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• Never ask a child IF they need the loo... (moodlum)
• When you find a red plastic shovel and two Barbies in the cat litter tray, it's time to put a child gate across the doorway. (Mmmcoffee)
• Cheap plastic tea sets are much more fun in the bath than expensive bath toys. And they don't get covered in black goo like rubber ducks do, either. (Avendesora)
• Use all that brown paper mail-order companies pad out boxes with to play The Very Hungry Caterpillar with your children. Wrap them up for nearly two weeks, then let them burst out like a beautiful butterfly. (Note: whatever the temptation, don't actually leave them for two weeks.) (crankytwanky)
• If you're potty training in the colder months, they can't run around naked. Try tracksuit bottoms - very absorbent and you are less likely to have little puddles everywhere. (bossypants)
• Children rarely care how much you spend on presents as long as they get a stocking full of tat and something in a big box. (TheBurnAGuyEffect)
• Remove playdough from the radiators if you're intending to turn them on. Unless you like a streaky, mottled effect, that is. (Rosebud05)
• Dig out the slow cooker, programme your oven to come on automatically and feel the autumn smugness of returning from a day out to a perfectly cooked casserole and jacket potatoes. (Pendulum)
• Do not put your Olbas oil in the same drawer as your eye drops. (mmrred)