An Ignoble Experiment: [Parent Hacks] 2 new posts in Parent Hacks

2008/08/12

[Parent Hacks] 2 new posts in Parent Hacks

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Keep track of food introductions on the kitchen calendar

Danielle's "duh" moment will make life a lot easier for parents of new eaters:

This one may be super obvious, but I was having a hard time keeping a mental and/or written log of the new foods we'd introduced to our 9-month old. It was easy at first, but when we started combining foods and buying jars of combined foods, I couldn't remember what he'd had or whether we'd waited the three days to see if he was allergic. Then last night it finally dawned on me: write it on the calendar! It's on the fridge (near where we eat), it naturally has dates attached to it, and I can look back and see what he's already eaten if I'm in doubt.

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Mini M&M container as portable crayon holder

Here's how Joanne keeps crayons at the ready for outings:

We enjoy eating out, but there's no guarantee that the restaurant will have crayons for our kids (almost 2 and 5). I try to be proactive and keep crayons in my bag, but got tired of them breaking, rolling around and generally making a mess. Then I discovered that a mini M&Ms container is perfect for holding just enough crayons to share.

Bonus: the crayons will smell like chocolate.