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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Warm bath lotion in the bathwater |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 2:57 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Bathtime |
| for the last few minutes of bathtime to warm up the lotion. We have a plethora of containers in the bath as toys for pouring water, so I just filled one, let it drift in the bath and left the bottle in it. Voila! Warmer lotion, happier girl. We also use the time-tested hack of warming up the towels in the dryer for that |
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| Extra shower curtain rod as swimsuit drip-dryer |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 9:26 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Bathtime, Habitat |
| A timely hack from the Hengst family: Put an extra shower curtain rod in your shower to hang wet towels and swimsuits from in the summertime. The water drips right into the shower and not on the floor. If you happen to be remodeling your bathroom, there's a double shower curtain rod for just this purpose. A small tension curtain rod |
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| Clean the bathroom while your kid's in the tub |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 1:29 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Bathtime, Getting Organized, Habitat |
| Leslie's practical "get it all clean at once" hack: My hack came about as we were supposed to have someone come over for dinner and I really needed to clean the guest bathroom. But with two kids (18 months and 3 months) time is precious and I never got around to it. So the other night, I decided to give my son a bath in the bathroom |
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| Simplifying the toddler soap-and water wipedown |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 9:22 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, Bathtime |
| Carly's tip for destickifying a toddler: We bathe my daughter Lucy, 15 months, every other day. The days between we always wash her face and hands with soap and water, but it's been a struggle to hold her dangling over the edge of the sink -- she wants to dive into the water, splash me, her and the rest of the bathroom. Finally, a *duh* light |
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| Use a nasal aspirator in the bath as a baby shower |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 11:13 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, Bathtime, Gear |
| can "shower" makes bathtime fun How to encourage your baby to tip his head back during shampoo-rinsing |
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| Singing scales while brushing teeth |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 12:29 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, Bathtime, Health Development |
| Toothbrushing + toddler how-to, from Rachel: My daughter is 2.5 and is able to regularly brush her teeth, but does not always want to. If I want to get in there to finish the job, I encourage her to open wide by singing "Ah!" like when the doctor looks down her throat. When a regular "Ah!" gets boring, we |
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| Use tweezers to grab crusty boogers |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 9:33 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, Bathtime |
| Booger removal: we've all got our methods. Here's Stormy's: Our 9 month-old seems to have a constantly runny nose and he hates to have his nose wiped. (What baby doesn't?) My boyfriend came up with the perfect solution for those crusty boogers - he tweezers them out. For some reason our baby doesn't mind the tweezers - he |
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| Squid Soap: good idea, poor execution |
| Published: October 22, 2007, 12:24 pm |
| Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Bathtime, Habitat, Health Development, Poop Pee Potty Etc |
| I was recently sent a review sample of Squid Soap by the makers of Airborne. The parent hack potential was high: the idea is that kids "ink" their hands with the built-in stamp, then wash with the soap for 20 seconds to get it off. Turns out the CDC says that 20 seconds of scrubbing is what it takes to properly get rid of the germs. |
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| DadLabs: Nothing this funny has ever been so useful |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 7:38 pm |
| Tags: 18yrs Grownup, Attitude Mindset, Bathtime, Behavior, Feeding Nursing, Fun Toys, Gear, Habitat, Poop Pee Potty Etc, Sleep Yours And Theirs, Things We Like |
| You've seen the hilarious videos at DadLabs, right? Of course you have. These are the guys who tested breast pumps ON THEMSELVES and dramatized the disaster that is poop in the tub (you may never eat canned chili again). They also interviewed a certain Parent Hacks publisher when she was in Austin last Spring (now THAT was a fun day). Well, a |
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| Uses for old mustard and ketchup bottles |
| Published: November 24, 2007, 9:40 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Bathtime, Fun Toys, Saving Money |
| Ashley rescued the mustard and ketchup bottles from the recycling bin: If you wash them really well, empty mustard and ketchup bottles make great bathtub squirt toys. If you use powdered tempera paint, they also make great dispensers! Related: Don't throw away that perineum bottle! |
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| A phone call from a favorite character encourages bathtime cooperation |
| Published: November 25, 2007, 8:46 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Bathtime, Behavior |
| From Rachel: My daughter hated, HATED to have her hair washed. For about two years washing her hair was one of my least favorite chores. She'd kick and scream so loudly that I would honestly worry the neighbors would call the police. [Haven't we all wondered about that at one time or another? - Ed.] My husband came up |
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| How to remove a band-aid painlessly |
| Published: November 27, 2007, 2:53 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Bathtime, Gear, Health Development |
| Rachael shares her solution to an age-old problem: Here's my hack for removing those pesky band-aids that kids love to put on and HATE to have taken off: If you dip a cotton ball or q-tip in oil (olive or baby) and rub it against the band-aid, it will allow the band-aid to just fall right off. We've eliminated a lot of screaming in our house |
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| Make detangling more fun (less unfun?) by turning it into a game |
| Published: January 8, 2008, 3:27 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Attitude Mindset, Bathtime, Fashion General Cuteness, Saving Money |
| Ah, the joys of detangling long hair. Here's how Amy manages the tresses: Both my girls have long hair. One has long, blonde locks with an ultra-sensitive head, and the other has very curly, red hair and just doesn't like to have it brushed. Well, needless to say, after a bath, it was nearly impossible to get any tangles out (even with the |
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