25 Morning Timesavers
Leave the house less harried with these helpful products.
by Nicole Feliciano
September 16, 2008
Getting to work by 9 a.m. used to be so easy: the alarm went off at 7:30, and after a quick shower and a gander at the paper, it was time to go. Add two or three kids into the mix and making it out the door on time for preschool drop-off takes the skill of a tactician. While we can't buy you an extra ten minutes in the morning, we did track down twenty-five products to help speed things along. — Nicole Feliciano
1. Pack lunch the night before. The Fit and Fresh Salad Shaker containers keep lettuce crisp overnight. $9.61
2. Load up all your kid's gear in the many pockets of a Crocodile Creek Backpack and leave it by the door, ready for the school-bus dash. $25
3. Skip the bowl and shovel baby's food in faster with a Boon Squirt feeding spoon. $11.99
4. Kitchen clean up will be a breeze with the Kiddopotamus Tiny Diner Placemat. The mat suctions on to the table and has a tray to catch the dribbles. $10.95
5. Babies love to bathe in their breakfast. Bibs and Match is a onesie bib combo. The bibs attach directly to the onesie via simple snaps and detach easily to change to a clean one--no more ruined outifts. $28
6. Did we mention kids are messy? Keep spills to a minimum with a Baby Cie suction bowl. $11.25
©2008 Babble
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Nicole Feliciano is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Admittedly style-obsessed, she spent seven years in women's fashion with Polo Ralph Lauren. Now she uses her keen eye to spot trends for hip families.
For more of her picks check out Momtrends, her parenting blog.
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