Too wrong to be right

Today we went to the dentist (joy). It was actually somewhat pleasant and uneventful, as Adelaide loves the dentist and they do both of our appointments at the same time, so it goes fairly quickly. The dental hygienist is quite taken with Adelaide, and today rewarded her with the usual toothbrush. In addition, she gave her a couple of these:Adelaide was thrilled, as she is always asking to floss which requires my help, and with these she could do it herself. But I foolishly thought this product was something which I could re-string with new floss to re-use. After all, it's a big hunk of plastic, most likely non-recyclable, and certainly wasteful in any case even if it can be recycled. I understand the intent, as most children are not as into oral hygiene as mine is (the first job she ever expressed an interest in? Dentist.), and convincing them to floss might be a real battle. But the wastefulness of these things is over the top, as far as I'm concerned.

Tomorrow's project? Finding a kid-friendly flosser which we can string ourselves. And maybe making a diorama of colorful, plastic, toothless creatures.