How to Keep a Young Child Busy While You Cook
If you ever find yourself in a situation where your little child is not so patiently waiting for dinner and needs a few more minutes to be out of the kitchen and away from the hot stove, there is a solution you may not be able to find. came up with. And that decision – now listen to me – is the condiment bottles.
Reddit user u / drybrodhi explains:
If you need to distract a young child while you are preparing dinner on the table, hand him a bottle of seasoning and tell him that the label says “Shake well” and convince them how important it is for eating. It used to give my parents 5-10 minutes.
Wait, wait! Don’t worry about me. I know what you are going to say. “Of course, because I really want the ketchup to spill over my walls!” or “Great idea, Italian clothes are flooded with all my baby, gender and cat.” I know that small children and bottles full of dirty liquid are usually not suitable. But remember: you are (or should be) smarter than your baby.
If you’re going to give them an already open bottle, check the cap first! You probably screwed it on properly the last time you used it, but let’s be sure. If it’s screwed on correctly but also opens up, a strategic piece of duct tape should hold things in place.
But the best way to do this, which requires genuine dedication, is to use a decoy bottle. Choose a fresh, never opened, still sealed bottle of ketchup, mustard, or dressing that they can shake-shake until it’s time to eat, after which you cleverly replace it with an already open one.
(Oh, and don’t give them the condiment bottle shown in the picture above. That would be bad. It’s just for show.)