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Another Tennis Ball Use

Do you or a family member need to use a walker? To make it move more smoothly, cut an X into one side of the tennis ball and place one on each front leg of the walker. It will glide easier on carpet and other flooring without slipping.

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Annette
San Pierre, IN
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Burn-free Baths

After running hot water for anything (bath, dishes, etc.), run a little cold water through the faucet. If your child accidentally turns the hot tap on, you'll have a few seconds of cold water coming through before it can get hot again and burn them.

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Kathy
Greentown, PA
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Soothe painful burns

Put tooth paste on a new burn and it stops pain quickly.

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Portia
Morehead, NC
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Broken Glass

Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see!

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Olive
Santee, CA
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Safe Travel

Don't drink and drive. If you plan on drinking, call a cab.

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Janie
Sac, CA
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No Burnt Fingers

I have an electric oven and stove. After heating something on the stove, I remove the pot and place my teapot (always filled with a bit of water) on the now-vacant burner. This eliminates the worry of someone putting something that doesn't belong (like fingers!) on the hot burner.

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Katrine
Coral Springs, FL
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Hand Sanitizer Caution

Hand sanitizers contain alcohol. It would take only 3 squirts of this stuff to cause a fatal alcohol poisoning in a toddler. Everyone knows that children put their fingers and their hands into their mouths, so don't leave sanitizer where little ones have access to it.

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Joann
Delphi, IN
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Mini-ice packs

I put the extra little soy sauce packets from Chinese take-out in the freezer. When one of my girls gets a bump or bruise, one of her sisters becomes "Nurse Nora," pulls out a frozen sauce packet and applies it to the injury for some cool relief.

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Nadine
Powell, OH
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