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When you're sleep-deprived, exhausted, and constantly late to everywhere you go, even one additional minute saved can make a huge difference.
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Found A Hack For Short Hikes. Mantracking
We live near a state park/forest and my wife and I like hikes. HOWEVER with a younger kids it can be a pain. It's either too slow for the adults to get decent exercise or take FOREVER because of groaning, wanting to pick up every rock, etc.
Today I had an idea.
My wife took a head start and set clues at intersections and landmarks to show the way she went. The kids and I looked for the clues to "track" and "catch Mommy." They took turns being the "clue finder."
My wife slowed to a stop near the end of the trail and waited to be "caught."
Result?
She got an actual home at her pace. The kids hiked farther and faster than normal. They got practice taking turns, being observant, and thinking critically.
Your mileage may vary, but I recommend giving it a try
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Love this idea! Sneaky exercise
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Pro Tip: Have Em Paint With Water. Keep Em Busy For A Solid 20min
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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het Community Member Follow
This used to keep my daughter happily occupied for hours.
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When father Avi Moskowitz wanted advice about which highchair, stroller, and car seat to buy for his first child, he too immediately posted on Daddit (which has been around since 2011). “On Daddit, you get the geekier side of the Internet, where people have done technical research about why this product is better than another product, but I think it also shows that dads are taking on more roles and responsibilities when it comes to parenting,” Moskowitz told The New York Times. ADVERTIsem*nT
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Pro Dad Tip - Remember Your Partner Needs Around 600 Calories More Per Day If Breastfeeding! I Prepare A Snack Platter Each Night For My Special Lady
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Your wife is healthy AF. My breastfeeding wife would probably slap that tray out of my hands and tell me to go get her the ice cream she demanded.
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Dad Pro Tip #72 - Teach Your Kids How To Cook Early And Involve Them In Meal Prep. They Will Be Less Picky Eaters And Make Healthier Food Choices Down The Road
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We do that every day. Even the industrial snacks have been replaced by home made cakes, apple sauce, cookies. They love to cook with their parents. Just don't be nervous to have to clean the kitchen after (even cleaning is a part of the "game" !)
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Pro Tip: Buy A Backup
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The secret is to switch out the toy each and every day. If you don't do that, they will not look, feel, or smell the same.
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But it’s more than that. "About 90 percent of the posts on Daddit are those posting pictures of their cute kids,” Moskowitz added. "We [the moderators] tried to ban pictures or say only post pictures here, but that didn’t work. I think it speaks to how much dads want to show off their kids."
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Pro Tip: Zip Tie The Bubble Wand Somewhere That The Kid Can't Dump It Out But Can Still Dip It. You're Welcome. Learned This After They Dumped The Third One Out In The Living Room Carpet
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I like this one !
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Almost Stepped On A Nail In My Yard. I Got A $10 Magnetic Sweeper From Harbor Freight And Found All Of This. All In Places Myself, Partner And Kids Walk Barefoot All The Time
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And this is why we get tetanus shots
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Pro Tip: Almost All Cat Toys And Baby Toys Are Interchangeable
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I used to manage a pet supply store and parents would often buy dog toys for their young kids. And why not? They're non-toxic, durable, have no hard eyes/buttons, etc. And they squeak! Lol
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Dad-Tip: Add Grip Tape To Help A Slippery Bunk Bed Ladder!
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Who loves you, darling? That's right! OSHA loves you!
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Last year, a Parents and Verywell Mind survey of 1,600 dads painted a concerning picture of fathers' overall mental health. ADVERTIsem*nT The findings indicated that many dads are hurting and need more support. 2 in 3 respondents said they have been at least moderately stressed in the last 30 days, and 43% of them said at least half their stress is related to child care, with 62% saying the pressure to provide for their family is a major cause.
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Daddit Pro Tip
Keep a gallon zip top bag with a spare set of clothes, diaper and wipes stashed in your car.
Been saved a few times when we forgot the diaper bag and had an accident
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I kept a change of clothes in a plastic bag in my trunk when I worked in office. It came in handy when my meatball sub spilled down the front of my shirt.
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Prodadtip: Grow Out Your Beard So You Can See How Good Your Kid Will Look With A Toupee One Day!
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I Like Tea I Like Tea Community Member Follow
This has to be the most important hack on the list ;-)
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Pro Tip.. Give Your Kid A Wireless Door Bell
So our kids (3 and 2) share a room and the 3 year old yells when they need a wee and wakes up her younger sister. Got her this door bell and she can now silently let us know she needs us.
Has worked perfectly all week
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We're basically reinteoducing the old butler bell-systems;)
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Dad Hack: Kid Only Eats Half A Banana? Cut The Peel And Save The Other Half. Works Great!
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Well dang, that's just crazy enough to work!
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While 84% of fathers think it's important to talk to their children about mental health, 45% say they feel judged whenever they chat with others about it, and 75% believe there should be more support for fathers when it comes to these issues. That means there are a lot of fathers who are struggling and need support—but they're not sure where to start, especially given the stigma. Luckily, Daddit is a great place to break the silence and open up.
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Dad Hack: Flatten The Ground Beef As Much As You Can For Easy Freezer Storage And Quick Defrost
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You can do that with everything. Even fluids. If you use and make your own baby food, freeze it like this and just snap off a bit every time you need it. You can make grooves into the bag with the side of your hand or something like a chop stick, to better be able to break pieces off, when it‘s frozen.
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Easy Dad Points Tip I Picked Up This Weekend: Duct Tape And Sharpie = Road
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Duct Tape! 🙆♀️ simple and brilliant
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Best Dad Hack So Far. Fussy Toddler Refusing To Eat? Put It On A Skewer, Snip Off The Sharp End Then Watch Them Eat The Very Same Thing They Refused Seconds Before
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik Marlowe Fitzpatrik Community Member Follow
Good idea, but what IS that between the cucumber-pieces?
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Dad Hack: Use A Diaper To Hold Your Diapers
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That is smart!
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My Number One Tip For All Dads, Take As Many Pics As You Can! Cell Phone Cameras Are Amazing Nowadays And Your Kids Will Grow Too Fast!
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Also, get everyone in the picture. My mother never liked being photographed (this was when it was film still) because she thought she didn't look good. My father, bless him, obliged. And now I have almost no pictures of my mother as we all grew up.
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Dad Pro Tip: Check Your Grocery Store Clearance Bins!
$0.45 cents a piece! My 2.5 year ild is going to be in heaven for under $10 on christmas
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Start buying Christmas gifts in June. You can buy special offers when you see them, and you'll end up with a pile of gifts that never broke the bank because you bought them when they were on sale.
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Dad Pro Tip: Fragile Snacks Travel Well In Cheap A** Glasses Cases
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This is a good non-parenting tip too! My cereal bars were always getting damaged in my bag, this would have really helped me.
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Dad Protip: Tape A Piece Of Tubing Inside The Diaper Pail To Avoid The Impenetrable Vacuum Effect On Overstuffed Bags
Anyone else feel like they were about rip the bag of nuclear waste in half trying to remove it? I used a piece of old curtain rod, and sanded off burrs. Has been working for 2+ years now
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This is a good one.
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It's Not Much, But I Made This Play Board For My Little Guy. It Was Inspired By Something I Saw In This Sub
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My cat loves the door stopper things at the top! We had to take them all out at our house because in the middle of the night she would sit there and bat at it and we would continually be woken up by "BOING, BOING, BOING..."
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This Got Me 10 Minutes Of Laying Down Time
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Nice back piece 👍
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Dad Tip: When Asked To Go To Costco For A Diaper Run Always Remember To Pick Yourself Up One Of These Because You Deserve It
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Also, when going to costco with kids, go through the exit first, and eat first before shopping. Fills them up, and makes them less "wanting" for impulse food buys.
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Pro-Tip: Pack A Squeegee In The Stroller Permanently, If You Live In A Rainy Climate & Visit Slides
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Always take a small towel with you, too
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Simple Dad Hack Has Saved Our Ankles!
Jimminy flipping Cricket am I glad that I finally got around to adding these pool noodles to the walker. Now when the little guy comes flying across the kitchen to crash into our bare feet, it’s a sensation of joy instead of a plethora of curse words, weeping, and gnashing of teeth. If there is one smidgen of wisdom I can share with my fellow dads it is this… dollar store pool noodles arechef’s kiss
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These (baby walkers) are banned in Canada. In Europe, the UK, the USA, etc, doctors DO NOT recommend parents allow their children to use them. (Edited to add 'DO NOT'. I missed that out by mistake. My apologies.)
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Use A Vaccuum Sealer To Seal Some Glitter And Water In A Bag And Use Painter's Tape To Stick It To The High Chair Table
Hours of fun for next to nothing and clean up/reapplication is a breeze. Note: Ziploc's DON'T work for this, and don't use weird shaped(pointy) glitter.
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I wonder how many Ziploc and pointy glitter accidents occured over the course of this discovery
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It's also really good as you can zip up the tent when not in use, and the local cats/wildlife don't use the sand as a litter tray.
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Dad Pro Tip: Make Extra And Freeze
When I make a large batch of pancakes or waffles, what doesn't get eaten gets cooled on a wire rack and frozen. I put wax paper between them so they don't freeze together. Nuke for three for 40 seconds
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My son is my go-to pancake man. We couldn't even whisper the word pancakes when he was a toddler. He'd come running from the other room screaming PANCAKES PANCAKES PANCAKES, we all know how toddlers are. SO when he was about 7, I taught him how to make pancakes. Now he's better than I am at making pancakes. He'll make 2 LARGE batches, but instead of freezing them, we put them in the fridge and use them to make sandwiches for the rest of the week. Left over pancakes, bacon or sausage patty (or both) and a fresh fried egg sandwich makes for an excellent midnight snack.
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Dad Tip: Make A Blanket Fort. Kids Are Entertained, Wife Comes Home Thinking You Did Something Great And Time Consuming For Them. Win, Win, Win
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When I was a kid, my dad got a bunch of large appliance boxes, taped them together and made us a semi-permanent box fort in the basem*nt. No clean up like with the blanket fort.
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Parent tip when the kids are finicky eaters: teach them to use chopsticks. They can't wait to eat whatever you put in front of them.
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lol I replayed before I read this. true facts.
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Rae Rory Rae Rory Community Member Follow
White Midwestern children will eat anything off chopsticks. I've gotten my niece to eat sushi, curry, green beans, and salmon
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This works for adults, too. If I don't have an appetite for whatever reason I just use chopsticks and magically I can eat again
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Superb article....and I don't even have kids!
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Parent tip when the kids are finicky eaters: teach them to use chopsticks. They can't wait to eat whatever you put in front of them.
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lol I replayed before I read this. true facts.
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White Midwestern children will eat anything off chopsticks. I've gotten my niece to eat sushi, curry, green beans, and salmon
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This works for adults, too. If I don't have an appetite for whatever reason I just use chopsticks and magically I can eat again
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Superb article....and I don't even have kids!
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