When you drop your or DC's toothbrush on the bathroom floor ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one that just rinses the toothbrush with hot water and then reuse it?

I suspect that at preschool my child is exposed to far more germs than the floor of a bathroom that is regularly cleaned and used only by my DC.
I rinse with hot water and reuse.

[Anonymous]

Where do you keep the toothbrush? Out on the counter in a toothbrush holder/cup? If so, the toothbrush almost certainly has fecal matter on it.

FWIW, I just rinse it off with hot water and let them keep using it.

[Anonymous]

OP, do you have boys or girls? My son regularly walks around with his hand down his pants for warmth... I doubt the toothbrush hitting the floor bothers him.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:Awesome. Another dad here. Can you tell me where I can find some organic vegan glue? I don't want DC brushing with animal products or absorbing toxins.

I prefer to buy mine locally when I can, but no one stays in business for long (sigh). There are a few excellent suppliers in California, but I don't want that Japanese radiation!

[Anonymous]

I probably rinse if off. But I can't be sure because I wouldn't even think about long enough for it permanently register in my brain.

[Anonymous]

Rinse and reuse. Jeez.

[Anonymous]

Typical DCUM lunacy...if you bathe your kid's ass more than once a week, you're a psychotic neat freak; but, if a toothbrush hits the floor, you need to drive it to a dairy and run it through the pasturization machine or else you're a filthy mess.

[Anonymous]

rinse and reuse.

[Anonymous]

I'd just rinse it off. Maybe not even in hot water. It's a miracle my kid is still alive!

[Anonymous]

We don't wear shoes in the house, so we just rinse it well with warm water.

Unless it drops into the toilet, in which case it gets tossed.

[Anonymous]

Serious nut cases who have been brainwashed by clorox and fabreeze ads. Nuts.

[Anonymous]

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Awesome. Another dad here. Can you tell me where I can find some organic vegan glue? I don't want DC brushing with animal products or absorbing toxins.

I prefer to buy mine locally when I can, but no one stays in business for long (sigh). There are a few excellent suppliers in California, but I don't want that Japanese radiation!

Geez, that's all we need around here-a couple of SAHDs with too much time on their hands. You sanctidaddies make me want to barf!

[Anonymous]

You people are the reason our schools are 'nut-free zones' (if only DCUM were). All this obsessive cleanliness isn't good for the immune system. A toothbrush hitting the floor in your own house is a reason to toss it? Whatevs.

[Anonymous]

I'm supposed to wash it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one that just rinses the toothbrush with hot water and then reuse it?

No. I do the same.