https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:57:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705544 Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:03:07 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2705544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I should probably add that 99% of the time dd comes home and plays outside for awhile straight away.. so she's not really coming in until a potty break and/or a snack maybe after 30 mins, and then she'd wash hands for that. But she doesn't change clothes or anything so I'm guessing the germs are still on her and the house...</p> <p>@looch: I'm surprised the other way, lol. I always thought (well, was told by family) I was being too germaphobic when I used to always at least wash her hands and change her clothes. Honestly it hasn't made a difference with illnesses going around our house but we also didn't have a yard then so she came right in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705393 Fri, 03 Mar 2017 03:53:18 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2705393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make everyone wash their hands whenever we've been 'outside' :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705255 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:02:07 +0000 CakeLady 2705255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Purpledaisy: Exactly this.<br /> However, it would probably be better for MY health if he washed them. He is exposed to so many germs at school, I don't worry about him, but I work from home and don't see many people during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705152 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:40:43 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2705152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sanitizer as soon as we get in the car and a good scrub as soon as we get home </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705140 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:29:38 +0000 delight 2705140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I started making her wash her hands after daycare when DS was born in November. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705134 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:27:10 +0000 fancyfunction 2705134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - we always wash our hands whenever we come home regardless of where we've been. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705086 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:41:05 +0000 PinkElephant 2705086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with @looch: don't want the germs in my house! Someone threw up in DD2's class today, so I made both girls strip at the garage door and threw all their clothes, bags, and coats in the wash ASAP. I bleached the Dinosaur (thankfully hard, not plush) she took in for show and tell, and am contemplating washing her hair before nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2705082 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:35:10 +0000 alphagam84 2705082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but mostly because she wants to eat right away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704664 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:07:53 +0000 Eminthevalley 2704664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and it has made a huge difference since we started. Their preschool also makes them wash hands upon arrival. We also have them wash their hands when coming in from outside, home from the store, grandma's, anywhere really. We are not germophobic at all but it has been helpful in reducing illness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704370 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:19:54 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2704370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our preschool requires students to wash their hands upon arrival and before they can leave. It's nice because I think it probably cuts down on the illnesses being spread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704365 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:17:04 +0000 littlebug 2704365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Same here. We wash hands before we eat, but it's not immediately when we walk through the door. But I'm not a huge fear-of-germs person and, on the contrary, believe exposure to germs is important to build up a strong immune system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704239 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:21:42 +0000 looch 2704239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am kind of surprised, reading this thread, but at the same time, I get now why so many kids are sick in school!</p> <p>I mean, yeah, they're in the environment all day long, but hand washing is proven to reduce the spread of germs. I look at it this way, if my son doesn't wash his hands, he touches other things around the house, that my husband or I then touch. So, I do my best to limit the amount of stuff that comes in contact with germs from school, especially soft surfaces (like couches) that you can't easily disinfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704204 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:53:00 +0000 hummusgirl 2704204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! Just before eating (usually). Is there any evidence this works to prevent illness? My kids are both in full time daycare and have been surprisingly healthy with just a couple colds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704184 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:47:40 +0000 Boogs 2704184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I'm also weird about germs. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704151 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:06:00 +0000 Corduroy 2704151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't. The kids are there 10 hours a day. They've done (and licked) all sorts of disgusting things all day. I don't think hand washing at the end of the day is going to prevent anything. We do wash hands after going out other places where the contact wasn't so intimate and prolonged. Then I feel like there might be a fighting chance against the germs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704150 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:04:45 +0000 travellingbee 2704150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Only before eating. (And sometimes we forget that too!) Clearly not a germaphobe but he's a healthy kid so, so far so good for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704145 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:57:12 +0000 sunny 2704145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. We wash hands before we leave and then we also wash as soon as we come home from anywhere... not just daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704144 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:56:20 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2704144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first I gave her her bath right after preschool! I was much more strict about this last year when we had a newborn, but it really didn't help prevent illness anyway.</p> <p>I no longer do this or immediate hand washing for two reasons: 1) if she's got something on her hands that she can/will catch, she's already been exposed/caught it, and 2) they wash hands and eat lunch immediately before I pick her up because she only goes for half days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704137 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:45:34 +0000 prairiemama 2704137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, always! It's the first thing we do when we get into the house. If I pick her up and we are going to be going somewhere else, we wash hands before we leave daycare. It's good habit to get into for school. I do the same-I'm a teacher and I wash my hands before I leave the building and when I get home. I really believe it has helped us not to get as sick! We also had a baby in October and I wanted to protect her from the onslaught of daycare germs in as many ways as possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704126 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:23:12 +0000 snowjewelz 2704126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! First thing she has to do. Mostly b/c she will eat, but also b/c of germs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704087 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:37:06 +0000 erinbaderin 2704087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Would never have occurred to me. Is it to keep the rest of the family safe from daycare germs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704080 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:24:41 +0000 Canoli 2704080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My intention is to do this everyday but reality is I almost never remember. With 3 kids it is complete chaos the minute we walk in the door! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704065 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:36:19 +0000 youboots 2704065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes when I remember </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704064 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:35:36 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2704064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a germaphobe so it is something I would do. We pretty much wash our hands anytime we were out in public where she is touching stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704038 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:21:41 +0000 autumnlove 2704038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704028 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:59:26 +0000 Andrea 2704028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704016 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:31:22 +0000 katsupgirl 2704016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She washes her hands at school and then sanitizes in the car if she touched anything on the way out. She also gets out of her school clothes as soon as she gets home. I probably would've been more lax on this stuff if I didn't have a newborn when she started school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704003 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:08:37 +0000 Bao 2704003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@misolee: I use sanitizer in the car. Probably best to use soap and water but I like to do it right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704002 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:07:43 +0000 Bao 2704002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: oh yeah she does that too but usually to pajamas bc she wants to be comfy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-your-lo-wash-hands-after-schooldaycare#post-2704001 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:05:42 +0000 looch 2704001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg yes, and I change his clothes. </p>