You just don't know what's waiting around the corner. A mother has to be a handyman, diplomat and sometimes deaf! This is a collection of some of the "little" things that have happened to my family and how I tried to fix them:
- Your child has swallowed the loose baby tooth and now the "tooth fairy" won't have a tooth to take from under the pillow. Write a note to the "tooth fairy" explaining the situation and put the note under the pillow. The tooth fairy will visit if you do this. Speaking of the "tooth fairy", a friend of mine said that his mother used to sprinkle metallic dust (the kind you use for gluing onto your artwork) from the window to the bed and said it was "fairy dust".
- The hem or a seam on your kids clothing has ripped and there's no time to change clothes (or all the decent clothes are in the dirty laundry basket). Put a piece of masking tape on the inside of the hem until you have time to sew it.
- Always carry packets of moist towelettes in your purse for dirty or sticky faces and hands.
- Remove the buttons off of clothes that are going into the "rag bag". You may be able to match it to a lost button on something else or use all the buttons as a replacement.
- Your kid's stuffed toy has sprung a leak. Use a band aid until you have time to mend it. Your child can relate to this as first aid treatment. One time when mending an arm on a toy bunny, I used a handkerchief as a sling during the recuperation period.
- One of my kids takes temper tantrums when I wash his hair. Most of the hair washing aids on the market are made for toddlers and they are too small or they are inflatable. I finally found a flexible plastic "halo" that can be cut to fit a larger head.
- If your child is prone to bedwetting, you know how difficult it is to change the bed in the middle of the night. Have a sleeping bag on hand and spread it out on the floor. Change your child's clothes and then let him/her sleep in the bag. Pull the sheets off the bed and let the mattress air out and put new sheets on the bed the next day. If you don't have a plastic mattress cover for your bed wetter, use a garbage bag. It will cover the area that is prone to damage.
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