How do you find the time to cook with your infant?

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Serious question because I’m literally so weak and sore and fragile and I wanna start eating better but can’t because my LO wakes up from his sleep like every 15 mins. So I can’t cook anything without being interrupted. What do you guys do?

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I try to cook during his naps (25min-1hr) if not I have to put him in his play Mat, get everything out cut... move him to his swing, get stuff cooking, than play with him for a little place him on his bouncer finish cooking 😅. What used to take me 25 min to cook now takes me almost an hour! 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Be interrupted the whole time lol that’s how it’s gonna be for forever, will have to get used to it. Life must continue. Baby wear, for dinner either I or my boyfriend cooks while the other hangs out with baby. Bring tummy time mat into kitchen and have her hangout on that while i cook, bring her other play mat in the kitchen. Lots of things you can try

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Baby wear or bouncer in kitchen depending on what I am cooking. And sometimes I let her cry a few minutes because I’m pulling something out of oven or cooking with oil and don’t want her burnt

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Slow cooker meals are great, also batch roasting veggies to add helps too. Just have things to put together

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Meal prepping is your friend. Is there someone who could watch baby for you for a few hours once a week? I'll make some sheet pan meals and they'll last in the fridge for a couple of days and I'll freeze a lasagna or casserole, that's a couple more meals, I'll also make some crockpot dump dinners, there are lots of recipes on Pinterest. Basically you prepare everything, toss it into a ziploc and put it in the freezer, then you can just drag it out and throw it in the crock pot. On the nights we dont have something from the freezer or already prepped in the fridge my husband cooks when he gets home or he takes the kids while I cook.

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I cook 6 days out of the week I have 2 kids under 2. But I enjoy to cook, I put him in the rocker and give him a binky or he is napping or I wear him while I prepare the food

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Try prepping meals when you're able to have down time so when you're ready to cook it takes less time? It's helped me!

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I baby wear

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Baby wear and meal prep!

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Baby carrier ! I stick my little one of my chest and go for the kitchen. If she gets fussy I take her for a short walk in the carrier and she usually passes out from the motion and then I get dinner going.

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