Let's face it. If I'm going to do 30 consecutive blog posts, I'm going to have to start stealing ideas sometime. Might as well do it now and get it over with.
Credit to Shaina for heading my brain down this path. She mentioned that diapering an angry baby should be an Olympic sport, and I wholeheartedly agree. Along those lines, here are some other events that I think should appear in the Parenting Olympics:
100-Yard Potty Dash: Get a newly potty-trained child to the bathroom in the nanosecond between when he realizes he has to go and when he actually starts going. This can either be done on the flat, or over obstacles such as Matchbox cars, Legos, and blocks.
Standing Full-Body Rock (Endurance Marathon): Hold a 20-lb baby and must rock back and forth on their feet until the baby falls asleep. Athletes should expect to spend up to an hour, and if rocking stops prematurely, baby wakes up and clock restarts.
Sleeping Child Carry: Remove a large, sleeping child from a car seat without waking the child. Carry child up flight of stairs and put in bed. As with the 100-Yard Potty Dash, this can be done on the flat or over obstacles.
Dinner Dive and Catch: As toddler throws various food items, dive and catch the items before they reach the floor. Points are deducted for items not caught in the hands (e.g., caught in the hair, caught on the wall, etc.).
Bathtime Baby Hold: Maintain grip on a baby who is sitting in a bathtub full of water and covered in soap. Includes mandatory "dismount" in which athletes must safely remove slippery baby from tub, dry baby, and put diaper on baby before baby pees or poops.
Eye Drop Wrestle: Pin young child to floor and administer two eye drops in each eye. Athletes can compete as singles or pairs.
Got any others? Feel free to contribute additional ideas in comments.
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Along with the Eye Drop Wrestle is the Medicine Wrestle. Same concept while trying to get them to take meds for something.
I was originally thinking about the Medicine Wrestle, but then went with eye drops, as my kids are kind of weird about meds and mostly beg to take them. Eye drops, OTOH, really end up being face drops with them, because there is no hope of anything actually landing in an eye.
How about adding a strength and ability event like toddler toss and catch? Utz would medal in that event until the boys get too heavy.
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