Mum shares genius hack to keep the kids busy, and you’ll even get a clean floor from it too
A SAVVY mum has revealed how she kept her kids busy while getting her floor cleaned all at the same time.
Mum-of-three Jessi Meeks showed off the clever parenting hack she came up with on social media.
In the clip, the mum shared how she managed to keep all three of the kids entertained for an entire 30 minutes, meaning she could finally enjoy a hot cup of coffee in peace.
She said: “My kids asked to paint at 7:12am.”
So the mum did what any sleep-deprived parenting would do and let them paint.
But the mum killed two birds with one stone when she handed them wet paper towels to ‘paint’ the floor.
The clever mum kept her kids quiet and get one of her chores ticked off the list.
“Now they’re cleaning the floor at 7:13am and I’m drinking my coffee hot,” she added.
All three of her kids could be seen having the time of their lives as they painted the floor with their wet paper towels.
“Follow me for more mom tips,” Jessi joked.
But the mum was seriously impressed with her hack, adding: “Honestly this lasted like thirty minutes too.”
The video posted to her account @jessi.meeks has gone viral with over 490k views and over 44k likes.
Plenty of parents took to the comments to praise the mum for her clever cleaning hack.
One person wrote: “Omg thanks! Doing this now.”
Another commented: “This could have changed the trajectory of my child’s entire future cleaning habits. Bravo!”
“Genius!!! Thank you for sharing,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “GENIUS.”
“You are a hero,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “I love this idea! We’re going to do this tomorrow!”
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