From the “why didn’t I think of that!?” moments to serious game changers – below are a list of my favourite hints, tips and hacks I’ve picked up on my parenting journey.

1. Stickers inside of shoes help with figuring out which shoe goes on which foot.

2. Store duvet covers inside of their matching pillow case to keep the sets together.

3. Snow outside? Keep little hands warm and dry by putting disposable gloves on top of their gloves.

4. Cupcake cases are ideal for catching lolly drips.

5. Bicarbonate of soda helps with smelly footwear.

6. After crafting involving the dreaded glitter, wrap sellotape around your hand to help with the clean up.

7. Use a straw to remove strawberry stems.

8. When making children’s beds use a mattress protector, then a sheet, then another mattress protector and finally another sheet – after any night time accidents you just need to whip off the top sheet and mattress protect and the bed is good to go.

9. Repurpose their paintings and artwork as wrapping paper for presents.

10. The ultimate parenting hack – the envelope folds on baby vests means, in the event of a poonami, you can pull the vest down and off as opposed to up and over.