RoutinedMom comes home
A clock does not mean much when you are four, so waiting for mom can feel endless. The visual support below shows what comes before she gets home and how you greet her, with a hug first and a calm moment after.
♀Mom comes home
A mom with a handbag waves on her way home as a boy runs to meet her.
♀Welcome home
A mom steps in through the front door with open arms as a happy boy runs to her.
♀Mom is home
A woman stands in the doorway of the house waving, with a paper bag in her hand.
About this visual support
How much longer? The question comes for the tenth time before dinner, and that is no surprise. Without a sense of time your child only knows that mom is gone, not that she arrives after the snack and a bit of play. When she finally steps through the door the joy explodes, while mom herself may need a minute to take off her shoes and breathe out after the day.
Pictures help in two ways. They make the wait concrete by showing what happens before she comes home, so your child can count activities instead of minutes. And they give the reunion a shape that works for both of you: a hug in the hallway first, then mom changes while your child fetches something to show her. One tip is to let your child move a picture of mom along the day's schedule, so she comes closer with every activity that is finished.
In the Routined app you can add mom's homecoming as its own step with a picture and a time, so it shows up in your child's day. The app can be tried for 14 days, and after that you continue with a subscription if it suits your family.
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In Routined you build schedules from these pictures, add timers and voice instructions, and your child follows the day on their own.
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