Other Uses

Being ever conscious of money and resources, I have begun to find new uses for things that we no longer use for their original purpose, or extra uses for things we still use, but could use more! And remarkably, all this baby stuff is coming in pretty handy.

Who would have known that a Boppy, while excellent as a pillow for your munchkin to rest on while sucking your body dry, is also a great little 'table' to put your laptop on so you can write in your blog while balancing your Mac on your lap, leaving your feet free to gently wiggle your bundle of poop to sleep in his bouncy seat.

Or Johnson's Baby Shampoo, which gets puke-stinky babies nice and squeaky clean (all without a single tear!), is also quite good at getting the stench of garbage and rotten chicken bits out of your tangled mess of a cocker spaniel's fur after she's destroyed the kitchen trash for the third time this week because she's jealous and depressed...and leaves a mild but pleasant scent!

Speaking of dogs, that bouncy seat you wiggled earlier makes a great dog bed for the more inquisitive and adventurous dog. (I know this because after weeks of wondering how it got covered in black fuzz all the time, I caught her snoozing in it!)

Got some onesies your mini-you has grown out of? Cut off the crotch snaps and they make wonderful, soft dust cloths, when you can manage to find a spare 6 minutes to rush around the house waving a can of Pledge in all directions and swiping down furniture at the speed of sound.

Those creepy little blue bulb things you use to torture your child by trying to suck the snot out of their tiny nostrils are actually nice last-minute replacements for a turkey baster in a pinch. You have to squeeze about 100 times, but it works! (Just remember to REALLY clean it, or your kid's nose will smell like poultry for a few days the next time you use it for its intended purpose.)

Have any clever new uses of your own? Please share them. I need all the help I can get!

:)