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Introducing Food to Children |
I believe that one way to learn about food and the texture is not
only to eat but to feel food. Frequently, when I know my
children will be eating messy foods, I strip them down to just
diapers and let them go. Afterwards, I soak them in the bath
tub. Eventually the messiness goes away.
- Visitor from Lansing, Michigan
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A Clean Baby |
A clean baby is loved by all. The better
they smell, the more people want to share your joy by holding the
little one.
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Brown Sugar |
Put a piece of bread in your brown sugar container to keep it from
getting clumpy and hard. - Visitor
from Georgia
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Silk Flowers |
To freshen dusty silk flowers, mix dishwashing powder in a bucket of
water. Slosh flowers and let dry. They come out like
new. The water may also be used to wash out the vase.
Flowers can be sprayed with room deodorizer when dry with floral
scents. - M. Capitao, Jr.
Haines City, Florida
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Bird Seed |
When making a birdfeeder with my son, I found
that if you microwave the wild bird seed for one minute per cup
before you fill the feeder, the seeds won't germinate and cause
weeds to grow all over your lawn and flower beds. And, the
birds love them a little toasty!
- Sandee Carroll
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Stain Remover |
Toothpaste can be a great stain remover.
Rub a small amount on a stain and wash. You will be surprised
how much it will help with a stubborn stain.
- Grandma
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Removing stickers from plastic |
Use vegetable oil to remove stickers or adhesive
residue from plastic toys and containers. Liberally apply the
vegetable oil to the sticker or the sticky area. Let it sit
for a few minutes, then rub the area with a cloth or paper towel
until the sticker and adhesive residue are gone. It takes a
few moments and is a little messy, but it works!
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Removing Bubble Gum from Long Hair |
My daughter had long, dark brown hair when she was young.
She didn't like to wear it in a ponytail, pigtails or braids, so her
hair was as free as she was. I can remember a summer when her
hair was waist length. I spent many hours gently combing all
kinds of items out of her hair. I found lollipop sticks,
leaves, sand, dirt - you name it. One day, I found a
spectacular wad of gum. I cannot tell you how she managed to
do it. It was tucked underneath all of her hair at the back of
her head. It was so tangled up and mashed together, I had a
difficult time telling it was gum. I was so worried about how
to remove it. She had tangles with gum before. In the
past, we removed it with ice and it was not a pleasant experience.
I didn't want to cut it out because she would be left with a big
bald spot. I ended up using vegetable oil and the gum melted
right out of her hair. It was still a very messy project.
We had to wash and rinse many times, but in the end we had clean,
gum-free hair! -
Georgina John
Wheeling, WV
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Removing splinters and cleaning wounds. |
When children are small, they are often afraid
of anyone administering first aid to their boo-boos. My
daughter would start to cry before I could even touch her.
Since it was always more difficult to help a crying child hold
still, I tried another approach. I would agree with her and
tell her that it probably would hurt when I was removing the
splinter or cleaning her wound. I told her to scream as loud
as she could and it would help it feel better. It sounds like
it wouldn't work, but it does! While she was concentrating on
screaming, I would remove the splinter or clean the wound.
Then, she felt brave.
- Georgina
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