Tips and tricks that can change your parenting life...
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Sit or Squat App: https://www.sitorsquat.com/
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5 Parenting Hacks for Stressed Out Mums and Dads
1. 5 Parenting Hacks for
Stressed Out Mums
and Dads
These Tricks could change your life…
2. Nobody
Said It
Was
Easy
There’s no denying it – being
a parent is a tough job.
Probably the hardest job
you’ll ever have. And unlike
those other jobs, you can’t
quit (as tempting as that
may seem sometimes).
So why make life harder
for yourself? Let’s take a
look at how you can
shortcut your way to
parenting success!
3. Give Your
Child a
‘Tattoo’ in
Case You
Lose Them
in a Crowd
You turned your back for a split
second and they are no where to
be seen. Write your phone number
on your child’s arm so that
whoever finds them can get in
touch with you quickly and easily.
If your child resits, tell them
it’s a cool tattoo and they will
think it’s a fun game!
You can even buy safety
tattoo transfers that can
include information about
medical conditions and
allergies
4. Use liquid
medicine to
make it
easier for
your child to
swallow
Getting your child to swallow
pills or capsules is impossible for
some parents. Even older
children struggle to swallow
solid medicine.
Using liquid medicine will make
giving your child their
prescription medications much
easier.
There are often come a range of
flavours to choose from to help
disguise the taste!
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6. Ease the pain of sorting through
piles of laundry by marking each
washing label with a different
symbol for each child.
• If you have more than one child,
sorting through laundry can be a time
consuming process.
• Mark the washing label of each item of
clothing with a different symbol for
each child. You will be able to quickly
identify which clothing belongs to
who.
• The ‘dot method’ is popular choice
here – the first child’s clothes have one
dot, the second child has two dots
etc…
7. Make life
easier with
the help of
technology
• These days we have a wealth of technology
at our finger tips that is designed to make
daily life easier.
• Keep an eye out for new and useful apps,
and swap this knowledge with other
parents.
• The Sit or Squat app from Charmin is one
example of how apps can help with
parenting. This one tells you your proximity
to the nearest toilet and what facilities it
has. There is even the option to rate the
services.
• For older children, apps like Ignore No More
give you the power to lock their phone until
they call you back.
8. Pack activity sheets for
long journeys
• As much as technology can
make your life easier, being
halfway through a long car
journey when the battery on
your tablet runs out is every
parents worst nightmare.
• It’s a mathematical certainty
that: bored kids + long journeys
= unhappy parents
• Pack activity sheets and pens to
keep your child busy when
travelling. There are lots of sites
where you can download
printable activity sheets for
free.
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