Half-empty bottle of wine with a missing cork? No problem. Soften a taper candle in the microwave for 3-5 seconds. Cut one inch off the end and “Voila!” ready-made cork. (Of course, our friends over at Moms Who Need Wine would say — “who would leave half a bottle of wine?”)
Have you ever put a small child on a public potty — the kind with the automatic flusher — and had it flush while your child is sitting on it? Only to send him/her into a state of sheer panic? Well here’s a tip to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Carry a pad of post-it notes with you in your bag. When your child gets on the potty, put a post-it note over the infrared sensor. The sensor will be fooled, and your trip to the potty will be freak-out free.
Want to stop the pup from chewing on your favorite flowers? Sprinkle them with cayenne pepper. This sneezy spice acts as a repellant for dogs — and may other mammals, too.
Kids covered from head to toe in sticky sand? Reach in your diaper bag for the Baby Powder, give them a good shake-down (with the powder, that is) and “Poof!” they’ll be clean as a whistle (and smelling powder fresh to boot!)
Great tip for night-time potty training: Make the bed with two sets of sheets (and/or two mattress pads), so if one gets wet in the middle of the night, just rip off a layer and get back to bed!
Any kid will tell you, there’s nothing worse than cold snow creeping in between your mittens and coat, sending an icy chill right through all the veins in your wrist! But it ALWAYS happens. Solution? Take an old adult sock and put a hole in it for the thumb. Then put it under your child’s coat and mittens. Voila! Just the barrier you need.