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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Snug-fitting foam plugs the gap between bed and wall |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 12:53 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Habitat, Sleep Yours And Theirs |
| Jonathan solved a the bed gap problem like this: After our 2 1/2 year old transitioned from a crib to a real bed, my wife and I started were woken up several times in the middle of the night with our son in our room in tears. It turned out that the gap between the wall and his bed, about 2 inches, was just wide enough for piglet, his favorite |
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| Easy cooking project: Homemade tortillas |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:58 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing, Fun Toys, Habitat, Learning |
| My kids both have an attraction to anything squishy. They love all of those stretchy, gel-like trinkets flooding the market, and all manner of playdough. When I can muster the patience, I pull out the flour, water, salt, baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring -- my son's favorite ingredients for "experiments," and let the kids have at it. They |
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| Turn a large plastic storage container into a splashing pool |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 1:51 pm |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, Fun Toys, Habitat, Saving Money |
| Fun in the sun, with prolific blogger Sherry: Based on the hack for the water play set, I got inspired and went one step further. I live in an apartment building and though we have a courtyard, we don't have a private yard. We also live on the top floor. I often bemoan our lack of a yard with a pool when it gets hot and |
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| How to keep kids in bed till wakeup time |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Behavior, Habitat, Learning, Sleep Yours Theirs |
| Father-to-be Keith has already started filing away parent hacks for future use! This one is sure to come in handy for these crazily early summer sunrises: To keep their little ones in bed until an appropriate time, some friends of ours have taped a cutout of the number "6" next to the hour-digit(s) of the clock on the night |
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| Can you clean a computer keyboard in the dishwasher? Talk amongst yourselves. |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:13 pm |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Habitat |
| Sally wonders (as do I): Slashdot had a story about a successful dishwasher santitizing method for keyboards. Apparently, they have more bacteria than a toilet!!??!! But I'm not sending this to fuel the fears of the germ-o-phobic I'm more interested in using this hack to get the GRAPE JELLY OFF THE KEYBOARD! I'm still a little hesitant, |
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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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| Presto Printing Mailbox: Send email and digital photos to offline relatives |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 11:56 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Getting Organized, Habitat |
| Grandpa wants regular updates and photos of the kids but doesn't have (or want) a computer or an Internet connection. How to bridge the generation/technology gap? Presto's solution is delightfully simple: plug a Presto Printing Mailbox in at Grandpa's house, connect it to any phone jack, and then sign up for a Presto account, which creates a |
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| Martha Stewart (and staff): Parenthackers? |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 11:24 am |
| Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Fashion General Cuteness, Feeding Nursing, Fun Toys, Getting Organized, Habitat, Learning |
| There's a fine line between the hacker-ish DIYers and the stylish crafters. Case in point: the Martha Stewart Omnimedia folks got in touch to tell me about Good Things For Kids, a new special issue of on newsstands now. It's full of pictures of unnaturally well-groomed children, and I can't help but wonder what life would feel like if it actually |
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| Shower curtain as changing pad |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 2:13 pm |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, Gear, Habitat, Poop Pee Potty Etc, Saving Money, Travel Going Out |
| Another reason to never buy a changing table! From Sarah: When my first child was born, we had no changing table, or even a changing pad. So I sent my husband to the store for a changing pad, but they were out. Instead, he bought a cheap plastic shower curtain. We cut it up into rectangles about 2x3 feet, and stashed one in the diaper bag, one |
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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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| Alarm clocks work for early-waking babies, too |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 9:35 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, Behavior, Habitat, Learning, Sleep Yours Theirs |
| Lisa's hack is fascinating -- an incredible reminder that babies are capable of a lot more learning than we think: I read a hack not too long ago about a toddler (about 3 yrs., I think) that used to wake up way too early until the parents started using a radio alarm clock to get him to sleep longer. My son was probably about 6 mos. old |
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| Losing hope for wildlife |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 4:17 pm |
| Tags: Habitat Encroachment, Wildlife, Hunting |
| I hate to be bleak, or even alarmist, but...Between our species' virtually unchecked population growth and our unsustainable meat-centered eating habits, humans are decimating wildlife worldwide, ensuring a future where the majority of surviving animals are those that serve some human interest as an exploitable resource and are thus "worth" |
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| Kid-friendly kitchens help even the youngest pitch in |
| Published: August 19, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Attitude Mindset, Behavior, Feeding Nursing, Getting Organized, Habitat, Learning |
| Heather wrote up a fantastic post on her blog, Oh My Stinkin Heck, about encouraging kids to help in the kitchen by making it more accessible to them. Really, the topic is much bigger than that -- it's about honoring your children by teaching them to pitch in...that they naturally want to help and you do them a disservice by not showing them how. |
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| Working with a one year-old's light switch obsession |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 6:23 pm |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, Habitat, Learning |
| Kris's light switch hack keeps her son happy (for a while at least!): My one year old son is enthralled with being helpful by turning on and off the lights in every room when we enter or exit. The only problem is, "on" is a lot harder to master than "off" and he gets very frustrated. The hack- turn him UPSIDE DOWN! The motion then becomes the |
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| Color code hot and cold water taps with nail polish |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 9:32 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Fun Toys, Habitat, Learning, Poop Pee Potty Etc |
| Amazing how a little change can help kids get what they need on their own. Here's kittenpie's great idea: My girl understand that red=stop and green=go, so in the bathroom, I have painted (in nail polish for durability) a large red spot on top of the hot water tap, and a large green spot on top of the cold water tap. Now she can wash her hands |
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