Busiest Moms in the World Spring Clean Challenge Day 25

We are hanging out in the bathroom today!

 

The Medicine Cabinet

 

There are days when I wonder why medicine cabinets even exist.  Before I was a parent I thought they were built in high to keep children from getting into the actual medicine.  I learned  that this was not true very quickly when my oldest, at around 20 months, climbed quite rapidly into the shelves above the dishwasher in my first apartment . So, the medicine cabinet would have taken all of two seconds to breech, which scared me silly.

 

I threw out all the medicine that I did not need that day, as well as oven cleaners and anything with bleach.  This was before non-toxic cleaners were so popular.  I used dish washing liquid for cleaning everything for at least two years excluding windows which I  ignored.  I locked what few medicines I needed in a safe and put the safe on the top shelf in my  bedroom closet. I was a young mom living 2,000 miles away from my own momma, so I pretty much had to learn all things parenting from common sense and an occasional phone-call home when I was desperate.

 

But, as much as it baffles me that even Jack and Jill bathrooms have medicine cabinets, they still need to be cleaned.

 

How does a closed door get dusty?  Baffling

 

How do  expensive hair products end up in teenagers’  bathrooms?  Not so baffling

 

Enough of this chatter, Let’s get to it:

 

1. Clutter bust all the old medicine and cosmetics.  This means throw them away.
2. Clean the shelves with an all purpose cleaner of your choice.
3. Buff dry with a clean towel.
4. Replace items in a logical order.  I like to group like items together.
5. Make sure all medicines and other harmful items are locked away from children.
6. Clean the mirror on the outside of the medicine cabinet.

 

Do this routine in all the bathrooms and when you are finished do a little momma happy dance.  Why? Because moms rock!