Genius Parenting Hacks That Make Life With Kids So Much Easier

Bathtub Box

If you have a little kid who can't bathe on their own yet, an easy way to prop them up in the tub is to use a laundry basket. Fill it with toys and bubbles while you wash their head. It's kind of like putting a mini bathtub inside your bathtub. It might sound crazy, but it certainly works well. Their rubber ducky will really be experiencing a five-star treatment!

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The More You Know

  • Keep elastic hair bands in one place—not scattered in drawers or in the bathroom sink or all over the floor. Slide them onto an empty toilet paper roll, which can then be neatly tucked into a drawer.
  • Insert a drinking straw (or stainless steel reusable) into the tip of the berry and push it through to the other end to quickly remove the stem.
  • Here's a great way to keep track of your daily water intake. Draw lines on your water bottle with a marker pen, and then write the time beside the marked level.
  • If you have all matching clothes hangers in your closet and sometimes you get one of the really cheap, plastic ones when you need an anti-slip hanger. One solution is to wrap pipe cleaners around the clothes hanger.
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