Mom vs. the Dot: Making it COUNT!

Have you ever gone to wash your hands and the bottle of soap you just bought yesterday appears to be empty? If no one is watching, my four-year-old daughter will use 1/4 cup of soap every time.  I think she just likes how it feels.  And it's fun to pump the pumper up and down.  Have no fear, soap overuse households! Here is a super soap saving solution: Loop a rubber band or hair tie around the soap pump spout several times.  This limits the pump to about 1/4 inch.  This allows just the right amount of soap for little hands.  The rubber band is too difficult for their little fingers to remove, especially when wet. So far, it has been a long-lasting solution at our house.  Woohoo!  Go mom, go mom, go go go mom! ------- If you have enjoyed reading Mom vs. The Dot, please check out (and LIKE!!) my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/momvsthedot   Thank you for your faithful readership! 

"I want to hold on to my kids a little longer," a parent explained while discussing why she decided not to send her little one to preschool.  I don't blame her.  Not one bit.  Our kids are going to be in school for many, many years to come.  If you keep them at home, they will benefit from extra time with mommy for one or two extra years before entering kindergarten.  Bully for you, I say.  "That's the question of the day.  Everyone is asking me when my little one will start preschool," she continued.  While I watched her 4-year-old yipping and skipping around the park, I knew her mom and I had something in common...besides being moms of little ones.  We love our kids.  We love being moms.  We are not rushing, or at this point, even willing, to relinquish our mom duties and joys to someone else. A teacher who may or may not see the wonderful potential in your child - their creative energy, their fantastic abilities, the...