Crazy with the Hand Sanatizer

If you're a parent, you know that at the beginning of the school year, you are required to purchase a massive amount of supplies for your kid's class. One of the items on Sarah's list was hand sanatizer. There are 18 kids in her class, so that's 18 bottles of the stuff AT LEAST - who knows how many the teacher brings, if any.

While there's really no proof that this goop actually kills germs (I've heard that only germacides really kill the germs), it's just goop with alcohol and smell in it. And the kids use it ALL DAY LONG. I have no idea how many times they may use soap and water - maybe on bathroom trips - but Sarah is nuts about using it.

I must say that I hate the stuff. Why? Because Sarah would rather use it than wash her hands. "No Mommy. I need hand sanatizer." She uses it so much at school that her knuckles are raw, itchy and rough. I thought she had scraped them playing they looked so bad, but it's the alcohol in the hand goop that's drying her hands out.

I gave her a small bottle of lotion to take to school to help and I've been putting Burt's Bees Hand salve on at night. But I'd rather she just use soap and water.

:-/