https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:48:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-873043 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:31:14 +0000 mrs. 64 873043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: I would have done the same!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-873014 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:26:52 +0000 sarac 873014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am PRO germ exposure for healthy children. My daughter loves to roll around in the mud and eat bugs and all of this. I keep my house very clean, but I don't do chlorox or antibacterials ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872919 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:05:40 +0000 MrsF 872919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Somewhere in the middle. I'm super freaked out about raw meat though. That's pretty much the only thing I use the bleach wipes for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872900 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:02:20 +0000 LovelyPlum 872900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. 64: that's fair. I once had a student come in to class and said "I have pink eye, but here's my paper." NOPE. You take that paper back, walk right out the door, and email that sucker to me. I definitely left to go wash my hands. And then I used hand sanitizer. Twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872695 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:02:26 +0000 bisous 872695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the middle...In my house I am pretty lax, but in public I am more wary of germs and will use hand sanitizer after touching doors, etc. I WANT to make people use hand sanitizer before holding my newborn but I don't have the heart to do it. I just put it out in a conspicuous place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872675 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:58:08 +0000 Dandelion 872675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the middle. I just don't wear my shoes in the house, because I don't like wearing shoes. But, with all the animals in the house, I can't be too picky, although I'm cleaning up all the time behind them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872667 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:56:31 +0000 meganmp 872667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm mild end too, perhaps veering toward the extreme end of "I don't really care". DS was nomming on my wallet today at Starbucks. My mom freaked out because, ohmigosh, wallets are so dirty! I don't use a cart cover while grocery shopping. I don't make people wash their hands before holding the kiddos. I hate hand sanitizer. I wash my hands after using a public restroom, but not at home. </p> <p>Yeah, I probably sound gross too. I promise, I'm clean otherwise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872660 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:55:36 +0000 LindsayInNY 872660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: I tell myself it builds up my immune system :wink: </p> <p>Oh yeah, I hate touching raw chicken! I always wash my hands afterwards! Almost everything else is fair game, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872656 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:55:13 +0000 winniebee 872656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle. We're not a no shoes house or anything. And I often go without showering on the weekends.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872655 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:55:07 +0000 mrs. 64 872655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: I'm with ya on that stomach bug!!</p> <p>I'm pretty relaxed about germs in every day life, and even reasonably relaxed at school. But if there is nasty stuff going around with the kids I'm wiping down EVERYTHING with clorox wipes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872649 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:54:23 +0000 LovelyPlum 872649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: meh, I don't think you're germy.</p> <p>I'm pretty mild, except when it comes to raw chicken. That skeeves me out. And I almost always use hand sanitizer after I pump gas or use a gross restroom, even if I wash my hands. Other than that, though, I'm not super worried about them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872630 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:52:36 +0000 jhd 872630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>probably in the middle. although when the flu or stomach bug hits at school you can bet i will never be too far from the clorox wipes &amp; hand sanitizer. i have been known to wipe down desks in between classes if necessary! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872610 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:50:07 +0000 LindsayInNY 872610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on the mild end. I live by the "5 second" rule, use hand sanitizer but not every single time I take the subway and I don't always wash my hands after peeing. Yet I shower daily, wash my clothes after usually one day wear, etc.</p> <p>/ confession (I realize that makes me sound dirty...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872604 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:49:30 +0000 Foodnerd81 872604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Ew no! Money is so gross! I forgot-- I definitely like to wash my hands after touching money, even if I'm not eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872587 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:46:36 +0000 Bao 872587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe just slightly over the middle. I always have sanitizer with me. I'm mostly a germ freak out in public, but at home not as much even though I do use sanitizer and wash my hands a lot during the day. I can't touch money and then eat, but I think that's an ocd tendency lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872574 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:44:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 872574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm in the middle too. I keep hand sanitizer in my purse mostly for public transportation-- the poles that you have to hang on to are just gross. That's pretty much the only time I use it. I normally use regular bleach-y cleaners in the bathroom, but I switched to greener ones while pregnant. But I do get squeamish with raw meet and use paper towels and Fantastic for anything it came in contact with (that can't get washed in the sink/dishwasher.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-stance-on-germs#post-872520 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:34:45 +0000 MrsBrewer 872520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would consider myself right in the middle. I keep hand sanitizer in my purse (what is a bathroom runs out of soap somewhere?) but I only use it when I need it. I don't use any chemicals when cleaning our kitchen, instead I use microfiber clothes. So some people would think that extreme (yes even with raw meats). But I'm weird and I always use Clorox wipes and other stuff in the bathroom to clean!</p> <p>So I would say I'm in the middle! </p>