http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/18/safety-tip-wash-those-hands/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:08:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/18/safety-tip-wash-those-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4469 MomofFour Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:12:17 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9642#comment-4469 I like the concept of coughing into your elbow but have you ever seen a child do it that way? They often miss because they cover their eyes and nose and not their mouths and the sneeze just goes right under their arms and out into the air. My boys now sneeze and cough into their shirts by pulling their collars up around their faces; and now, so do we. the only drawback I've found is that I sometimes get a cold spray of fluid on my chest if I don't aim at the inside of my blouse correctly. I like the concept of coughing into your elbow but have you ever seen a child do it that way? They often miss because they cover their eyes and nose and not their mouths and the sneeze just goes right under their arms and out into the air. My boys now sneeze and cough into their shirts by pulling their collars up around their faces; and now, so do we. the only drawback I've found is that I sometimes get a cold spray of fluid on my chest if I don't aim at the inside of my blouse correctly.

]]> http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/18/safety-tip-wash-those-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4327 Gues Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:50:04 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9642#comment-4327 If you're worried about swine flu germs and your kids, my child came home from school the other day saying that they learned to cough and sneeze into their elbow with Germy Wormie, and I was totally taken aback. I always covered with my hands. But I went to the website and now I get it, hands touch, elbows don't!! Kids can touch 300 surfaces in 1/2 hour and they hate to wash their hands. This is a simple thing that can make a huge difference. If you're worried about swine flu germs and your kids, my child came home from school the other day saying that they learned to cough and sneeze into their elbow with Germy Wormie, and I was totally taken aback. I always covered with my hands. But I went to the website and now I get it, hands touch, elbows don't!! Kids can touch 300 surfaces in 1/2 hour and they hate to wash their hands. This is a simple thing that can make a huge difference.

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