Are you very clean. I mean, like do you keep a bottle of antibacterial goo and use it all day long?

I was once at the Burger King kid's play area and watched a mother call her children to her and slather them with the antibacterial goo every 5 minutes or so. I can understand cleaning their hands before eating but this was just random. When taking this story and mentioning it to the ladies on my baby message board (we all had kids born the same month), most of them said they'd never even take their kids there due to germs.

Now, aren't we all just ruining our immune system by killing all the germs? What affect is all this antibacterial crap going to have on us? Our bodies will be unable to fight of germs on it's own eventually. Lets add that many people have become resistant to antibiotics due to them being prescribed too much.

(I'm miserably sick and got sickness on my mind)

 

"What affect is all this antibacterial crap going to have on us?"

Studies proved that using anti bacterial soap is worst than using normal soap because the stron bacteria will get accustomed to the antibacterial soap/liquid and actually grow faster/stronger.

Having said that, I carry antibacterial gel with me at all times. Use it when there's no restroom nearby and need to eat, touch my face, after I smoke, to kill smoke smell....

My hands already hurt at 22.

 

Whoa, that's not good! Super bacteria ain't cool.

Here in WA, most grocery stores even have antibacterial wipes next to the shopping carts. They did a bacteria test on the cart handles and they don't even show to have a high concentration of bacteria on them in the first place.

 

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IMO, using antibacterial soap/hand sanitizers are 20% working and 80% psychological.

 

that's the same thing with aspirin & cold medicine if you ask me.

 

I think the biggest crime committed with the antibacterial goo is seeing it placed next to hand washing sinks. If your hands are dirty, you wash them. You ought never be given an option of washing or just slathering them with antibiotic goo.

I worked at Taco Bell for 4 months about a decade ago and the employees there would use the goo INSTEAD of washing with soap and water. Oh the humanity!

 

What if I asked scientists?

Seriously, if that's the case, I'd love to know. LOL, I just got back from Rite Aid with daytime and nighttime cold medicine.

 

I've been told that an overly-clean lifestyle could potentially lead to allergies and health problems later on.

I guess you can say I'm a moderate-clean person. I'm not afraid to sweat (in Southern Florida, let me remind you), and I rarely use the A/C.

 

billion dollar bacteria "we can rebuild 'em faster, strong, better, and more killing power"

i'm all for that!!!

bring it on!!!

 

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i'm the same way, i only take a shower once a week twice at most

i even get ppl b!tc#ings about it too saying that i missed a shower and i said no i didn't so i say f-'em

 

I agree with the brain thing. I can admit do psychologically making myself better. But I was thinking you were saying that my body wouldn't be able to fight off a cold on it's own if I used too much cold medicine.

 

i don't take cold medicine that stuff is nasty tasting so i don't bother with it

 

What now? What was split? Huh?

 

Well, I do shower daily (sometimes twice, depending on what work I'm doing). But I just don't go crazy with any meds or cleaning products. Soap? Check. Shampoo? Check. *Ding* I'm done.

 

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It's been my experience that mom groups are the worst thing in parenting. only about 10% (if that) of the moms are actually interested in helping the other moms, while the rest of them are there for no other reason to show the other mommys how to be a proper mommy and that they themselves are the greatest mommy ever. There seems to be an atmosphere of one-upsmanship in the competition for who is the best mommy, and it's all bs.

Case in point, the comment above. I know dang well that every mom on that board takes their kid to play areas. What's different about the BK play area vs a park play area? Please. There were probably one or two of the lead hens on that board that genuinely think it's horrible parenting to expose a kid to those nasy germ infested play area, and the rest of them were just following in step.

Mom groups are evil.

Back to the topic at hand: Keep some anti-bac-goo in the truck and at the house. If I've been playing with the dog, or cleaning something nasty, I wanna kill that stuff before I pick up the baby. We're not **** about the germs, because the boy does have to build his resistance and the only way to do that is to get sick.

 

scionofPCFL, you're absolutely correct about the mommy group. Oh, we are horrid to each other, lol. I am a better mother than them though ;)

 

it's people that never shower or shower as rarely as you say you do that make me hate having a public one on one people job.

YUCK. I must say though they are the source of many jokes that my coworkers and I make to get through the day.