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[Frizzle]

Thank you reinforcing my fear of kids.

[Tailwind]

What's even the point of the safety spot sticker on the car? Why not just put your children into the car before you go about your business loading or unloading stuff, instead of expecting them to sit there, possibly in the way of other vehicles trying to get into the spot next to you, or more than likely being out of your line of sight?

 

I actually do the gelatin one very often during the summer months. Adds a nice texture to popsicles that I quite adore.

[Fikri]

yeah, i don't get the stickers on the car too lol. the plastic cup sparkles look safe alright... and boring.

 

hmm, some of these suggestions are great for adults too.

Edited by Stuck, 13 May 2014 - 01:40 PM.

[NapisaurusRex]

High five I'm terrified of sparklers too

[NapisaurusRex]

I do the dot thing, Jill and Trinity are only 10 months apart though.

[NapisaurusRex]

That's kiiiiiiind of different though because she is your step child and they actually own different clothing bought by different families. 
In that type of situation I'd understand, for sure.

Actually, all her clothing here was either bought by us or gifted to her by my family. Jill's picky about her clothes though, because she was kind of thrown into sharing all her stuff with Trinity.

[Prisca]

hahaha, they are great! agreed, some are silly. I laughed out loud at no. 26.  I hope i remember to use some of these as my boy gets older! 

[Doomsday]

I think the dots on clothing would more be suited to certain types of clothing (underwear) as that's something that generally isn't shared. Shirts, shorts, dresses or whatever are fine to be passed around / handed down, but underwear usually stays with the one child.

[Sweeney]

I think the dots on clothing would more be suited to certain types of clothing (underwear) as that's something that generally isn't shared. Shirts, shorts, dresses or whatever are fine to be passed around / handed down, but underwear usually stays with the one child.

Not if you have two kids that wear the same kind of underwear.

[Tetiel]

The dot method would be extremely confusing in families with multiple children and hand me downs. I was a nanny for a family with two girls, a boy, and another boy about to be born. Dot method would very easily get confusing once one child grew out of them lol. It was pretty easy to figure out by size, honestly. I sorted most of their laundry. Liv was size 5 or 6; Gracie size 3. It wasn't rocket science, but if you have two kids the same size and relative age I could see the need. Being a younger sibling, myself, I got the majority of my sister's embarrassing late 80s/early 90s clothing. It's inevitable. 

 

But the mosquito netting is brilliant. I'll need to remember that when I have my own. I'm usually the one that gets bitten more than anyone else and I'll probably pass that down to the poor kid

[NapisaurusRex]

The dot method would be extremely confusing in families with multiple children and hand me downs. I was a nanny for a family with two girls, a boy, and another boy about to be born. Dot method would very easily get confusing once one child grew out of them lol. It was pretty easy to figure out by size, honestly. I sorted most of their laundry. Liv was size 5 or 6; Gracie size 3. It wasn't rocket science, but if you have two kids the same size and relative age I could see the need. Being a younger sibling, myself, I got the majority of my sister's embarrassing late 80s/early 90s clothing. It's inevitable.

The thing with the dot method is that the oldest child has just one dot, second child has two dots, third child has three dots, etc. So as the clothes get handed down, you just add another dot. I will quit doing the dot thing once my 'big girls' are older though because that's the only close in age set I plan on having. The dot method works really well for the people who have a bunch of children close together in age or multiples. (Think Duggars)

[EverKaia]

A lot of these are great! I wish my parents had thought about a shower caddy when we were traveling when I was younger. But then again, my dad made his own combination cupholder/trash bin out of wood for the back seat and it worked great!