My son heads off to big boy school tomorrow, and will actually be attending Kindergarten at a lab school at URI. When he got one of the spots I was thrilled….two full time teachers two assistants and best yet URI students (teacher-in-training) doing practicum’s. Now as I hear about H1N1 running rampeat on college campuses I view each of those practicum students as a walking germ factory. So I stepping up the precautions in our house just a tad and wanted to share dome of my favorite products to help keep the yuck at bay.
My favorite hand sanitizer is CleanWell’s natural product. This actually smells good (make that really good!) and when the Miss Z insists “I do myself!” and wants to spray her own hands I don’t have to worry. I not only love the produce but love the story –it was developed because the son’s owner has immune deficiency disease (aka ‘boy in the bubble) and in order to help him function in the world his father developed this chemical-free formula. My plan everyday is to make sure to spray hands in the car on the way home and then when we get home we wash hands again. Of course the reality of mommyhood is that I have redundancy in place to make sure at least one of the two things happens!!
Other tips and tricks that you may not know…children and adults should sing the abc’s or happy birthday while washing hands, to give you enough time to get them clean. A total of about 20 seconds is needed. And Mom was right, sneeze into your elbow! Lastly keep you children home if they are ill.
If you are wondering how Bellani keeps it clean see this week’s past blog post. I always feel like the classrooms, even the mats are sparkling, but knowing they are cleaned with chemical free products makes me feel even safer.
Since I just have a first-time school-aged child I wonder what more seasoned moms do to keep the germs away?
Stacey
