Speak to any new mother and she’ll likely tell you that bath time is a stressful endeavour that a baby all too often doesn’t enjoy.
Which is why one mum’s way to get her three-month-old, Scarlett, to love bath time has social media in love.
Courtney Frew, from Western Australia, shared an adorable photo of baby Scarlett in the bath at home – gently floating in a self-made contraption of a pillowcase with a pool noodle helping to keep the baby afloat.
‘Pool noodle in the pillowcase FTW!! Bubba loved floating in the bath,’ the young mother posted on the Kmart Mums Australia Facebook page – confessing she used an AUD $3 pool noodle and an old Kmart pillowcase to create the hack.
Courtney Frew, from Western Australia, shared an adorable photo of baby Scarlett in the bath – gently floating in a self-made contraption of a pillowcase with a pool noodle (pictured)
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia about the clever creation, Ms Frew (pictured left) assured FEMAIL that it was not her own idea – but she said her little girl loves how it rocks her (pictured)
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia about the clever creation, Ms Frew assured FEMAIL that it wasn’t her own idea – she had seen it online in the past and wanted to share it with the other Kmart mums.
‘I can’t take full credit as I’ve seen it before, but I just wanted to share it with the mums because as soon as I tried it I knew it was worth sharing,’ she told FEMAIL.
‘Having a newborn in the bath is hard enough, I can struggle to support her head and fluff about with the soap and cloths,’ she continued.
‘But she loves how the pillowcase naturally supports her body like her rocker. And I can comfortably wash her and pour water over her body while she splashes and kicks around.’
‘Having a newborn in the bath is hard enough, I can struggle to support her head and fluff about with the soap and cloths,’ Ms Frew said (pictured: Kmart noodles and pillows)
The young mother’s clever creation has also proven popular online, where at present close to 10,000 people have liked the post and nearly 1,000 have shared their comments
Ms Frew admitted that countless babies hate being held in the bath, and added that lots of mothers often find holding their heads in the bath very daunting:
‘Scarlett’s so comfy in there and very safe,’ she said.
The young mother’s clever creation has also proven popular online, where at present close to 10,000 people have liked the post and nearly 1,000 have shared their comments and social media love.
‘Great idea and perfect for the pool,’ one fellow mother posted.
‘Wow, that’s a great idea and could double up as a co-sleeper,’ another commenter added.
Similarly popular ‘Kmart hacks’ in the past include a mother who transformed a simple lunchbox into a Bento box of dreams – via an ice cube tray and a clip-in container
She did this by simply slipping the ice cube tray inside the clip container, which gives you your own homemade bento box with separate sections for fruit, cheese and crackers (pictured)
Similarly popular ‘Kmart hacks’ in the past include a mother who transformed a simple lunchbox into a Bento box of dreams.
She did this by investing in a $2 giant ice cube tray from Kmart and a $3.50 clip container from the same store.
The crafty mum then slipped the ice cube tray inside the clip container, which gives you your very own homemade Bento box with separate sections for fruit, cheese and crackers.
‘Just a wee bit of genius from @reve.ever..,’ budget design site, Rough Diamond, posted on Facebook.
‘A very handy #kmarthack using the large ice cube trays ($2… which make amazing ice cubes with a wedge of lime frozen in them) and the Kmart container for your very own bento box!!!’.