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Over the years as the mom of four children, I have had to get inventive in the way I do things, in order to save my time and my sanity. I prefer to have both, if not in ample abundance, but at least not to lose too much of either one of them.
So today I would like to share 10 of my super nifty and dare I say brilliant mom hacks that have saved my life a time or two.
- Always have a towel underneath the baby’s car seat or the booster seat. This makes clean up easier by just shaking out the towel or “burning it” depending on how dirty the towel has gotten. There are some messes that you just don’t want to clean up, right?
- Label on the outside what is inside clothing drawers to help emerging readers and also help anyone who is visiting or caring for your children in order to know where certain clothing items are.
- Keep a basket at the bottom of the stairs and add items into to it that need to be taken upstairs. This helps with clean up and I have my kids unload this at the end of every day.
- Use a rubber band on the lock and door handle to avoid the squeaky door problem that happens when you are checking on sleeping babies and children. It also works as a way to avoid having little people unwittingly lock themselves into a room.
- Limit soap by twisting rubber bands around the pump nozzle. When the kids push the pump they can only get a small dollop of soap, the perfect amount for small hands.
- Get rid of fruit flies easily and safely by placing a little vinegar and a chunk of very ripe fruit in a jar. Then, roll a piece of paper into a cone shape and stick it into the jar, placing the narrow opening down. The fruit flies will be drawn in, but won’t be able to get out.
- Create kid snack drawers in your fridge and in your cabinet with easy snacks that your kids can grab for themselves.
- Wet dryer sheet gets rid of tough soap scum and hand prints from the shower door.
- This one is so easy, but saves me so much time unloading groceries, for easier hauling of groceries into your house, keep a laundry basket in the trunk.
- For arts and craft time, either store kids paint in pump hand dispensers to make it easy for them to dispense or pour individual paint into egg cartons to avoid messy spills.
Brilliant right? You know what else is brilliant? Making sure to never, ever try and get a hungry kid to do what you want. It usually does not turn out well.
I avoid this problem by making sure that we have snacks in order to avoid the Hangry that will come if I don’t. Snacks like RITZ Peanut Butter and Cheese Filled Sandwich Crackers!
Not only are RITZ Filled Sandwich Crackers guaranteed to keep the Hangry away, they’re the ideal on-the-go snack for whatever life throws your way. Especially during the holidays, because if I think I am busy now, it’s only going to get busier during them. So with RITZ on hand I no longer need fear the Hangry. Which for me, is kind of a big thing.
I picked my RITZ Filled Sandwich Crackers up at my local Kroger store; Fry’s. Now that they are available at Kroger stores. Hooray! Have I mentioned before how much I love that store? The aisles are wide, they have everything I need and it’s all displayed so lovely. Seriously, I should just go ahead and take a mini mom vacation there someday. Or maybe that is what I am doing while I am shopping?
Anyways, thanks for stopping in and I hope you have found some of my mom hacks helpful as well as perhaps a new way to keep the Hangry away!
Love,
Jen
Comments
These are all brilliant. Live and learn when you’re raising a family. I always knew you were very smart.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Comedy Plus recently posted…Wordless Wednesday
Haha, some days I don’t feel so smart, but finding lazy ways to survive. That is all me :)
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
The soap dispenser one!!! Oh my goodness – that’s beyond brilliant!
We do the basket thing – man that’s a lifesaver. I can clean up so fast when I have a basket of goodies to distribute.
Thanks for sharing!
Wishing you a lovely evening.
xoxo
Jennifer recently posted…Mommy Bootcamp… One Month to Better Behaviour
I hope you try it, because I think you will see your soap waste go way down. A friend taught me that one and I am still praising her name :)
You too!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
I need to try the rubber band hack!
Akaleistar recently posted…Unplug: Thoughts on Slowing Down
Haha! It really is awesome!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Well you’ve had a busy week! These are great hacks. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Yes mam. The weekend doesn’t look much less busy. Oh well, life is to be lived! Glad you liked these.
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Oh wow, such a great idea for limiting soap.. My daughter loves to wash her hands and her doll’s hands.. there’s soap everywhere :)
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Oh the doll’s hands… Yes, you need to implement that hack right away! Glad you liked it and good luck!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Scarlet calls Ritz crackers “the best crackers in the world.”
These are smart! I love the laundry basket one for the car. And the towel under the car seat! I shudder to think of what could have been avoided had we done that..
Tamara recently posted…How I Honeymooned Your Father, Part XI: The Road to Homer
Smart kid! They really are :) I hear you, the first barf fest in the car taught me that if a towel had been a part of our life, things would have been a heck of a lot easier!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
I have one… We dip chocolate every year for Christmas, and I wrap the entire tabletop in Press n Seal. No prying off flecks of chocolate!
Courtney recently posted…Beginner’s Herbal Remedy Books – My Library and How I Use Them
That is brilliant! Now I kind of want to dip chocolate for Christmas…. :)
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
I love the rubber band on the soap bottle idea! I need that hack for my preschool class. My students always put too much soap on their little hands!
Ginny Marie recently posted…Struggling Upwards
I actually learned that one from my oldest daughter’s preschool teacher! So glad you liked it and hopefully you will see that soap “drama” go away :)
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
I do like ritz crackers! I tend to get the mini ritz cheese crackers and have them as snacks/part of lunch for work. haha They work for any age!
Love all your mom hacks too.
ShootingStarsMag recently posted…Big Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Giveaway
They really do! I love it :) I did the same thing today at lunch time.
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
I need to start putting a laundry basket in the car for the groceries. It never occurred to me to do that. Thank you!
Amber recently posted…Why Watching Military Shows With A Military Man Is Tricky
Thank you! I know brilliant right? Carry more without having the bags break and have everything roll around!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Great tips! Also, going grocery shopping alone without my 3 little ones often feels like a mini vacation for me ;) (client)
Amen to that! Taking children grocery shopping is probably not on my list of fun things to do. Without them, it truly is like a mini mom vacation!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Hi Jen, I love your hacks. The wrapping of an elastic band around the soap pump nozzle is an excellent one (that I will be trying). The fruit fly trap is also one I must try next summer too.
There is always a towel on our back seats of the car for the dogs (honest, the children don’t make so much a=of a mess now they are ‘adults’), it does save so much cleaning up.
Peanut butter filled Ritz do sound good.
xx
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Oh they are so very good! I hope you can get your hands on some.
You give me hope that once older, the messes for the children will stop. Mine still leave things strewn all about!
The fruit fly trap really works, I used it last week and they were gone in 3 hours!
Jen recently posted…10 Simply Brilliant Mom Hacks and Avoiding The Hangry
Nice hacks! And who doesn’t love Ritz. I didn’t know a lot of these, but I especially liked the dryer sheet one.
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You had me at “avoiding the hangry.” We’ve kept a basket at the bottom of the stairs for years. I’ve heard people call it The Crap Basket, but we are real original and call it The Basket on the Landing.
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