Remember The Talk Of Excessive Fear Of Germs?
Decorating By berryblondeboys Updated 16 Sep 2007 , 3:47am by gibson
Well here's an article that is reiterating what I said - we are trying to be TOOOOO clean!
http://www.livescience.com/health/070914_too_clean.html
Read and enjoy and open your windows, adopt some cats/dogs and let your kids frollic with others!
Melissa
I've always believed in basic cleanliness, not this germ phobia everyone has gotten on the bandwagon about. How did we live throught the 50's without wiping off the grocery cart handles before we touched them?
I do believe in taking certain precautions I clean my house everyday, yes, I do wipe down counters with clorox wipes and yes I do have a tendency to go on massive cleaning attacks BUT that being said I can also go outside and enjoy the outside air, I can put my hands on the shopping cart handlebar without gagging I can pick up stray cats and pet them until my hearts content .. but do I eat bugs and make my dh roll around in the dirt just so in the future he won't get a cold? Do I let dust build up in my house so we can get a stronger immune system? No ... I dont because I enjoy a clean house with no dust or animal hair flying about and so far neither dh nor I have come down with any life changing bug so I feel pretty good about my lifestyle the way it is and the small precautions that we do take! 
That article sounds about right. I had friends who did their year in the missions in a third world village. Their young children ran around bare feet half the time and playing with other children; the parents, however, were super careful, afraid of picking up parasites, etc. Guess who had problems when they got home? It wasn't the kids, they were fine.
Finally - proof. I have a good friend who is a big time germaphobe. I mean she lives with that antibacterial lotion stuff attatched to her hip along with a bottle of bleach. Her family is always sick. ALWAYS. I keep telling her their immune systems are getting lazy. Thanks for posting the link I'm going to send it to her.
This is very interesting, specially since my dd has developed allergies to the pets and it breaks our hearts to even think to get rid of them. anyway thanks for sharing
Yes it even cofirms my natural selection theory--sorta.
"Allergies are on the rise because our society has changed the way we live," McMorris said, adding that "as a result, people with allergies are having children with others who have allergies, which in turn creates a natural increase in the prevalence of allergies in our society.
AMEN! Thanks for posting this, its been a sore spot for me for years. I don't run to the doc for antibiotics for myself or my DS unless we really have to (like when he got strep) and I refuse to buy anti-bacterial soaps for anything other than the bathroom - and thats just because of the cake business. Besides everything mentioned in the article... all this low grade killing of all the germs means that the heartier, more infectious germs are the ones surviving - anti-bacterial and antibiotics are creating super bugs! And how do you expect to fight those?
Yes it even cofirms my natural selection theory--sorta.
"Allergies are on the rise because our society has changed the way we live," McMorris said, adding that "as a result, people with allergies are having children with others who have allergies, which in turn creates a natural increase in the prevalence of allergies in our society.
The germaphobe thing is undoubtly part of the rise in allergies but I honestly think part of it might be people with severe allergies surviving long enough to pass the genes on thanks to modern medicine. Think about it, someone with a severe food allergy born 100 years ago would probably not have lived long without the basic medicine we take for granted. I've seen articles like this where they compare us to developing countries and those kids are around dirt all the time but they also aren't as likely to have medical care in time if they eat a tree nut. I have a brother with serious breathing problems and allergies (not food) and I know that he wouldn't have survived to adulthood without a local ER and his meds.
My kids are disgustingly healthy, I honestly don't know when the last time they had something serious enough to go to the doctor for medicine. Most of the time when they get sick it's a cold or a bug that lasts a day or two. They play outside, pet dirty dogs, have cats and a lizard for pets and do all the normal boy things and I know that sometimes they eat before washing their hands. Of course my mother was like this and the majority of my siblings have allergies of one sort or another so go figure. 
I once had a job in a small Osco drug store. Everyone that came in was, of course, sick. I spent two weeks out of the month for 3 months sicker than a dog. I pushed on through hoping for it to get better I worked there for 3 years. Not only did I get over all of it I did not get sick for 6 years after I quit!!! I swear it had to do with being exposed to every thing around me.
I am a GERMAPHOBE! I admit it! Everyone who knows me knows I am, I come by it honestly. I do NOT however have antibactirial soap in my house as that does help bugs get stronger.
I believe in regular hand washing with regular soap. I don't think it's a bad thing to teach our kids to wash their hands after they have played in the dirt or pet dirty dogs, cats or any other animal. Just the thought of them eating or putting their hands in their mouth after YUCK!
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