Steamed veggies are her favorite.

Just the same idea as with the laundry trick, use baby powder to absorb grease spots on the pages of your favorite cookbooks and make them feel like new.. 9: Destink Your Sneakers.A quick sprinkling after each time you wear your sneakers is always a good idea.

You know what I mean.Keep it by the door to use in kids sports gear as they come through the door too!.10: Silence Squeaky Floor Boards.

OK, these particular floor boards are the new ones we just put down in Jack’s room, so they don’t actually squeak, but if they.I could use a little baby powder swept over the surface to fall into the cracks and keep those floor boards nice and quiet..

So there you go!

A few new things you can do with that basic old bottle of baby powder that you have in the back of the cupboard.First of all, before we get back into any of this DIY stuff, thank you so much for all the well wishes and lovely comments on my last post about our new baby Jack.I can pretty much guarantee it.

There were so many switches and extra thermostats and gadgets that were just taped over when we moved in here.Our house didn’t even have electricity or running water when it was built, so these things were added in over time and there have been a lot of different ways of doing electrical throughout the years.

We’re lucky to have a couple of rooms (like the kitchen and master bedroom) that are completely modernized and up to code, and the rest of the house is only a little outdated, mostly.One of the houses we looked at had all kinds of crazy things going on, like knob and tube wiring mixed with other things, and it was just a little too much for us to deal with at the time.