Disposable diaper as bath faucet guard
Cathy's bathe-the-kids-while-traveling hack:
I just got back from a week-long road trip with my young children. I tried to pack light, and although I failed, I did find myself wishing I had some things with me, like a faucet protector. My 9-month-old is an animal in the tub. She cannot be contained.
Trying to bathe two sand-covered children, I was minus perhaps the five extra hands I needed to actually get everyone clean safely. I had thrown all of their sandy clothes on the bathroom floor with wild abandon and spied Sadie’s mostly clean diaper. I wrapped it around the faucet, and voila! An instant head protector. It just gets better with age as it sucks up any faucet leaks and the gel expands.
Related: When traveling, have baby supplies shipped directly to your hotel
(or any Amazon link at Parent Hacks), you throw some change into our tip jar without any extra steps or cost to you. Thank you!
With age? I hope that means with age through one bath... *lol*
Posted by: Jinx | 21 January 2007 at 10:26 AM
We just bought a 90-year-old house in the pacific northwest - and you guessed it, we have some leaks with all that rain. At the onset of a recent waterlogged weekend, my husband spied the bag of disposable diapers we'd discarded because our daughter reacted badly to that brand - he left them lined up along the usual leakage areas for a couple of days, and they were perfect for soaking up the seepage!
Posted by: Amy | 22 January 2007 at 02:18 PM
We just bought a 90-year-old house in the pacific northwest - and you guessed it, we have some leaks with all that rain. At the onset of a recent waterlogged weekend, my husband spied the bag of disposable diapers we'd discarded because our daughter reacted badly to that brand - he left them lined up along the usual leakage areas for a couple of days, and they were perfect for soaking up the seepage!
Posted by: Amy | 22 January 2007 at 02:19 PM