Evolution of parents:
1. first kid - sterilize baby bottle nipples
2. second kid - run nipples through the dishwasher
3. third kid - rinse nipples under the faucet
4. fourth kid - hold out nipples for dog to lick clean
Letter of Recommendation: Bamba
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#22Yup, makes total sense. Let your kids eat a bug or two, play in the dirt, sneeze on each other. Unless you are statistically unlucky, they'll be fine, and they'll build up stronger immune systems, so they won't be as fragile later on. Unless your child is Bubble Boy, there's no need for OCD antiseptic cleanliness.
One comment on the article cites a recommendation that young children not consume honey because it might possibly cause 90 cases of botulism a year. 90 cases out of several million is not really a significant thing to worry about. Sucks if it happens, but it is really unlikely.
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#23I am Israeli, lived in America for 1/2 my childhood. My nephew grew up entirely in Israel, and has peanut allergies. Ironically in the context of this article, we didn't find this out until he first had bamba and my sister had to rush him to the hospital. There have been a number of his classmates with the same allergy. Only going by his classmates from nursery school until 8th grade now, the stats don't look so great.
Obviously this is anecdotal, but like all things, nothing is 100%. I am not sure what sample size or data was used in these studies, but in just my circle the number of people with peanut allergies that are Israeli is decently large compared to many other people I know. Unfortunately peanut allergies can be pretty annoying, serious, and hard to deal with, so it ends up a big topic of discussion a few times a year in our social circles.
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#24Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.
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#25Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.
There is a hypothesis[1] that it's a developed, hygienic world thing. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
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#26Evolution of parents: 1. first kid - sterilize baby bottle nipples 2. second kid - run nipples through the dishwasher 3. third kid - rinse nipples under the faucet 4. fourth kid - hold out nipples for dog to lick clean
First kid - "be careful he doesn't trip and fall"
Second kid - "Oh, he tripped and fell. are you ok?"
Third kid - (BAM CRASH Cry from upstairs) - "oh, he's fine. crying means he's fine."
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#27Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.
That's not necessarily true. Kids might be dying of food allergies frequently in poorer countries but it's simply not reported or the local hospitals (assuming they're taken to a hospital) might be unable to diagnose the cause of death.
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#28Offtopic: Those mamba things sound delicious. I wish I could taste them in Mexico.
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#29Evolution of parents: 1. first kid - sterilize baby bottle nipples 2. second kid - run nipples through the dishwasher 3. third kid - rinse nipples under the faucet 4. fourth kid - hold out nipples for dog to lick clean
First kid - "be careful he doesn't trip and fall" Second kid - "Oh, he tripped and fell. are you ok?" Third kid - (BAM CRASH Cry from upstairs) - "oh, he's fine. crying means he's fine."
"Crying means he's alive. I only worry when there's silence."
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#30Evolution of parents: 1. first kid - sterilize baby bottle nipples 2. second kid - run nipples through the dishwasher 3. third kid - rinse nipples under the faucet 4. fourth kid - hold out nipples for dog to lick clean
Yes, I even know people around here that would let dogs lick wounds, -said it healed them. And this is at the top of the world. For some reason I never wanted to try that (I use Iodine in water or alcohold : )