As the holidays approach, well-meaning relatives keep asking me what my 13-month-old wants for Christmas. Honestly" He?s happiest playing with Tupperware he pulls from the kitchen cupboards. (Lid on, lid off. Maybe put a single Goldfish cracker inside the Tupperware. Or a smaller Tupperware container inside a larger one. Mind. Blown.) His second favourite activity right now" Tottering around the house in circles, looping from the kitchen to the living room and back again, grinning and clutching a random tube of hand lotion like it?s his most prized possession. ¯_(?)_/¯
Babies, man. So ridiculous and weird, and yet so cute.
If you have kids, you already know that babies and toddlers find wallets, car keys, sunglasses, smart phones and even a plain old plastic water bottle endlessly more fun and fascinating than the fanciest flashing toys money can buy. (The classic example is that babies will play with the box and the wrapping paper longer than they?ll engage with the actual gift inside.) So save money and reduce waste by repurposing stuff you already have in your recycling bins or junk drawer into a beloved baby toy. 1. Break out the tissues
How many times have you stopped your baby from gleefully pulling every single tissue from the Kleenex box" Save an empty box from the recycling bin and stuff it with old, lightweight scarves or hankies. You could also try using some of those maddeningly mismatched, orphaned baby and toddler socks. (This could also work...