Everybody loves a good parenting hack.
But sometimes you just have to laugh, you know?
Shauna Damman, mom and the co-founder ofWalkie Chalk, created an awesome parenting hack.
“They love making roads on the driveway to ride their bikes on.
The kids had been playing with a broken rake handle the night before…
I went in the garage, took a piece of chalk and zip-tied it to the broken rake handle.
It cut my time of making roads, intersections and street signs in half.”
Anything that keeps you upright, chalk-free, and able to enjoy time with your kids is a win.
And in some cases, it’s something that actually causes parents (or other people) physical discomfort.
“If I’m reading stories, he would just sit next to me and squeeze it.
He did it with grandma and teachers too.”
In this family’s case, the perfect hack was to find another solution that fed that need.
He needs something squeeze-y."
They told the flight attendant she did a great job on the safety demo.
Carried on lengthy conversations with the elderly lady next to them and were lovely to each other.
Best $12 ever spent."
Talk about a hack!
And we bet the other passengers were pretty pleased too.
Take a page out of Dorien van-Morin’s book from when her four kids were babies.
“It left my hands free to change and feed baby, but not wake them up completely.”
“As a new parent, you buy all the latest educational and not-so-educational toys for your child.
“So I would place five toys in his play pen and rotate them out every so often.
This dad of four discovered that finding just the right song can make all the difference.
So I randomly played a song in a car, and Anya stopped crying.
Several repeated ‘incidents’ I played the song and she would stop crying almost every time!
This trick requires some trial and error to find a song that works for your kiddo.
How about when they do it more than once?
You name it, he touched it,” Crush said.
“First we tried taping his diaper shut.
That didn’t [faze] him.
He still managed to work his way out of it.
Use the fast food bag to your advantage
Kids lovefast food.
I think that’s a rule.
Maybe one day he will catch on that McDonald’s doesn’t serve chicken and rice.”
I also made them their own laminated ID badges and they wore those on lanyards,” she said. "
How hysterical is that?
It makes sense your familyisall supposed to be on the same team.
You’re just the creative coach.
