Do you spend a lot of time looking for certain things? Always lose your car keys/ pacifiers/ credit card/ anything else?
Item One: Ponytail Holders
Are you always searching for ponytail holders when it’s time to make your daughter’s hair moments before the schoolbus is due to arrive? First, if you need to know where to look to find one, it’s likely that there’s a stash in the bathroom where girls shower. Since that’s where they tend to remove ponytail holders, it’s on those drawers/cabinets where they tend to end up.
But, if you need a smart place to actually keep those ponytail holders, it’s on the handle of the actual hairbrush. Since my family started off with boys, it had taken me years to figure that one out.
When I shared this revelation with the other Between Carpools girls, I received these responses:
Renee: Good one. Been doing it for years.
Leah: I’ve been doing it for years too 😉
If you’re always losing the brushes themselves, they also need a designated spot in both places that they are used. One spot in the bedroom/bathroom area (i.e. specific bathroom or night table drawers) and near where ever you do hair downstairs (i.e. kitchen drawer, entry table drawer, coat/mud closet, or powder room cabinet). Find the game changer for girls with curly hair here!
Item Two: Pacifiers
As far as preventing pacifiers from getting lost, in all my years of motherhood, I had never figured that one out. Since photoshoots most often take place at Renee Muller’s house, there’s plenty of times when we open drawers looking for cooking utensils. So, we all know that there’s one spot with plenty and plenty of pacifiers (it’s been that way for as long as I know her). “How do you always have so many pacifiers in that one spot?” I asked her.
Renee: Simple. Own 200 of them.
Leah: Well, that’s your next solution.
Esti recommended taking the “key spots” approach. Keep one clip on the stroller strap and one clip on the car seat strap, so we at least had those crucial places. Then we had a bunch in upstairs and downstairs baskets as backup.
Item Three. The Car Keys.
This needs a steady landing spot. It could be the hook inside the door on the first kitchen cabinet when you walk in the home. It can be that pretty bowl on your entry table. For this to be foolproof, one needs to make it a habit.
AirTags are also recommended.
One more key tip. Get a really big keychain. Big things are harder to lose.
Do you have a foolproof tip for not losing your stuff? Share it in the comments!
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