Date: 11/30/2005 10:59:00 AM
From Authorid: 63026
thats a little overboard for a kid. Kids should get the joy of getting dirty and muddy. It's all that experience of being a kid.
I can see if they washed after they left cuz a doctors office is filled with alot of germs.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 11:15:00 AM
From Authorid: 52746
She and her husband aren't doing that poor child any favours at all. Kids naturally get dirty, it's part of life and I'm sure little dirt helps build up their immunity.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 11:52:00 AM
From Authorid: 53900
I say that each parent should raise their own children as they see fit(to some degree obviously) I mean I dont think its ok to abuse a child but if they are just trying to keep him from getting sick by cleaning his hands I say go for it. Its not really hurting him and he obviously doesnt mind. I was that way with my first child also (not to that degree though) and I am kinda like that a little myself. I carry the antibacterial gel stuff in my purse and I use it several times a day. Nothing wrong with that and you know what?? When everybody in the house got sick a month or two ago I didnt.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 11:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 36766
He's only 19 months & he acts like that? Wow, that's odd.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 12:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 10245
I think he already is OCD.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 12:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 62849
LMAO was she there for immunizations or was the kid sick? If she never lets him get exposed to any germs, he's going to be one sickly person later in life. The body needs to learn to fight that stuff off. The same goes with when kids get sick. My parents always waited to take us to the doctor when we got sick- to see if our bodies could fight off sickness without help- and for the most part we were fine.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 12:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 14464
lol... all I can imagine throughthis whole post is Monk(the tv show)! I'm sure he picked it up from his parents and in a way it is really cool because he will always be clean and hopefully not get sick a lot. The kid may not be germ phobic, but just sees his mom and dad doing this and thinks it's what he has to do.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 12:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 62927
Yes! I think this is overboard. But my son was this way, I am not. He grew up to be a trucker out for a month at a time.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 1:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 39370
I think that's very overbaord. I know I certainly wasn't cleaning my hands every 5 minutes when I was 19 months old :P.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 1:36:00 PM
From Authorid: 53689
This actually made me laugh because it reminded me of a story my husband and some of his family has told me. My Mother In Law is OCD and apparently when my husband was a baby she never let him get dirty (she also tries this with my son, but we won't let her). Finally when he was about 2 years old, my husband's grandfather took him out and sat him in the mud. My MIL ran outside, all upset and his grandfather just turned to her and said "My grandson is going to learn to get dirty!" To this day my husband believes that he didn't learn his mother's OCD behavior because of his grandfather.  |
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Date: 11/30/2005 1:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 53689
Ghost Lover, I have heard of studies done in which they said that kids who aren't exposed to germs/dirt, like those who are children of people with OCD, tend to get sick more often. They are never given a chance to strengthen their immune system by being exposed to germs. But I could be wrong on this since I have never actually seen these reports. |
Date: 11/30/2005 1:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 62876
Although most childhood illness IS spread by them touching their noses, etc... and then playing with toys, etc, all children still need to get colds, etc...to build up their immune systems. My children both attend daycare, and although it is a pain in the butt, and they were sick a lot before they started school, they barely miss any school now, because their systems are stronger and can fight off more.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 3:52:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 63172
You guys are saying mostly what I thought. I'm not sure what the little guy was at the drs for. She was a new patient. I just dont think it is helpful to clean their hands so much they're red. Good mom with a good kid though. Tar I LOVED that story. That probably saved your husband from a lifetime of phobic behavior  |
Date: 11/30/2005 4:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 62579
At his age he likes to do what mommy does and that is what he is used to. He could take after his mother and father. I also have a 19 month old. I am germaphobic in some sorts but my daughter is one messy little girl   |
Date: 11/30/2005 4:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
I can attest to the fact that I played in the dirt all the time when I was little...Still do actually. I hardly ever get sick and if I do, it's very minor.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 4:53:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
that cant be healthy... i agree with cleaning and washing your kids hands but to such a degree they go red... too much cleaning can lead to immune issues there body cant fight an infection  |
Date: 11/30/2005 5:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 62249
Cash down the drain if she buys those wipes for the rest of her life.  |
Date: 11/30/2005 6:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 8278
i agree with all the others. a child NEEDS to build up thier immunity. they NEED to be exposed to germs and dirt or they will not be able to fight the germs off later in life. it sounds to me like the mother is making the child this way. i dont believe kids are BORN with the necissity to wash every time they touch something. this child is very young and apparently doing what is taught to him  |
Date: 11/30/2005 6:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 37843
Well, if you keep your house completely germ free (like it seems this woman does) your kids will be more susceptable (SP?) to colds/germs outside the house because their bodies aren't used to germs. know what I mean? It seems like that lady could be ocd, her son may grow up like that.  |
