Carrying on abit from stu's thread. Do you think we have become obsessive about hygene and everything having to be oh so sterile. Dont get me wrong i have extremely good personal hygene and my house is clean and tidy but all the advertisements on the television for different cleaning products seem to think we should live in sterile conditions.
When i was a child, during the week we would get a wash on the draining board and yes the spit and wipe hanky. We would have a bath on a sunday night. We would have clean underwear everyday but outer clothes would be worn for few days at a time. We played outside in muck, we got worms but did it kill us? No. No wonder people come down with all sorts of virus's these days |
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At the moment my daughter who is seven is going through a phase of making mud pies she absolutely loves it. You can soon bung them in the bath at the end of the day. A happy child is a mucky child lol. |
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"At the moment my daughter who is seven is going through a phase of making mud pies she absolutely loves it. You can soon bung them in the bath at the end of the day. A happy child is a mucky child lol. "
Bet she doesnt make them the same way as we used to lol 
We would wee in a bucket and mix it with the mud. I would of been between about 5-8 then lol |
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Have always had good personal hygiene, but grew up in the country and spent most of my time climbing trees and rolling around in mud. Thought nothing of eating and drinking with dirty hands, and was never ill.
It is important to be mindful of infections and germs, but I do think that things are starting to get out of hand, both with the obsession to combat dirt, dust and germs and also with our nations obsession with health and safety.
Now...off for a lie down on my hand made hammock hanging from the trees outside just above the sceptic tank  |
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Hospitals are battling mrsa and all sorts yet one thing that kills it can not be used ??? bleach .
Its cheap and if it works then why the hell can we not use it. ?
It has to be a better solution than what they are doing .
And also goes to prove that our resistance to bugs etc is because of bieng too sterile.  |
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"At the moment my daughter who is seven is going through a phase of making mud pies she absolutely loves it. You can soon bung them in the bath at the end of the day. A happy child is a mucky child lol. "
That was me as a child, and I've evolved into a mucky trucker...and Im still having fun, lol  |
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"Carrying on abit from stu's thread. Do you think we have become obsessive about hygene and everything having to be oh so sterile. Dont get me wrong i have extremely good personal hygene and my house is clean and tidy but all the advertisements on the television for different cleaning products seem to think we should live in sterile conditions.
When i was a child, during the week we would get a wash on the draining board and yes the spit and wipe hanky. We would have a bath on a sunday night. We would have clean underwear everyday but outer clothes would be worn for few days at a time. We played outside in muck, we got worms but did it kill us? No. No wonder people come down with all sorts of virus's these days"
We are excessive on some things but not on others. Allergy's are often blamed on over sterile conditions and nothing for the immune system to work on. At the other end of the scale you have MRSA and other super bugs in hospital due to not being sterile enough. |
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When i was a child, during the week we would get a wash on the draining board and yes the spit and wipe hanky. We would have a bath on a sunday night. We would have clean underwear everyday but outer clothes would be worn for few days at a time. We played outside in muck, we got worms but did it kill us? No. No wonder people come down with all sorts of virus's these days"
Hey that's clean, I wear my underwear for weeks on end  |
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My two sons are out playing all day. They come in at the end and if they are black from head to toe then I know they've had fun. I was exactly the same as a kid. The bath is stinking after they've been in there and they are never ill. Kids are too clean these days. A friend of mine many years ago wouldn't let her son get dirty or go out in bad weather and he's constantly ill. Dirt toughens them up, builds imunity. What's wrong with these people who wrap themselves or their kids in cotton wool then wonder why they are always sick??? |
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The hospitals make me smile at times. I have a relative in one now.
The other day I sat on the bed and was told off for potentially spreading infectious germs. It was ok for me to sit 5cm away from the bed though.
Meanwhile one of the machines had bloodstains on 3 points of the control panel and shit wasnt wiped from the floor between Friday night and Monday.
Tough job and they are health and safety mad but the inconsistencies are everywhere. |
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We used to run out and play with a jam butty in hand,probably drop it once or twice,maybe share it with our dog (a bite each) and never ailed at all.
You need to have germs in your system to build up a resistance.
This obsession with hygiene these days,especially were children are concerned,has gone into overkill. 
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When i was a child, during the week we would get a wash on the draining board and yes the spit and wipe hanky. We would have a bath on a sunday night. We would have clean underwear everyday but outer clothes would be worn for few days at a time. We played outside in muck, we got worms but did it kill us? No. No wonder people come down with all sorts of virus's these days
Hey that's clean, I wear my underwear for weeks on end "
And i save on the washing by not wearing any  |
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When i was a child, during the week we would get a wash on the draining board and yes the spit and wipe hanky. We would have a bath on a sunday night. We would have clean underwear everyday but outer clothes would be worn for few days at a time. We played outside in muck, we got worms but did it kill us? No. No wonder people come down with all sorts of virus's these days
Hey that's clean, I wear my underwear for weeks on end
And i save on the washing by not wearing any "
I turn them inside out after the first week, can get another week out of them that way  Just doing my bit for the environment |
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I blame the rise of resistance to bactericidal agents on indiscriminate use of cleaning agents and antibiotics, and refuse to use anything labelled as "antibacterial" unless there is no alternative.
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Far too obsessed with getting rid of ALL germs these days I agree - there's nothing better than seeing children traipsing home from playing out in the woods absolutely filthy - but thats another thing - children don't seem to play out these days! We are all very personaly clean without being over the top with hand sprays and wipes etc - people aren't building up any resistance to bugs. Z |
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This is gonna sound minging but last summer my youngest didnt bathe for over 3 weeks - she spent ever day in the paddling pool out the back or on the water slide squiting cheap washing up liquid down said water slide - lived in her swimsuit and only put a towel round herself to sit at the table and eat her tea.
Normal school day both my girls wash in the morning (bathroom sink) fresh undies, socks and school top, but only wear fresh skirts if nothing has been spilt on them the day before. In from school changed into old jeans and stretched out of shape t-shirts and off they go out to play til I open the kitchen window and scream (I swear the whole town hears me except my daughters over the back playing whatever it is that makes them blind and deaf) they eat their tea and wash before bed again in the bathroom sink.
If they are really minging then its a fast bath then bed.
Proper bath scrubbed down (I check behind their ears and hair line!!!) every couple of days.
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"This is gonna sound minging but last summer my youngest didnt bathe for over 3 weeks - she spent ever day in the paddling pool out the back or on the water slide squiting cheap washing up liquid down said water slide - lived in her swimsuit and only put a towel round herself to sit at the table and eat her tea.
Normal school day both my girls wash in the morning (bathroom sink) fresh undies, socks and school top, but only wear fresh skirts if nothing has been spilt on them the day before. In from school changed into old jeans and stretched out of shape t-shirts and off they go out to play til I open the kitchen window and scream (I swear the whole town hears me except my daughters over the back playing whatever it is that makes them blind and deaf) they eat their tea and wash before bed again in the bathroom sink.
If they are really minging then its a fast bath then bed.
Proper bath scrubbed down (I check behind their ears and hair line!!!) every couple of days.
Shona
x x x "
That sounds spot on to me - as for not 'bathing' for 3 weeks - she was in water all day so bound to be clean - too many people get too hung up on this - a friend of mine has a 5 year old daughter who has to have a hand sanitiser spray on her at all times - now thats bad! Z |
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"That sounds spot on to me - as for not 'bathing' for 3 weeks - she was in water all day so bound to be clean - too many people get too hung up on this - a friend of mine has a 5 year old daughter who has to have a hand sanitiser spray on her at all times - now thats bad! Z"
My youngest was mighty peeved when she went back to school after spending the warm days in her paddling pool cos the first note home was "can you send in bottles of hand sanatizer and wet wipes or hand soap to be used in class" wtf happened to a sink and a bottle of hand soap in each class or am I that old that no school does that anymore??
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"They just announced n the news ...several deaths as a result of a new super bug... stronger than MRSA! "
So.......why not go back to using bleach ?????
If they know it kills the bugs then why cant they use it.
We could even use it at the day centre.
In case someone drank it. ffs.
I was working with elderly folks, not idiots. |
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"They just announced n the news ...several deaths as a result of a new super bug... stronger than MRSA!
So.......why not go back to using bleach ?????
If they know it kills the bugs then why cant they use it.
We could even use it at the day centre.
In case someone drank it. ffs.
I was working with elderly folks, not idiots. "
I was in hospital with a girl who drank a bottle of bleach she WAS NOT an idiot she was seriously ill |
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"My youngest was mighty peeved when she went back to school after spending the warm days in her paddling pool cos the first note home was "can you send in bottles of hand sanatizer and wet wipes or hand soap to be used in class" wtf happened to a sink and a bottle of hand soap in each class or am I that old that no school does that anymore??
Shona
x x x "
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Washing hands in the sink with soap and water means someone would have to take the children there, and he/she would probably need to be accompanied by a colleague as I believe he/she cannot be on his/her own with children in case of any issues.
Hence it is easier/cheaper to have the child's hands washed/wiped in class etc...
That's my guess, and I am glad I do not have children, as my blood would have boiled dry by now! |
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yeah your right, when i was a kid i was bought up by my nan, she used to use this soap stuff, i dread to think what it was, cleaned the kitchen with it, cleaned the back door step with it, cleaned the bath with it, even washed our bloody hair with the stuff lol now days you have products for the loo, for the bath, for the kitchen etc and low and be hold if you washed your bath out with something that designed for the sink lol
We never needed all that 25 years ago why do we now?
never did me no hard having my hair washed with the bog cleaner lmao |
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