Feb 9 2010 - 7:00am Garbage in the car can make a mom crazy, especially if she spends a portion of her day shuttling the kiddos. Some people chalk it up to having children, but many parents had cluttered vehicles before babies. Whether it's snack wrappers, forgotten toys, or spare clothes, here are five tips to eliminate the moving mess!
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I'd never limit to one toy unless the child is older. We do a small backpack that goes in and out of the car with them, especially on longer trips.
1Great rules! I use the one toy rule for short trips and the small backpack suggested my anonymous above for longer trips and visiting with freinds/family. This rule eliminates toy loss... you know, when you get home and the little one cries and screams, "MMOOOOMMMMM I can't find my pony/car/whatever!!!!!!!!" And then you spend the rest of the day calling stores and running around looking for it. What a pain... I learned that rule early.
My only criticism... instead of THROWING THOSE WATER BOTTLES AWAY... why don't you take them home and recycle them together? You are your child's first teacher, after all.
2we have very similar rules in our cars, however we DO NOT use water bottles! Our kids are responsible for filling their own reusable water bottle before we leave the house and for bringing it back into the house when we get home! Of course they get help with the filling until they are old enough, but by age 2 our kids have no problem taking them to the car and bringing them back.
3we keep a garbage can inside the garage right by the door, and one outside the house on the front porch, so no matter which place we park, there's a garbage handy to put the "carbage" into. Saves the massive cleaning out of junk.
4Oh man, I just cleaned out my car today. What a mess! Especially with all the dog hair. I gotta admit that I'm the one responsible for the trash, though...Baby girl is barely 6 months old so all the blame's on me...
5I assumed that when the story said to dispose of things like water bottles, they meant in the proper receptacles. Not to just toss everything in the trash. Anytime there's a trash can by a meter here, there's also a plastics/can container with it. And of course at home that's always available as well.
6We do a back pack as well, because I don't like carrying toys around on top of the stuff I already have to carry, and becuase they can pick and choose what they want to bring from an early age as long as it fits inside. If I'm going to be somewhere extended, like say if the dr is fitting us in and I know its going to be a 4+ hour situation, I just fill my jansport with toys and have her bring her own as well. Im a fan of entertained children, I have no idea why so many people bring nothing and then get exasperated when their kids want to explore and run around and get into things.
My only car vice is never vaccuuming it so there is about 6 months worth of dirt, leaves, and dog hair in it right now that drives me insane.
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