One of the drawbacks of parenthood is getting slimed. I’d be willing to guess that anyone living with toddlers knows EXACTLY what I’m talking about.
Some kids are worse than others in this department. Middle son would fall in the ‘worse’ end. He not only has used us for a tissue, but also my sofa’s, walls, carpet, etc… (No hands involved. Purely nose to surface contact for a big long swipe.)
YUK.
Add to that the fact that when one child gets sick, it usually ends up making the rounds…
That is where my obsession with color coding has come in handy!
Enter the color-coded flannel hanky’s!
I took the boys to the fabric store and let them pick out fabrics and then cut out 12×12 squares and hemmed them. It was easy and now the boys know that their slime only goes in their specific hanky.
And Keegan loves the hanky’s so much he now only swipes the sofa every once in a blue moon…
For the rest of our ‘germ prevention’ unit, check this out.
Laughing hysterically and totally grossed out at the same time. I don’t remember growing up with sisters EVER having to deal with this…
I’d say hanky’s are definitely worth a shot.
blech.
those are too cute! do you think it would stop joel from doing his “lick and schtick” maneuver? (where he licks his palm and runs it up his face?)