Highchair Stickers

I usually shower in the morning before my husband leaves for work, but he was out of town a few weeks ago and I needed a way to contain and occupy S while I showered.  I brought his highchair into the bathroom and gave him some stickers and paper.  He still has a lot of trouble removing stickers from the backing, so I peeled each one off and placed a corner of each one along the perimeter of the highchair tray.  He was able to easily remove each one to stick to the paper and I was able to shower!  Feel free to leave your shower-occupying tips in the comments. 

Free Sample of Seventh Generation Dish Soap

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Go here to request a sample of Seventh Generation dish soap.  You will have to login or register if you are new.  I thought I would post this freebie because I like to use dish soap samples for traveling.  They are good to have on hand for washing breast pump parts in hotel rooms.

Thanks, Money Saving Mom!

Daddy Knows Best

My husband has been on top of the "Parent Hacks" lately.  First, he found ANOTHER use for breastmilk storage containers- to keep crayons in the diaper bag from breaking! 

Also, this past weekend we were out of town staying at a hotel and I meant to bring our baby monitor so we could keep an ear out for S from our adjoining friend's room.  Well, I forgot.  But since we have free minutes between our cell phones, we called each other and put the two on speaker phone and left one next to S's Pack-and-Play and kept the other with us!

Another Use for Breastmilk Storage!

If you read my previous post about uses for breastmilk storage containers, I thought of another one!  S recently inherited my gigantic (and kind of scary) childhood doll and now loves to feed her (now a him).  Instead of giving S a large bottle, I screwed a regular nipple onto the storage container.  It's the perfect size and it's not breakable like our glass bottles.  I promise this is my last post on this topic (maybe).

4 Alternative Uses for Breastmilk Storage Containers

1.  Bubble Maker.  Just put a little liquid soap and water in a container.  S loves to shake it to make bubbles.  You can also add food coloring if you like.  Thanks to Amy at The Wonder Years for the idea. 

2.  Shakers.  Add dry beans or rice (or anything else I suppose) to make a shaker instrument.  S likes that beans make a different sound than rice.  Thanks to my friend, Kristen, for the idea. 

3.  Open/close practice.  I try to give S various types of containers to practice opening and closing.  These work well for screw tops since they are not breakable and the perfect size for little hands.  Of course, once they master this you may want to screw the lid on tight or tape it shut for #1 and #2.  Thanks to Productive Parenting for the idea.  Side Note:  If you sign up at Productive Parenting's website, they will send you an email each day with an age appropriate activity idea from birth through four.

4.  Snack Containers.  I like the slim fit of the containers to keep snacks in my diaper bag for S. I find them less bulky than small Tupperware types.  #3 led me to this idea.

Any other ideas you want to add?