Need some ideas!

I would like to start something here at our house. I need something that would fit on the side of the refrigerator that I could write on to keep my dh updated on when naps were, who had a bottle at what time, etc. I need it to be wiped off every day to start fresh the next day.

Any ideas? Links would be great for products.

 

I don't have a link to it, but I found a calender made by Post Its, it is a weekly calender that I found at Target that we would stick to the refrigerator, so my DH would know what was going on for the week for all of us. You might also want to try a dry erase board. My BF had one for her house so that everyone knew what was going on for the day or the week. Good luck!

 

Thanks for the idea! I will have to check into that! I had forgotten about a dry erase board. I wonder if I could find one that would be magnetic but would be big enough for what I need.

 

I bought a dry erase board from Staples and mounted it on my pantry door for all to see. I used it for diapers, feeding times, and meds. Now I used it for a meal schedule if I need to or ideas or notes.

 

You can definitely find a dry erase at staples and you can buy magnetic tape so it will stick to fridge (also at staples). We used them in my classroom.

 

I've seen these at Target too, in a variety of sizes. Some are magnetic so in addition to writing on them, you can stick things to them.

 

For my weekly menus I use to have a 12x12 paper in a sheet protecter up on my fridge. The sheet protector acts as a dry erase board. I liked it 'cause I could customize it they way I wanted and I didn't have to leave the house to get it. My mom did the same thing with a normal sized paper and sheet protector.

 

Thanks! I think I will be heading to Office Depot to see if I can find a good sized dry erase board for the fridge.

 

I created an excel spreadsheet and hang a clipboard on a wall in the kitchen that shows bottle times, how many oz's and if they pooped. If you PM your email addy I can send it to you.. I don't know how to attach things on here

 

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I created an excel spreadsheet and hang a clipboard on a wall in the kitchen that shows bottle times, how many oz's and if they pooped. If you PM your email addy I can send it to you.. I don't know how to attach things on here


Thats so generous of you! Thanks! I am off to pm you my email.

 

we have a combo dry erase board and corkboard. i record feeding times and number of ounces eaten, as well as medication times and doses. i pin anything that needs immediate attention on the corkboard side. it's in the kitchen so you know it's going to be seen at least a few times a day.

 

Here's a Word template that I modified and have been using daily --

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/template...=CT101440991033

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-q1ZJ9Oqifo/SfZM...hedule+copy.jpg

ok, not sure if this link will work... I uploaded a picture of my spreadsheet to a blog... I don't know how to attach files to these messages.

Anyway, if anyone wants to actual spreadsheet file just PM me and I'll email it to you. I just updated this recently for us at close to 12 months so that I could keep track of how they were napping daily and to see if we could get nighttime sleep again... I find it great for me... its let me figure out that it takes a good 30 minutes now for the babies to quit babbling and fall asleep... I have places to note about each twin and then all the phases I could think of for falling asleep... I admit its a LITTLE (ha ha) overkill... but it is just one sheet that lasts for 2 weeks. Again, just PM me and I'll get a copy... its pretty easy to modify in Excel.

Anyway the other thing I'll mention is its nice to have a record and be able to look back... instead of erasing the info each day... of course if you don't need to track anything... then you don't need it... good luck.