Little Hacks That Will Make Parenting So Much Easier

1. Bathe your child in a laundry basket so that their toys don’t float away.

2. Avoid committing a gender faux pas with other parents.Lean down and ask the baby his or her name. The parent will answer for them (if they can't talk yet).

3. Save your old cell phones and let your kids use them as play cameras.

4. Punish your kids when they’re fighting.

5. Invest in a “baby shower cap.

6. If your kids have bad handwriting, make them spend some time on the monkey bars.certain activities can help strengthen the upper body and the fine motor skills that can lead to better handwriting.

7. Invest in a good pair of cargo pants.Since you stopped caring about fashion the second that baby popped out of you, it's time to start wearing cargo pants every day, preferably a pair with many pockets. Keep wipes, diapers, plastic bags, and bottles in there.

8. Put sprinkles on thing. They'll turn any healthy smoothie or juice into a fun-filled endeavor.

9. Need a place to put your kid?Make a hammock with a blanket tied around a table.

10. Make an incredibly easy play fort with a box fan.

11. Trace your kids’ feet so you can go shoe shopping without having to drag them along.

12. Finally tell your twins apart with this romper set.

13. Put your kids to work by turning chores into a fun game.

14. Use a barrette to fix your little girl’s too-loose tank top.

15. To stop nighttime coughing, rub vapor rub on their feet and put socks over them.

16. If your kids are scared of monsters, make monster spray.

17. Stick a Command hook on the back of a high chair to hold bibs.

18. Teach your child to hold a pencil the right way with a wad of Kleenex.

19. Repurpose a pool noodle to become a toddler-proof door stopper.

20. Use maxi pads to extend diapers for a potty-training child.Does your kid wake up with soaked jammies? Stick a heavy absorbent overnight maxi pad into their diaper.

Alternatively, moms can actually tear off the sides, front, and back of a diaper to create an emergency maxi pad.

21. Get a portable high chair.

22. Use glue and glitter to make “tooth fairy money.

23. Have your child sit on a stability ball while doing homework — it’ll help with their concentration.

24. Freeze a pacifier in an ice cube tray with juice, milk, formula, or water to sooth a teething baby’s gums.

25. Cut a hole in the tip of a pacifier and stick a dropper through it to administer medicine.

26. Put the iPad in “Kid Mode".

27. Install a baby-gate using heavy-duty cable ties instead of nailing into the banister.

28. Those zip ties also make impromptu ponytail holders.

29. Transform a DVD case into a travel art kit.

30. Use a shoe caddy to store games and snacks on a long road trip.

31. Fill a glove with pearled barley or beans, give a few pats with it, and then slip away stealthily into the night.

32. Turn an old lotion bottle into a faucet extender so the little ones can reach.

33. Push your kid on a swing from afar using a string or rope.

34. For the gamer parent…

35. Put temporary tattoos on your kids in case they get lost.