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"    My three boys didn&amp;#039;t potty train until they were 4 years old. While this had many (many, many) downsides, the one upside is that since I spent so many years doing &amp;quot;the potty party&amp;quot; I learned a few tricks. My favorite one is to go to the thrift store and buy a huge plastic bag of Happy Meal toys for a dollar and use those as rewards for not making me change another diaper. The kids loved the toy, and I loved that they weren&amp;#039;t all sugared up. But I&amp;#039;m not the only mom who&amp;#039;s discovered an interesting frugal tip: &amp;quot;I save the half eaten apples, cut them up, cook them, and put them through a food mill to make applesauce to feed them that evening.&amp;quot; - Lizzy &amp;quot;Before we went to Disneyworld, I bought real Walt Disney World &amp;quot;souvenirs&amp;quot; on Ebay at a fraction of the cost.&amp;quot; - Shellie &amp;quot;We buy oatmeal and wheat and sugar (and things like that) in bulk from a grain supply store instead of the grocery store.&amp;quot; - Alice &amp;quot;I never buy my toddler kids meals in restaurants. I just share mine with him cause chances are he will fill up on chocolate milk and his food will end up in the trash anyways.&amp;quot; - Sierra &amp;quot;We use Tupperware for lunches instead of plastic baggies.&amp;quot; - Lyndsey  &amp;quot;I save their Halloween candy to use on the gingerbread houses at Christmas.&amp;quot; - Lizzy  &amp;quot;I put children&amp;#039;s toys in bins in the garage when they stop using them. Last year for Christmas my older two boys &amp;quot;bought&amp;quot; presents from the bin to give to the 2 year old.&amp;quot; - Lisa  &amp;quot;I use square cotton flannel receiving blankets or flour sack towels, fold them into a rectangle shape, and lay them into a wrap-style diaper cover and fasten onto baby. You can get one-size wrap-style diaper covers online for as little as about $9 and you only need about 2-4 a day so you could diaper a baby from birth to potty training for less than $100.&amp;quot; - Melissa  &amp;quot;Trade talents with other moms. Like cake decorating for hair cutting.&amp;quot; - Cate &amp;quot;I take my kids to Costco at lunch time and let them try out all the samples. By the time I&amp;#039;ve finished my shopping, they&amp;#039;ve had a well-rounded lunch!&amp;quot; - Julia What&amp;#039;s your strangest money-saving tip? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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