‘Keeping them hydrated!’ Mother-of-two is being praised online for giving her young sons ‘WATER POPSICLES’ – as parents go wild over her ‘great idea’
- Erin Bachman, a 27-year-old lifestyle blogger from Pennsylvania, recently posted a TikTok video of herself filling ice pop molds with tap water
- In the caption, she said her five-year-old and two-year-old sons love the ‘water popsicles’ and consider them one of their ‘favorite treats’
- Erin explained in the comments that the swap was more about keeping her kids from making a mess than tricking them
- Parents were amazed by the idea, noting that not only does it prevent a mess, but it also keeps kids from having too much sugar
A mom is being hailed a parenting genius after she revealed she gives her two young sons ‘water popsicles’ to snack on instead of sugar-laden frozen treats.
Erin Bachman, a 27-year-old lifestyle blogger from Pennsylvania, recently posted a TikTok video of herself filling ice pop molds with tap water, writing: ‘Introducing my kids’ favorite treat that they constantly beg for… WATER POPSICLES.’
In the clip, she is lip-syncing a scene from Danielle Bregoli’s infamous appearance on the Dr. Phil show, saying: ‘That’s what I always do, and they never catch me. Ain’t nobody gonna catch me.’
Genius: Erin Bachman, a 27-year-old lifestyle blogger from Pennsylvania, revealed in a recent TikTok video that she gives her young sons ‘water popsicles’
All smiles: In the caption, she said her five-year-old and two-year-old sons love the ‘water popsicles’ and consider them one of their ‘favorite treats’
Parents were amazed by the idea, noting that not only does it prevent a mess, but it also keeps kids from having too much sugar.
‘This is a great idea — keep them hydrated,’ one person wrote, while another added: ‘This is so freaking smart.’
‘I so need to try this! My toddler would love it,’ someone else commented.
Loving it: Parents were amazed by the idea, noting that not only does it prevent a mess, but it also keeps kids from having too much sugar
A few parents shared that they do similar things with their own kids, with one woman admitting when her daughter asks for ‘ice cream’ she gives her frozen water.
Erin explained in the comments that the swap was more about keeping her kids from making a mess than tricking them.
‘My kids are five and two years old and they get these so I don’t have to clean up a sticky mess off my furniture,’ she told one commenter.
Reasoning: Erin explained in the comments that the swap was more about keeping her kids from making a mess than tricking them
Fun for them: The mom said her kids know it’s frozen water, but they still love it
She also shared that her boys happen to love ice and always her ask for a cube when she gets a drink.
Erin told BuzzFeed News that she actually came up with the idea when her oldest son helped her get ice cubes out of a tray and started begging her to have some of the ice chunks to suck on.
The mom said she isn’t tricking her kids; they know it’s frozen water, but they still love it. She noted that her oldest son was the one who came up with the name ‘water popsicles.’
‘Both of my kids always say they’re yummy,’ she said, ‘but they also think that every flavor of real popsicles tastes the same, so I think it’s more that they’re excited about having something frozen on a popsicle stick than it is about the actual taste.’