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Washing up is a standard practice for us when we come home from anywhere.......you get inside, take off your shoes and coat and you go to the washroom to clean up and change your clothes.
I want to say that I wouldn't be offended but I don't know how I would feel if I was told to do it.....
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I want to say that I wouldn't be offended but I don't know how I would feel if I was told to do it.....
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That is exactly how I thought until I was told...
Actually I probably wouldn't feel too bad if I didn't know that family as well as I know them.
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first two months, me and my husband didn't let anyone but our siblings/parents hold our baby when she was born and we just said it straight up we don't feel comfortable anyone else holding her - I do remember a couple of frowns we only allowed close family/friends to visit us. and yes i asked a cousin of mine to wash her hands before holding my daughter her freshly blue manicured nails freaked me right out and she happily did it
I myself as a parent realize not to touch anyone's else's baby unless I am asked to hold him/her. and it really irks me when people touch babies hands especially or peck them - just don't do it if it isn't yours. we are still very particular about who comes into our home, having said that people will always hate then why not do what is best for your family.
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Pink'd Out.....perhaps you can explain why you did what you did and the reasoning behind it. If people know what you are thinking it makes it easier to understand your position....
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A couple of weeks ago, i visited a friend of mine who recently had a baby... before i held the baby, she made me use a hand sanitiser.....
When i had my first two, i never requested any visitors to sanitise their hands, and it will be the same with the third.....but i guess these are different times, what with the swine flu strain, MRSA and all that crappola.
But, why do you think asthma and allergies are rife in children these days?... Parents are OCD about cleanliness... i know one women who sanitises her family's toothbrushes in the dishwasher! There are no germs left around, so children, inevitably, will have poor immune systems.
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I have to agree with Maroush here. In using so many sanitizers and antibacterial soaps etc. we are eliminating the majority of contaminents including those minor and relatively harmless ones that allow us to build up immunity in our system.
We are, in effect, raising our children in bubbles.
We are building in an unnecessarily strong susceptability to even the simplest bugs that would otherwise be easily endured.
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we should send all the kids to pakistan for a couple of months to build up their immune systems nice and strong haha
a couple of bun kebabs off tariq road and they're golden for life! :p
slightly offtopic, but i remember when we were in pakistan yonks ago, someone sent the water in the main well of our apt. buliding complex for inspection. it came back with positive results for pretty much every waterborne disease known to man! lol! but here we all are, mA, healthy and fit despite having bathed in that water and drunk it (albeit it was boiled twice first and then strained thru cheesecloth). ah, the ghetto luxuries of pakistan. how i miss thee. NOT.
first two months, me and my husband didn't let anyone but our siblings/parents hold our baby when she was born and we just said it straight up we don't feel comfortable anyone else holding her - I do remember a couple of frowns we only allowed close family/friends to visit us. and yes i asked a cousin of mine to wash her hands before holding my daughter her freshly blue manicured nails freaked me right out and she happily did it
I myself as a parent realize not to touch anyone's else's baby unless I am asked to hold him/her. and it really irks me when people touch babies hands especially or peck them - just don't do it if it isn't yours. we are still very particular about who comes into our home, having said that people will always hate then why not do what is best for your family.
See because you did it yourself, it will be much easier for you if someone asks you to do the same.
For me, I was like here hold my baby, I don't care...so although I don't expect that kind of attitude from anyone I was just a bit taken aback since it was coming from a family I know so well.
I know it's not really a big deal, but chalo, at least a good topic for discussion!
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Muzna, as someone else mentioned as well, it was purely based on hygiene. we didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings - so my husband just told everyone that we don't feel comfortable anyone holding her. he even placed a big bottle of hand sanitizer outside her nursery for others to use before entering, and yes the scare of SARS/swine flu these days one can be never be too careful. May Allah keep all of us safe and healthy