I don't think we ever came up with 101 uses for the free samples of ABM moms
get sent home with (or have delivered to their door) so I thought I'd add a
few. I have not necessarily tried these things out to see how well they
would work....

1. Make a paste for paper mache projects. Wouldn't it be lovely to use the
accompanying literature for the paper and make a "no bottles" symbol out of it?

2. Use it to white wash fences. Well, maybe gray wash....

3. Use it as the liquid in plaster and cement. Better yet, use it INSTEAD of
plaster and cement. Powder might work better than liquid....

4. Use it to fill dumbbells with. (I'm referring to those things people use
in weight lifting here, just in case anybody was confused.)

5. Dump it and use the bottles as miniture cups or vases--like using mason
jars here in the South. You may need to check with your local officials
about the safety of dumping it just anywhere.

6. Paint it on paper to make a homemade fly paper. Test the IQ of your local
fly population by seeing which flies stick to it and which never land in the
first place.

7. Donate it to plumbers. They could start a campaign to sell their services
like the vacuum cleaner salesmen used to do where they would come in and
dump a handfull of dirt on your rug to show how well their equipment worked.

8. Encase a bottle of it in glass with a sign on it: "In case of emergency,
break glass and say, 'Nah nah nah nah nah!'"

9. Mix the powder with dry tempra paints and make sand art out of the bottles.

10. Hold onto it for 50 years so you can donate it to a museum to show how
moms used to feed their babies. (I can dream.....)

Anybody want to add to the list? :-)

Melissa Vickers, IBCLC
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