Comments on: Toddlers in Nature IV: Germs are our Friends

By: twinbabiesdad

twinbabiesdad — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:08:01 +0000

We have some great pics of the girls with mouthfuls of good ‘ole Maine beach sand! Not high on my favorites list, but hey, kids need their minerals. And I’m sure they got a nice varity of bacteria for their immune system to play with.

Now that they are older, our biggest challenge is just making sure they wash their hands a lot, especially as we go into winter. We try to limit the anti-bac stuff, but sometimes ya just freak out about it all, ya know?

By: doodaddy

doodaddy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:01:24 +0000

How do you even know if your 2-year old is allergic to peanuts? We were told to avoid peanut products altogether until Boo is older (in college, maybe?)... is this another case of me alone succumbing to food paranoia?

By: cryitout

cryitout — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:46:43 +0000

Mmm, one big delicious tolerance.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:19:56 +0000

Well – Mike will love this – I know someone in town here who grew up where they process peanuts, so it’s in the air all the time – no one has peanut allergies according to her mom the school principal. And it’s not they have babies in the hospital asphyxiating and not surviving – they just don’t have the peanut allergy.

Which really, if you think about it, totally justifies all the peanut butter custard I had this summer, I was merely helping Alex build a tolerance.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:18:42 +0000

I try not to get too worked up when Rachel tries to eat some sand, or puts food that’s been on the floor too long in her mouth. In a bizarre twist of fate I understand that our obsession with cleanliness and hygiene is making our kids sicker.

Yeah. I sometimes worry about that one stray horrible germ in the dirt, but I figure all the good exposure should (should!) cancel it out… I hope… Dd.

By: cryitout

cryitout — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:59:30 +0000

(NERDS!)

… Is filled with kids allergic to peanuts, and I can’t help but wonder, reading this, whether all those stupid antibacterial wipes and soaps has some small part to do with it?

By: cryitout

cryitout — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:57:49 +0000

Just anecdotally, on a preschool tour today, the director said the incoming 2 year old class is FILLED