Things All Parents Do
16 Things Done by Parents When in a Pinch
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There is a rumor floating around that parents have it all together — and I'm here to say, bahahahahaha. Half the time I feel like I'm barely keeping it together, all while trying to raise a few small humans, which means I frequently find myself having to come up with temporary solutions for minor problems. Maybe I haven't made it to the grocery store and we're fresh out of vital household supplies (read: toilet paper and soap) or I'm away from the nest with just a wallet, a diaper, and an applesauce pouch. And like me, most of us just simply improvise and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Call them lazy or call them genius, here are a few things that most parents have done when in a pinch.
1 Used your kid's sunscreen.
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2 Ate an applesauce squeeze when hungry.
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3 Used a diaper as a paper towel.
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4 Scraped burnt toast in the laundry room.
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5 Hit up the Rainbow Loom for an elastic.
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6 Worn your child's sunglasses.
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7 Used baby wipes in lieu of toilet paper.
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8 Snuggled up with a baby blanket.
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9 Worn kids' Band-Aids.
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10 Borrowed from your tot's piggy bank.
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11 Sucked on a pacifier.
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12 Brushed with children's toothpaste.
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13 Used breast milk in your coffee.
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14 Sipped out of a sippy cup.
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15 Grabbed something for your child from the dirty laundry.
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16 Spit-cleaned your tot's face.
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