10 of the best parenting hacks ever
If youโre a parent, then you pretty much need all of these parenting hacks in your life.ย Like right now.
A fitted sheet. A cardboard box. A few dozen toilet paper rolls. If you can rustle up these items, then youโre one third of the way to raising children the right way!
These ingenious parenting hacks, designedย byย mums and dadsย around the world, are too amazing not to share.
10 of the best parenting hacks ever
1. For when your little one wonโt sleep without youโฆ
Place a glove filled with beads on their back. And youโve got a pseudo-mummy hand.
2. For bath time fun without breaking your backโฆ
Invest in an old laundry basket and youโve got an instant baby bath. Supervision is still required (obviously), but at least you donโt have to bend down the entire time.
3. For the nights when you really canโt be stuffed holding a bottleโฆ
Enter this bottle holding contraption, simply made from an old toy that bub can hold herself.
4. For sand-free trips to the beachโฆ
Beach days are brilliant. But bringing home half of the beach in your bag and your childโs bathing suit is not.ย Next time, pack a fitted sheet and place the heavier items on each corner. Youโve got the perfect sand-free area to hold your items and keep your babyโs nappy sand-free.
5. For those car ridesย that you know are going to end in tearsโฆ
A few pieces of cardboard placed strategically in between each child and youโve got the perfect partition. So you wonโt hear a single,ย โHeโs touching me,โย or, my personal favourite,ย โHeโs looking out MY window.โ
6. For when your baby is no longer a babyโฆ
And discovers a love for writing, drawing and gluing stuff all over the walls. Enter an upcycled desk made from an old cot, perfect for craft time (and much easier to clean than the walls).
7. For when your child wants an expensive garage for his matchbox carsโฆ
This is what you call Do It Yourself magic. Collect a bunch of toilet paper rolls, add a few pieces of timber, some nails and a cute sign, complete with glue to hold everything into place and, Bam! Youโve got a parking garage/storing system that costs next to nothing.
8. For when you really donโt want to share your chocolate stashโฆ
Edamame beans โ the perfect protein snack. And the perfect hider of your Healthy Mummy chocolate snack stash.
9. For those times when you really donโt feel like cleaning sticky goo off your child…
All it takes to keep your child sticky-free is a coffee cup lid. Genius!
10. For long car rides filled with 8 trillion, โAre we there yets?”โฆ
An old DVD case, a few pieces of paper and a box of pencil crayons and youโve got a personal colouring kit, perfect for quiet activity time or long journeys on the road.
Parenting done right
We hope these brilliant parenting hacks help you on your daily journey through motherhood. Fromย sleep trainingย to family road trips, if there is a way to make things easier, then we are all for it!
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