Mom Life Hacks

During diaper changes, give a full-size, adult PLASTIC clothes hanger to baby to play with. They won't be able to get hands down easily with it across they tummy!

If you have little ones, you know how much of a suffocation hazard plastic bins and plastic bags are! Here is my hack to keeping a clean play room and make cleaning up so much easier for kiddos as well as keeping their playroom organized.

Mesh laundry bags for the win!

We have them put all their big toys in a toy box and anything that has little pieces go in a mesh bag together. I color with permanent marker on the outside of the bag what's in it and the kids can pull the bag out of the toy box of the things they want to play with. They take the bag to their play area and unzip and play, then they put everything back in the bag. I can lock the bag of things they have lost privilege of playing with. We have mr potato head pieces in one bag with the potato head, paw patrol action figures in another bag, duplos in another bag, markers in another bag (I can lock the bag up so they have to bring me the bag to get it undone which forces them to ask for permission before using them.) Both my kids are under 4yo and haven't been able to figure out how to get past the lock. When I was teaching them to clean up their toys I had all the bags locked and they couldn't get another bag unlocked until they cleaned up the other bag. My 2yo used to just dump everything out and not play with it so this keeps all the pieces contained and prevents the dumping, especially since she liked to play with the containers they were in. Because they are mesh, they are not a suffocation hazard.

I LOVE my kiddo and spend mostly all day with them, but they want to do EVERYTHING together, no matter what. It's nice for me, but I worry they're not developing the skills/benefits of alone time or solo play. Any tips to get them excited about it?

Has anyone used cloth diapers and preffered them? I'm tired of all the garbage from disposables and how many we went through with our first baby! How many would you recommend having? Any good brands?

I'm trying to lose 65lbs and am struggling so hard. I have tried multiple diets, exercise and yoga daily but feel like I'm getting no where. Anyone have any tricks?!