Napkins At Snacks And Meals

[momofsix]

For those use who wash clothes to wipe the children's faces and hands off after meals, does each child get their own throughout the day or do you use one for each meal on all the children?

Yup, each child has their own color washcloth that I use only for them.

[MommyMuffin]

If I gave my 2 2.5yos napkins they just rip them up.
I use the wash cloths but the food program says it has to be a different washcloth each time.

[Little People]

Hi, everyone I am new here!! We use napkins here and even my 16 month old uses them!

[countrymom]

I don't give them anything because they would be rediculous at meal time. When everyone is done, everyone gets a baby wipe and *I* wipe them up, it works so much better. I started doing washclothes but then it was more laundry for me and the kids wear wiping everything else down except for themselves.

[grandmom]

I use cloth.

After buying very cheap wash cloths, I cut them into 4 pieces, zig-zagged the edges. The children use the same towel to dry their hands before and after the meal. Then they go in the tub with the plates to be washed.

This has cut down on costs a lot because I no longer buy paper towels. Three rolls a day vs. 3 loads of laundry each week. I hang the mini-towels up to dry, the kids help, on the portable drying racks.

[DCMomOf3]

Hi, everyone I am new here!! We use napkins here and even my 16 month old uses them!

Hello and Welcome!!

[KEG123]

I plan to make some cloth wipes because I think that using paper would be a LOT of waste. I try to be as environmentally conscious as possible. I have a washer and dryer so I think doing laundry for those few cloth napkins should be pie.

[Abigail]

Where I work, we don't offer them. We do have paper towels in the kitchen area and in the bathroom area. Kids who make a mess can ask to get up and wash their hands, but we only have a sink in the bathroom which is in the same room. After each child finishes they are dismissed one by one to take a bathroom break and wash their hands before lying on their cots. Works well so far. We usually have ten older kids and a few younger ones.