Brooke, I too worked Nursing homes for 10 yrs or so, have only been hospital for the last 2 1/2. They have done heaps of studies, and the air dried antimicrobacterial washes actually works better for killing germs than hand washing. We only "wash" two to three times a night ( start, end, and supper time) the rest of the time we "avagard" we have them at the end of each bed, and I squirt it on at least 100 times a night, fabbo stuff.

Kate, sounds like you had some nice "me" time. good to have if you can squeeze it in.

LOL at you tooty bums. I fess I very rarely "toot" I burp heaps and heaps though, so I bring my wind up more often than down. Every time DH farts the girls all say
"oh dad" it an impatient tone ( just like me) until he says excuse me. LOL so cute, its gorgeous how they copy you. Dion hardly says a word. brrrrm when he pushes a car. mum when he sooks, ahia ( for tahlia or Lakeisha) dad on occasions and thats about it. So I have to vote him as the most non verbal here.Well he does verbalise but grunts and screeches are more common, though I can usually tell by the tone when he's thirsty or hungry.