Are you germs friendly family?

We do not live dirty, nor do my kids walk dirty all day long. Our house is relatively clean. Still, I do like to expose my kids to some friendly filth and I let them eat from the floor.

To the day I got to United States I had never heard about 5 seconds rule. Neither my kids will ever hear about it 🙂

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMNei8y1Sys?rel=0]

What about you? 

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22 thoughts on “Are you germs friendly family?

  1. Kim at Mama Mzungu

    We are not germ free. i think it’s too hard and also not great for the kids. Hasn’t there been some research on this saying that our overly-sanitized kids have week immmune systems since they aren’t exposed to enough pathogens? Great video by the way!

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  2. Alissa

    They say just to let kids be kids. We are to an extent. I never got a cart cover, or used massive amounts of hand sanitizer, but they do wash their hands.

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    1. Ewa "Mom Photographer" Post author

      I’ve heard that hand sanitizer is pointless as the bacteria immune itself for the chemicals used in it, and after a few uses you simply don’t do anything to the germs but drying out your hands only.

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  3. Janice (@mommyslounge)

    What a cute video. She’s great at being video taped. 😉
    And yes, I like to let my kids do the same. I’ve got an 8 yr old, a preschooler, and a toddler. Ain’t no way I’m picking up (and wasting food) after every one of them. And yep, so far, no diseases and no serious illness. And…we don’t have dog. Yet. 😀

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    1. Ewa "Mom Photographer" Post author

      I am not very sure but I think my husband was the same way before he met me. I got those: “what the hell are you doing woman” looks from him after I picked up food our firstborn dropped and fed it to her.
      Now he picks the food himself and feed it to the kids 🙂

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  4. Ida P. Krause

    Oh that was an adorable video. I fully understand about germs and the article you linked has many good valid points. My mom day cared for a Nurse one who was so germ conscious all the time and her kids were the sickest ones that my mom took care of. The 5 second rule is funny, if you’ve ever watched the show, Friends I believe that is where that got started.

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