10+ Hacks For Parents That Are Sure To Save The Day

This dad who found a way to get his kids to give him a back rub by turning his T-shirt into a road for them to play with their trains and cars.

This mom who called ahead and asked the airline to save a bassinet for her. If you don't have time, bring one and use your tray table to hold it up for you.

These parents who came up with a smart way to catch all of that thrown and dropped food off the tray and chair—especially when you don't have a dog to eat it all up!

Cutting the watermelon long like this allows kids to eat it almost like a popsicle and saves from a big messy face and table.

Instead of a bored, crying kid, bring crayons or markers to the doctor's office and let your kids color on the paper while waiting for the doc to come in.

If you're taking a toddler on a plane, give them the window seat and bring gel clings that they can play with on the window to keep them busy during the flight.

When shopping with your toddlers, strap their water cup to their chest to make sure they don't start throwing it across the store while you're grabbing some stuff.

Instead of having a kid drip popsicle juice all over their hands and themselves, use a cupcake holder around the bottom to catch all of the dripping juice.

To keep your kid's lunch extra cold and delicious, freeze a sponge overnight and stick it in their lunchbox. It will keep the food ice-cold.

For sensory fun, use some old wine corks and a cup and let your kids throw, play, and build with them. Cheap, easy, and tons of fun!

Use your kid's scooter to wheel in heavy grocery bags that you cannot carry by yourself, and make multiple trips without tiring yourself out.

If you're busy with work and your baby is pulling on wires, use a baby gate to keep yourself in and your baby out. That way they have more space to crawl and play.

For long road trips in the car, take an old wipes container and fill it with snacks. It fits easily in between seats or in the center console of your car!

If you want to prevent your kid from thrashing around in the water to grab a toy that has floated away, put them in a laundry basket. It'll keep them and their toys contained.

Not only does it do the trick, but it looks really cute and stylish, too.

Let's face it, it's hard to reason with a child when they've locked themselves in a room and they're freaking out. Prevent that from happening by twisting a rubber band around each door knob and keeping the latch depressed.

By filling large Ziplock bags with paint and affixing them to a window, little hands can manipulate the paint in the bags and create patterns without making a huge mess.

If it's a Friday night and you know you're going to want a couple extra winks the next morning, anticipate your toddler's breakfast requests, prepare the meal, and store it within reach in the fridge.

It sure beats picking them up one by one.

You know what they say about kids and boxes. The next time you need a few minutes to do something on your own and don't want little ones getting in the way, pull out a box and some crayons and let them entertain themselves.

Those soap pumps can be pretty hard to avoid playing with, but it can lead to a waste of soap. Wrap a rubber band around the neck to keep kids from pumping out too much product.

They may not be able to tell left from right just yet, but they sure know what a Spiderman sticker should look like.

Let's all take a moment to applaud this dad's genius.