Parent Hacks

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How to “semi-childproof” the toilet while potty training? Talk amongst yourselves.

in: Poop, Pee & Potty

Christina asks: how do you make the toilet accessible for a toddler to use while potty training but not for water play?

Advent calendar as potty training reward chart

in: Poop, Pee & Potty

“The prospect of opening an advent calendar door for each potty success worked amazingly well to motivate my 3-year old son after chocolate buttons, jellybeans, temporary tattoos and a sticker chart had all failed. It was like magic!”

One simple maneuver for cleaner diaper changes

in: Poop, Pee & Potty

Stacy has been changing diapers for seven years. That’s a LOT of diapers. And she has just discovered a simple change in technique that keeps her baby’s hands out of the “poop zone.”

“Paint on” diaper cream with a makeup brush

in: Poop, Pee & Potty

Cristina's solution to sticky diaper cream-covered hands: To keep hands (and thus everything else) clean during changes when we have to apply rash cream, I bought an inexpensive foundation makeup brush. The gloppiest cream can be applied liberally this way and the clean diaper put on without all the cream getting everywhere. Related: How to […]

Potty training inspiration: make custom underwear decals!

in: Poop, Pee & Potty

Becky titled this hack "Inspiring underwear." I say: inspired underwear for those who are looking to motivate beginning potty-trainers: They say you should let your potty-training child pick out some big-kid underwear at the store so that he/she is inspired to keep them dry for potty training. But when I took my son shopping, all […]

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Asha Dornfest is the author of Parent Hacks and other books, and co-host of the Edit Your Life podcast. More about Asha »

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