'Germs' between family members

Platinum Member Joined: Sep 11 2004 Posts: 19241

Thanks, cookielady. Smile

Next somebody is going to say that it's healthy to be exposed to many different germs, and anyway her kids share food and don't get sick often.
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All of us are carrying many different germs all the time. Not all of them do we get sick from because either our immune system fights it off or we've already become immune.
I just don't want to take chances.

Besides, kids can do gross things with the food on their plate. So, no thanks. I don't know about everyone else's kids but mine lost their table manners the day they entered school at age 3.

Diamond Member Joined: Jan 24 2010 Posts: 3407

Good genes. My daughter THANKFULLY has my husband immune system!

Posted: Fri, Nov 26 2010, 1:41 pm Post subject:

my kids do share bottles and sippy cups. I try to keep them separate but one kid puts it down and the other one takes it. I do not eat food that they touched, I do not trust where they put their hands. if I bake with them I make sure they wash and that they don't double dip or touch anything.

Silver Member Joined: Apr 26 2005 Posts: 806

We don't share! I don't even share a drink/straw with my husband. We also wash hands with soap the second we walk into the house, every time after using the bathroom and before any snack/meal.

I don't worry about germs unless my kids are sick or getting over something. They play pretty rough, and I think they spend enough time literally on top of each other that sharing cups isn't going to affect the spread of germs much.