my back is turned in the kitchen and wouldn't have to chase him around saying "no". Voila! Ingenious solution! Mommy genius in the house!

Discovering…..

Discovering…..

The mess begins!

Happy baby!!!

So now our hutch is absolutely baby friendly, complete with his sippy cups, some soothers and some awesome silicone funnels Adrian got months ago; basically everything in our kitchen that's baby friendly. All things I've given to Jaxson in the past to keep him occupied he now has without my help! I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner. This hutch now occupies him for at LEAST 30 minutes. That's plenty of time for me, especially since i've learned how to do things in hyper drive since having him!

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