Every mom probably just wants one thing: five minutes alone without the kids. While this request seems simple enough, it can actually be a challenge to accomplish this. That's why one mom came up with a genius, but slightly unconventional hack.
Every mom probably just wants one thing: five minutes alone without the kids. While this request seems simple enough, it can actually be a challenge to accomplish this. That's why one mom came up with a genius, but slightly unconventional hack.
While this is very adorable, let's be real — moms also need some alone time! Namely, to pee and take a shower now and then.
And it's not always the baby who is crying. No mom likes hearing their baby cry for them, even when they really do need some time to themselves.
She ordered one of those giant cardboard cutouts. You know, the ones that are life-size photos of celebrities? Except, this mom got one of herself.
Here's a picture of the cardboard cutout that Fuki used to trick her son into thinking she was still in the room.
Here's Fuki's son cheerfully playing away under his (cardboard) mom's watchful eye. Fuki's husband captured these pictures of the hack that were shared to Twitter.
Apparently, it took their son about 20 minutes to notice that the cardboard cutouts were not actually his mom. Hey, a mom can get a lot done in 20 minutes.
Her tweet has been liked by over 123,000 people worldwide.
Again, her husband was in the room the whole time, but her son had no idea that she had left.
I don't know about you, but I think I might need to invest in a few of these for my toddler.