Back in November I read this post on Getting Ahead where Jennifer shared how she gives each of her kids their own tube of toothpaste to help cut down on the spread of germs. Have you ever seen a child put toothpaste on a toothbrush? They basically scrub the tube up and down and all over the toothbrush, then the next child picks it up and does the same thing, so on and so on. No wonder kids get sick all the time! I read Jennifer's post, and although it seemed a hair bit crazy, it was easy enough to try. So I dug out three cups and three tubes of toothpaste. The kids thought it was all very exciting.
Jump ahead five months to April. I am thrilled to report that this winter..... NO ONE HAS GOTTEN SICK!!! You read that right. No one. Noah had a little sniffle for two days back in January. That's the closest we even got to a common cold. I am completely shocked and amazed. Was it the new toothbrushing system? It must have helped. All five of us also got flu shots, that can't hurt. I try to encourage hand washing, but come on, we're talking kids here. I have thought about posting this for a month or two now, but didn't want to jinx our house. Knowing my luck we'll have a stomach flu raging through the house within 24 hours, but I'm taking the chance.
My conclusion? We have a new toothpaste system in our house from now on!!
1 comment:
glad it helped you, we were pretty well this winter too except for a nasty bug in October and the flu in March. i think that is pretty good for us.
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