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 Good Housekeeping

• Remove playdough from the radiators if you're intending to turn them on. Unless you like a streaky, mottled effect, that is. (Rosebud05)
• Do not put your Olbas oil in the same drawer as your eye drops. (mmrred)
• Set a timer with an alarm, and tell the children they have 10 minutes to tidy as much as they can of their room. I wish I had thought of it years ago. (trefusis)
• Seem to be missing your underwear from the clean washing pile? Make sure check every place your toddler likes to post things through... including the letterbox! (NormaSknockers)
• Make sure each of your children has socks in just one (different) colour - it makes life so much easier! (flamingtoaster)
• Always check the pockets of your children's clothes before doing the wash. I've just had to pick bits of very clean but very dead snail out of the washing machine... (MorePudding)
• If you want nice carpets, don't have kids! (spookycharlotte121)
• Never allow yourself to be tempted into leaving the cleaning of a Weetabix-covered highchair for later. (Indith)
• To remove stains from baby bibs, soak them in hot water with two sterilising tablets before putting them in the washing machine. (kslatts)
• Baby wipes. Mucky stainless steel hob. Match made in heaven! (hobnob57)
• Have seperate laundry baskets for each family member, put clean washing into the individual baskets and get your dc's to take their own basket and put their clothes away. (kslatts)