Blog — time management tips

8 Ways the Dry Erase Board Gives You a Clean Slate for Productivity in 2017

It’s a new year. The hecticness of the holidays has passed, and it’s time to gear up to meet your objectives in 2017. We’ve got just the tool to help you get started: The Time Timer ® Dry Erase Board.



The Dry Erase Board pairs with the Time Timer MOD® and helps you keep your to-do list and urgent tasks on track. A convenient caddy on the back helps you keep supplies like dry erase markers, erasers and other supplies. To help you jumpstart your productivity in 2017, we’re offering a 25% discount off the Dry Erase Board (valid from January 9 - 22, 2017.  MOD sold separately). Not sure how to use the Dry Erase Board? Here are 8 top ways customers are using it.

3 Ways to Have More Fun with Less Sugar on Halloween!

Halloween can be a lot of fun--but oftentimes, it’s also a lot of sugar.  Whether you’re worried about the health concerns, or trying to make sure you get enough Reese’s pumpkins for your secret stash above the fridge, limiting your kids’ intake of Halloween candy can help you make Halloween healthier for your kids.

 

Time Timer ® spoke with Beth Robeson, The Picky Eater Coach, who offers 3 Ways to Have More Fun with Less Sugar this Halloween:

Thank you, MOMCON2016

We recently returned from MOMCON in Milwaukee, where we shared the Time Timer ® with moms from the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International.

 

As a family-based company, all of us at Time Timer ® loved being a part of this year’s celebration of inspiration and faith for moms. Before it was a household name, the  original Time Timer ® was founded in an everyday household in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

Jan Rogers struggled to help her daughter, Loran, keep track of time. She wasn’t old enough to read clocks and often missed the bus. So, mom Jan invented Time Timer, which features a patented red disk that shows elapsed time.

It's Time to Establish a Routine for Preschool Bedtime

If you already have an awesome bedtime routine for your preschooler, congrats!  You can skip this article, and just share your tips with us.

 

For the rest of us, whether it was the start of school for our older kids or a change in sleep habits for our infant, it never hurts to consider a bedtime routine that works to get our preschoolers to sleep on time, and maybe even get time for ourselves.

Six Ways Timing is Everything in Toilet Training

The right time to toilet train varies based on your child and your own circumstances. Some moms really want that first child out of diapers before his sister arrives, and other moms want to wait because they don’t want to clean soiled underwear and spit up.

 

At some point, it’s time. And we’ve found that using a timer (our favorite for this is the Time Timer® PLUS) can give you the routine, expectation setting and sanity you need to move onto big girl panties (or training pants as the case may be).  Here are some of our favorite time and schedule tips:

 

Consider your Schedule

Headed out of town for a long weekend soon? Planning a vacation, new baby, new job, new school or major holiday? These are probably not the times to begin toilet training. The excitement of going potty is enough excitement by itself. Really, trust us. Don’t try it before a road trip or her big sister’s first day of kindergarten.

 

Decide on a number of days.

Tackle it on a weekend, or over a week. Set a number of days to try toilet training. You might find she’s too young, or there’s too much going with her siblings, and another time is better. But set expectations, and keep them, and give yourself a break to reassess if you or she aren’t ready.

 

Start with 20 minutes.

Going diaper free (however that looks for you), set the timer for 20 minutes, and then take her to the potty when time elapses.

 

Allow 3-5 minutes each trip.

Re-set the timer (or keep a separate one by the potty), and tell her you’ll sit until the timer goes off. She can watch time run out on the red disk, or you can read her one of her favorite stories (Everyone Poops is never a bad choice.).

 

Expand your time in between trips.

If she’s dry at 20 minutes, slowly increase to 30, then 45 minutes.  If she has an accident, you can reduce the amount of time in between trips, and then try increasing again.

 

Be prepared to try again.

If after three days, she isn’t finding success at the potty, take a break. Try again in a few weeks.

 

Do you have any tips to share? We’d love to hear them!  Use discount code POTTY25 for 25% off the Time Timer PLUS!  Discount code valid from September 28, 2016 until October 2, 2016.