Mum’s 'Genius' Plate Tip If You Have 2 Or More Kids Is Far Too Relatable

The cat plate and the llama plate.“I want the cat plate,” my three-year-old declares as I begin dishing up dinner. My one-year-old is too young to argue her case, so the eldest wins. The littlest ends up with the llama plate – not a terrible outcome, but I think she would’ve quite liked the cat plate, too.It’s a quick fix on this occasion, but it had me wondering: when both kids are old enough to voice their opinions on which plate they want, it’s going to be complete and utter carnage. Katie Nessel (aka @soberishmom on social media) knows this all too well.She recently let parents expecting a second child into “a little secret that nobody told me” – and anyone with siblings or more than one child will heavily relate.“You see these cute sets with different colours of straws and cups,” she said in a reel, holding up a multipack of cups and straws in the supermarket. “These straws, they represent hundreds of fights and arguments. ‘I want the pink straw!’, ‘No it’s my turn for the purple straw!’, ‘Oh he got the Bluey plate last time!’,” she said.Her advice? “You pick one colour – every straw, every cup, every spoon, every plate, should be the same colour,” she said.The parent wrote in the caption for her video: “The parenting advice you didn’t know you needed. Tell me I’m wrong?! I literally lost my mind this morning over this argument between my 4 year old daughter and 6 year old son.”As it turns out, she’s absolutely not wrong and plate-related warfare is taking place around the globe. “This is by far the most accurate video on the internet right now,” wrote one parent in the comments section.“Genius!!! I wish I knew this when my kids were younger,” added another.But apparently having the same colour or design of everything doesn’t always work – because kids.“Mission failed they still fight over the exact same coloured plates,” concluded one parent. “Got my kids these two little cute spiderman chairs literally IDENTICAL and yet they still fight over the chairs,” added another. Back to the drawing board then...Related...These 4 Reddit Hacks For Getting Toddlers To Comply Are *Chef's Kiss*Parents Share The 11 Hilarious Reasons Their Toddlers Had Tantrums – And WowParenting Coach Reveals What To Say To Toddlers To Stop Them Hitting You

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