Sometimes it’s tough to find useful parenting tips. Packing school lunches is one are in which I have a lot of experience. So I thought I would share these ideas as part of Works For Me Wednesday (except I’m a day behind and only got to it on Thursday 
). For me packing four lunches and three snacks on a daily basis ranks right up there with, say, a root canal. Honestly, if the kids decide to buy lunch it feels like a vacation!
So over the years I have managed to streamline the process a bit and I figured I would pass my advice onto you.
I know, I know – pack it the night before is what most people say. But, truth be told, by the time I get the dinner dishes put away, give the kids baths, and do bedtime books, I am done.
But I do have a little secret up my sleeve and that is a cheat sheet. A little slip of paper that I write up every night that tells me what I will be packing for each child the next day. This way, in the wee hours of the morning – when my eyes are still bleary with sleep, I will not need to think. I will just do. I will follow my plan and put together whatever I had decided upon the night before.
And here is the last of my parenting tips. Packing school lunches is also made easier with little name tags. I will lay each lunch and snack out on the counter and put a little slip of paper with a child’s name next to each one. The kids put their own lunches and snacks into their lunchboxes. This way if I am not in the kitchen when they pack up then they will know which lunch is theirs.
I imagine that this parenting advice is geared towards larger families but smaller clans may benefit as well. Alos, using a digital planner can help get your lunch plans organized.
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