Household Tips for Busy Mums

Household Tip 1: Messy clothes drawers?

• You won't believe it until you try it, but if you roll up your kids' t-shirts and pants instead of folding them, you will be able to fit more clothes into the same space. They will be more visible too, making it easier to choose outfits in the morning.

Household Tip 2: Pot or lasagna dish with food burnt into it? 

• No problem. Sprinkle a teaspoon of your dishwashing powder onto it, pour a little hot water, leave to soak for an hour. The dirt will lift away easily.

Household Tip 3: Get organised 

• Have a folder with every child's school information:  other parents' phone numbers, sports timetables, class topics for the term, etc.
• Have another folder with the menus of all the local take-away shops that deliver.
• Dedicate a large plastic box (with a lid) for all the bits of toys that you can't readily identify: a tiny pink dress (Barbie or Bratz?), a small key, half a magnet, a plastic something that could belong to a board game... or not.

Household Tip 4: Food 

• The best tip I've heard for avoiding those dinner battles: If you don't like what the rest of us are eating, you can have breakfast cereal with milk and some fruit. 
• Some children will eat food they normally reject if you present it nicely (small shapes, faces, with dip, on tons of small separate places, on the picnic blanket).
• Tips for packed lunches.
• Top tips for fussy eaters.

Bonus Tip: why it's important to veg out.

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