Mystery of the Missing Toothbrush?
When I was cleaning the bathroom today, I was very amused and slightly disgusted by this site:
Amused because nobody every seems to be able to find their toothbrush around here. And slightly disgusted because EW the bristles of one might touch the others!
We have 3 bathrooms in our home, for which I am extremely grateful. But for some strange reason, our main bathroom upstairs is the only one that people want to brush their teeth in! We have 3 children who sleep downstairs and they have their own bathroom, yet somehow they still all want to brush their teeth up here. It may be because the main bath is on the main level, making it much easier to quickly brush your teeth last minute before you run out the door to school in the morning.
This all puzzles me though, because inevitably I will find out that a child cannot find his or her toothbrush. I will ask, "How long have you been missing it?" Usually it's been a few days and they assure me that they have indeed been obeying all week, but just been using their finger instead. lol
How on earth can they be missing toothbrushes when there are so many in the bathroom? Well, some of them have labels on them, so those should be easy to figure out. However, between all the camp trips and trips to Ohio and overnights at people's homes this past summer, some kids have had to buy new ones after leaving one behind somewhere. (By the way, if we left one at your house, by all means THROW IT OUT!)
I used to try to make sure they all had their own specific color. That did not work for 2 reasons.
1. The dental hygienist is not in on the plan. So they come back from the dentist with any random color, thereby ruining my perfect color-coded plan.
2. Because my children are adept at leaving toothbrushes behind when sleeping over somewhere, random families supply them with a toothbrush they have saved from their own trip to the dentist. Which means again, they bring another one home that is not their color.
I am not sure why I hadn't noticed all the toothbrushes piling up again, other than to say that I personally DO NOT brush my teeth in that bathroom (I like my toothbrush to have a solitary life and I value clean toothpaste tubes highly). The only other excuse I can think of is that somehow that cup of colorful brushes does make for a pretty decoration??
Wow. I really can justify anything.
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I run ours through the dishwasher all the time. I get dollar store ones to take on trips so we can just throuw them out when we get home.
Good plan. I bought cheap ones to send to camp this year too. Trouble is, I think they actually brought them home!
That is a lot of toothbrushes… almost 2 apiece for the kids. And you know they end up using each other's. I'm surprised with all those kids that you don't at least have one germ freak who won't put theirs in the cup with the others!
Nope I am the only germ freak about it. Sad.
I recognize at least one from my house. I bleach mine between illnesses because I favor it's perfect size and softness of bristle! Is that gross to anyone? And I'm a nurse. Lol
But I don't reuse my dental floss and I know of 2 "older" persons who do! Lol
Ewwwwww
To Sherri: That's hillarious!!!
Eventually, the bleach will break it down. AND PLEASE tell those you know who reuse their dental floss that you have a "dental office connection" who will provide them ALL OF THE NEW and UNUSED floss they need!!! Eeeek! 
To Lynn: I'm also a bit surprized that not one of the kids is a little grossed out by this too and wants their own toothbrush space!
To Mom: It's hard to part with a good toothbrush, eh? Just buy 'em in bulk when you can!
Lol Dodi! Thanks for the advice and the offer. I hope I never find out who it is that reuses the floss. If you find out, don't tell me. lol