Comments on: Germaphobic?

By: PlanningQueen

PlanningQueen — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:42:08 +0000

Thanks Kate, I often wonder what I am missing out on by being in front of the laptop instead of the TV. Now I know that I am not missing anything worthwhile.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:58:45 +0000

Hear hear! It’s ridiculous and dangerous, and it’s a con – germs live in and on us, the air, the dirt, … You’d actually be pretty sick if you killed them all. My growing mould experiment shows it really easily – lots of things completely sealed with a bit of water and off it goes, just from the air. I think you hit a nerve there :)

The allergy thing is called the ‘hygiene hypothesis,’ it goes that immune systems need a certain ammount of insult to learn how to react properly and mature. If they don’t get it, they over-react when they are exposed, hence allergies. It’s got quite a lot of evidence to back it up.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:27:01 +0000

Hey! I thought I was following you and wondered why I haven’t seen anything for a while and came here, and I’ve missed heaps!

Congratulations on your fourth little one. I posted today for the first time about expecting again – my fourth child as well.

I’m past the initial tiredness thing – it’s so, so hard. Hang in there!

I think it’s good for kids to let them get a bit dirty. At least it’s a great excuse for the state of my house and yard most of the time.

Now I’ll sort out this subscription issue. Sorry for the rambling comment.

By: Stitch Sista

Stitch Sista — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:18:26 +0000

It’s called DVDs. I don’t have time in my busy life for ads ;).

And yay for a few harmless if not helpful germs!

Now dust and dander…those I’ve had quite enough of!

By: Trace

Trace — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:11:00 +0000

I read an article on this the other day, how there are more allergies around now because our immune system hasn’t been exposes to enough germs to build our immunity.
I remember a lady at one of those baby expos horrified that I would put my baby in a shopping trolley covered in germs and not buy one of her trolley covers!!! Lol don’t tell her that I didn’t sterilize bottles either!!!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:54:11 +0000

Kate, I’m with you! I am not germophobic, and you know, my kids never (or very rarely) get sick. On the other hand, someone my hubby worked with had a wife who anti-bacterial’d EVERYTHING several times a today. The whole family forever had tummy bugs! My theory is your body needs to become immune to everyday germs so that you don’t get sick all the time!

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:40:54 +0000

The only really strict germ related rule in our family is the “10 second rule”. You know – if food hits the ground you have 10 seconds to pick it up and you can still eat it!

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:33:48 +0000

People freaked out when I let a toddler Princess rub black dirt all over herself, face, hair, whatever, as a toddler (ok, the fact that she was wearing a pretty white dress had a little to do with it!) because it was dirty! Really? Oh, dear … but you know, she had the biggest smile on her face!

And yes, books are better. :)

By: Marita

Marita — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:49:47 +0000

Books are much better :-)

I’m so glad we don’t have free to air TV where we live.