- Hey guys!
So I've wanted to make a video like this for ages.
These are my mom hacks.
But some of them, you don't have to be a mom to do.
Some of them are just life hacks
that I've picked up along the way,
and that I do,
and some of these you might think,
I can't believe she does that,
but some of these you might be like,
that is gonna save me loads of time,
that's really useful,
as I hope some of these are,
and if you like this kind of thing,
definitely give a thumbs up and feel free to share it.
Get straight into it,
so thank you so much for watching
and I will see you very soon.
Okay, so hack number one is basically
a way to store your bibs.
I just bought an adhesive hook, like so.
Stick it on to the back of your highchair
and then you'll always have bibs to hand.
Okay, so if you have a filthy car like me,
get yourself a cereal container.
I just bought this one from Poundland.
You can put your rubbish in it,
and it has a lid for when you're driving,
and it's ideal for the kids.
I really like this next hack as a way to display
and store your coloring books and coloring pens,
just buy yourself a really cheap dish drying rack
like this one and display it like so.
Right, I love having a retractable clothes line.
It is just so easy and space saving,
and great to have in the garden,
and it also makes an awesome limbo.
In our house, we have a snack drawer for my boys.
I just load it up with healthy snacks
and they can help themselves.
Right, for the next one, if you ever need to remove labels
from jars or bottles like this one,
if you just use some nut butter,
either peanut butter or almond butter,
just leave it on for a few minutes
and it comes straight off.
With bottles like this, there's a few things you can do.
I like make kid's cleaners in these little spray bottles
so that when I'm cleaning the windows, or the house,
the boys could help.
They love to help out,
and I don't think they actually clean that much
but I know this is a safe cleaner for them to use,
and it allows me to get things done
while they're kind of helping me in spraying it like crazy.
Also in a bottle like this, we fill one up with malt vinegar
and then use this to spray on our chips.
We've also put our olive oil into a spray bottle like this
to avoid using too much.
If your children don't like brushing their teeth,
get yourself an electric toothbrush,
and your children will all love brushing their teeth,
and their teeth will be so clean.
When the bath toys get dirty in this house,
and grubby, and just general toys
get sticky with food, etc.,
I'm so lazy that I just have to
throw it into the washing machine
and wash it on a hot wash,
or you can also put it in the dishwasher.
And when I put it in the dishwasher,
I again wash it slightly on a hotter wash
to make sure they're really clean.
In the summer, my boys spend all their time in the garden,
so I like to leave drinks and cups outside for them
so they can keep hydrating,
and I just bought one of these containers from Amazon.
It was really, really cheap,
and I just fill it up with water, or squash,
or whatever I want to put in it,
and I leave it outside on the table with cups,
and they can just help themselves
throughout the day.
If you have fabric chairs like we do,
you will probably want to protect them from your children.
We just bought this oil cloth from Cath Kidston,
and also got a staple gun as well,
and I just roughly cut out the fabric around the chair size,
flip the chair over,
and then staple gun the fabric to the bottom,
and voila!
It keeps them safe with this cover.
This also works really well on table tops,
and my kid's table tops as well.
Okay, so to avoid putting an elastic band
around your wrapping paper and it snagging or creasing,
I just put a paper towel roll over mine
and it keeps it all together.
Here's a hack to save money on scented candles.
Just use vanilla extract, two tablespoons in a mug,
put it into the oven at 150 for about 45 minutes to an hour
and your house will smell like a bakery.
When you're child's unwell,
save empty tissue boxes so that one can act as a bin.
The next hack is simple but so useful.
Pack school bags the night before
and put them in the car the night before,
so you're ready to go in the morning.
If you have a rug that moves a lot,
get yourself a glue gun and glue the bottom of it.
Obviously wait for the glue to dry
before you flip it back over,
but when you flip it over, it won't budge.
You could even do this on baby socks as well.
If you have a toddler that rolls over non-stop
when you're trying to change their nappy,
just put your leg over their tummy like this
and it will make it a lot more difficult
for them to roll over.
Here's an oldie but a goodie hack.
When your child has a cough,
rub Vaporub onto their feet,
put socks onto their feet,
and then during the night it will help them
cope with their cough.
For my last hack, if you have a baby
that's sensitive to light, you will love this product.
It's called Magic Blackout and it does just that,
just blacks out the room.
It comes in a roll,
and you just stick it to the window
and it kind of sticks itself to it,
like magnetizes to it,
and it makes the room so dark.
Thank you so much for watching!
I hope you liked my first ever hacks video.
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and I will see you all soon.