Routines

Both Adam and I are quite messy people and I really hope that Jakob won't be as bad as us when he gets older. At least I am trying to change for a few different reasons:
1 I like when it is tidy at home
2 I want Jakob to get used to picking up things after himself and to not just drop clothes etc on the floor when he takes them off.
3 I have noticed that Jakob takes after us in everything we do so if we try to be tidy I think he will to.
4 I am a bit lazy and think that it will be less work for me at home if Jakob learns to tidy up after himself.

What I am doing is very basic stuff that I should have done long ago but better late than never I guess. He always has to take away his plate and bowl after breakfast, dinner etc. He has to help tidy up before he goes to bed (at least most nights), when we come in after having been outside he has to put his cap away in his drawer and put the shoes neatly by the door.

It is working quite well and going better and better. The other day he said that he wanted to tidy up all the shoes in the hall and what he did you can see in the picture!