Originally Posted by Rockgirl:
My daycare kids don’t use paper towels for drying hands. I buy large bundles of washcloths from Walmart....they’re stacked in a basket on the bathroom counter. They take one and dry their hands, then toss it into a basket under the counter, where a vanity stool would normally sit. I wash them in hot and dry them on high heat.
I don’t provide hand sanitizer for parents, and rarely use it myself....I was my hands often.
I use Odoban disinfectant. I buy a gallon jug of concentrate and mix it with water into spray bottles. It’s reasonable priced.
Same with the washcloths for hand drying. I also made fabric "unpaper" towels from birdseye fabric (what OLD cloth diapers were made of) and use those for cleaning.
Same with hand sanitizer.
Instead of Odoban I use Shaklee Basic-G, which is concentrated so it goes a long way.
I use regular plates and cups, but since I'm family child care and only have 6-8 children each day it's not a big deal.