Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you some
mom hacks. Now I've been making mom hack videos here on YouTube for the past five years. So
I've kept a few of my all time favorite hacks in this video as well as some that I just
discovered. So I hope you really enjoy this video. And I'm also so excited because this
video is a collaboration with one of my favorite YouTubers, Tiffani Beaston. You may know her
channel Beauty and The Beastons already, but she is a gorgeous mom to three children. She
makes similar content to me. She does cleaning videos, lifestyle videos, mommy videos, meal
prep and so on. And today she is also doing a mom hacks video. So once you've watched
this one through, definitely go and check out her mom hacks. I will put a link in the
description to her channel. I think you guys will really like her. I watch
all of her videos and I actually got to meet her in real life in London recently and she
is a so lovely. And if you're just popping over from Tiffani's channel, thank you so
much for checking me out. I would love you to consider subscribing if you like what you
see. But with all that said, let's get into the mom hacks. So my first hack is when you
may have seen before, but it really does work. This hack is going to teach your children
how to put their shoes on the right feet. So all you have to do is get yourself a large
sticker, cut it in half and place one side in the left shoe and one side in the right
shoes so that when they're lined up side by side, you see the complete sticker if they're
in the right position. The next hack is one that I got from my son's
school. He came home and told me about this and I was like, "That is genius." This hack
is going to make your children want to put their rubbish into the ban or trash. So at
the school they say on the bins that they are Wishing Bins, and that if you put your
rubbish into the bin, you can make a wish. So I thought that was really clever and I've
also found something online that you can get for your child's bin, which is a little basketball
net. I bought this for Fraser. It's obviously a bit gimmicky but also quite fun. So I put
this into his room and every time that he gets a piece of rubbish through the basket
it shouts, "Hooray," or does an applause, and we already love it.
The only problem with this is that they will put toys and stuff in there because they want
to get the applause. But if your child is terrible at putting stuff in the bin, this
might be a product to consider and you can even get laundry baskets that have a basketball
net on them as well. And if your children tend to use too much
soap when they're washing their hands, we have a few bottles like this that gives out
so much soap for their little hands and it's one that they really like the smell of, so
they definitely go overboard on this soap. So all I did was take an elastic band, wrap
it around the top of the soap so that they now always get the right amount.
This next hack is one that I saw on Instagram and I thought it was such a good idea. It's
a way to cover your paddling pool so that leaves and grass don't get into it overnight.
We tend to leave our water in the paddling pool for two to three days because it takes
so long to fill up and it feels so very wasteful to just chuck out the full paddling pool at
the end of the day. So this girl said to use a fitted sheet to put it over your paddling
pool. I tested this out and I must admit I did struggle a little bit because we have
such a huge paddling pool for eight people, but if you had a slightly smaller rectangular
paddling pool, I think this is such a good idea.
My next hack is such a simple one, but it's one that I've used for years and I still do
it almost every day. So this hack is to use a pizza cutter to cut up your children's food
into bite sized pieces. Pizza cutters are not just for pizza. They're also great for
toast, especially cheese on toast. They're great for pancakes. They're great for eggy
bread, omelets, you name it. Test it out. It's honestly so quick and easy to do.
I also have a great hack if your children like to play with stickers. All you do is
pull off the sticky bit around the stickers and this makes it so much easier for little
hands to take the stickers off. This next hack is another really simple one,
but I've done it for years and it really does work. If I ever have a fussy toddler or baby,
I will put them into the bath. It doesn't matter what time of day it is, but a bath
seems to really calm them down. It can be soothing but also fun so you can stick them
into the bath with maybe some bubbles and some toys and it really can help with fussiness.
And when my children are in the bath, I have another hack for how I wash their hair without
getting soap or water into their eyes. I tell my boys to look up towards the sky or the
moon or the sun and then I give them a dry flannel and they hold it over their eyes and
I wash their hair like that. And then once I've done that, I then use the flannel to
wash their face and the rest of them, I know this is such a simple one, but when you wash
their hair they can get quite upset if you just drench them with water. So I thought
it was worth sharing. My next mom hack is also a cleaning hack and
that is to use magic erasers to get out stubborn stains and marks. I pick mine up in Poundland
I use them for so many things. I have no idea how this thing works, but it's amazing. I
tend to cut this down to size and use it on our surfaces, skirting boards for scuffs,
in the bath. If my boys ever take toys that are not bath toys and then they scratch the
bath with it, this is the only thing that gets those marks off. And this is also fantastic
at cleaning up trainers or sneakers as well. And for my next hack I wanted to tell you
about a product that I've recently discovered, which has really been working for us. This
is called a Toilight and what this does is light up your toilet bowl at night if your
child gets up and goes to use the toilet. So it basically has a sensor on it and you
hook it onto the side of your toilet bowl and when your child walks in, if the room
is dark and there is motion, it will just light up the toilet bowl so they can see enough
to use the loo but they don't have to put on the overhead blinding lights. It's also
great for aim if you have a boy. And it could also be really fun for potty training because
the light goes rainbow or you can choose whatever color you want it to be. Pink, blue, green,
whatever you want. So I thought I would share that with you because one of our children
gets up every night for the toilet at about 11 o'clock so this has been brilliant.
And my last hack is a way of drying your clothes quicker. If you need a whole load of laundry
in a hurry, what you do is when you put your wet clothes into the dryer, add a dry, fluffy
towel for the first 15 minutes, and then after 15 minutes take out just the towel and you
will see that a lot of moisture will come out with it on the towel, then carry on with
your dryer cycle and it will be a lot quicker. So that is it for this video. I hope you enjoyed
my mom hacks. Let me know in the comments which one was your favorite. And if you have
any others, I would love to hear them as well. And don't forget to check out Tiffani's channel
and video as well. I'll put a link in the description and I'll see you in my next one.
Bye guys.