Washable Workwear Wednesday: Chevron French Terry Hooded Sweatshirt

random, but, fwiw, Bath and Body Works has consistently had mini hand sanitizers in stock the past few weeks. The scents seem to change every day. Some of the ones I’ve gotten are horrific, but others aren’t so bad. I don’t normally shop there, so wanted to share. I took the opportunity to get some fun new scents of hand soaps, too (WHO AM I)

For the poster asking about cumulative risk – someone correct me if I am wrong, but part of the issue is simple math – it takes a certain amount of virus to actually cause an infection. If you just inhale a few particles, your immune system can probably fight it off. But beyond a certain threshold, you will likely succumb to infection. So reducing the number of virus particles you are exposed to is important. If you might be exposed to a lot through a high risk interaction, it is important to try to keep other exposure to a minimum in case any exposure during the high risk interaction was insufficient to cause illness.

Also, good grief, I would want my dentist to avoid unnecessary risk as much as possible so he doesn’t pass it on to me as a patient if he contracts the virus but is presymptomatic or asymptomatic! So another reason would be, minimize risk so you can tell your patients honestly you are doing everything you can to make coming into your office safe.

Did 15 hour trips with my 2-3 year-old (at the time) a few times a year. Things that worked (and recently worked on a 17-hour drive with my latest 2-year-old and now 9-year-old by myself):
-Save screen time until the end! Those last 3 hours can be brutal. Save watching a movie on the screen until then.
-Rent a minivan if you don’t have one. The space makes a lot difference for your mental state, and allows room to have a travel potty for the kids etc. I’d recommend having one of the adults sit in the back row of seats for at least a few hours with the kids in the captain seats. Then you can hand them things, engage with them, etc.
-Music. On our recent drive, the Hamilton soundtrack seemed to be the compromise for the kids. That took about 2 hours which was nice.
-Snacks, duh.
-Magnets and cookie sheet for the older one to stick them to.
-Water wow books aren’t normally a hit for my youngest but were in the car. Same with the melissa and Doug books that come with a marker that do the same thing. Travel-sized magnadoodle was a hit for a bit.
-Over-the-seat organizers. I got some on you-know-where with a clear plastic pocket that fit a tablet, which made screen time nice when the time came. Otherwise, being able to put activities in the pockets was nice because my two-year-old could point to what she wanted and big brother could grab them. Was much nicer than trying to go through bags of stuff that were on the floor and inevitably spilled. Would keep diapers and wipes etc. in easy reach for dealing with baby, too.
-Leave early, around 4:30. The fact it’s dark outside always kept my toddlers interested enough in behaving for a few hours. Drive as long as you can before stopping to eat a pre-packed breakfast outside (on a blanket or picnic table at a rest stop is my usual plan). I am usually able to make 4:30-8:30 without needing a big stop which is nice.
-I got a car cooler that plugs in the car for this trip since I didn’t want to stop for food, and that was really nice!
-I know instinct is to stop as much as you can, but in my experience with two kids who have wildly different personalities, I was more successful with both as toddlers if I reduced the number of stops. Stopping too much drags it out. Let them get their wiggles out, use the travel potty, etc. while one parent gets gas so it’s all combined into one stop, for example. With the exception of a stop to eat breakfast outside about 4 hours in, we don’t stop except for gas. That’s when everyone stretches and potties (obviously if your 2.5 year old is potty trained you might need to stop more).
-When my son was a toddler and we road tripped, I let him just stand on the running board and go #1 out the side of the car on the side of the highway to save time. No one could see him with the door open and he thought it was great fun.

For the question about “Jewish” names – for me Asher would be ok, I suppose, as would many other modern Hebrew names (Ilan for example- I might scratch my head and wonder about the choice but not uncomfortable). but there are some that would be uncomfortable (like Hadassah for a Christian girl, or something like Simcha as mentioned or Moshe or Aharon that is clearly the Hebrew version of the biblical name). And using Cohen as a first name is wildly offensive.