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10 of the best parenting hacks ever

If youโ€™re 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 youโ€™re 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.

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10 of the best parenting hacks ever

1. For when your little one wonโ€™t sleep without youโ€ฆ

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Place a glove filled with beads on their back. And youโ€™ve got a pseudo-mummy hand.

2. For bath time fun without breaking your backโ€ฆ

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Invest in an old laundry basket and youโ€™ve got an instant baby bath. Supervision is still required (obviously), but at least you donโ€™t have to bend down the entire time.

3. For the nights when you really canโ€™t be stuffed holding a bottleโ€ฆ

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Enter this bottle holding contraption, simply made from an old toy that bub can hold herself.

4. For sand-free trips to the beachโ€ฆ

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Beach days are brilliant. But bringing home half of the beach in your bag and your childโ€™s bathing suit is not.ย Next time, pack a fitted sheet and place the heavier items on each corner. Youโ€™ve got the perfect sand-free area to hold your items and keep your babyโ€™s nappy sand-free.

5. For those car ridesย that you know are going to end in tearsโ€ฆ

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A few pieces of cardboard placed strategically in between each child and youโ€™ve got the perfect partition. So you wonโ€™t hear a single,ย โ€œHeโ€™s touching me,โ€ย or, my personal favourite,ย โ€œHeโ€™s looking out MY window.โ€

6. For when your baby is no longer a babyโ€ฆ

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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 carsโ€ฆ

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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! Youโ€™ve got a parking garage/storing system that costs next to nothing.

8. For when you really donโ€™t want to share your chocolate stashโ€ฆ

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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 donโ€™t feel like cleaning sticky goo off your child…

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All it takes to keep your child sticky-free is a coffee cup lid. Genius!

10. For long car rides filled with 8 trillion, โ€œAre we there yets?”โ€ฆ

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An old DVD case, a few pieces of paper and a box of pencil crayons and youโ€™ve 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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