After the appearance of small children in the house, parents want to create a safe environment in it, and sometimes even a sterile one.
Believing that the child's health is threatened by harmful microorganisms, adults begin to clean more often, disinfecting everything around. Is this right?
Experts say that there is no need to sterilize your home, food, or toys.
Immunity and sterility
Firstly, it is impossible to protect a child’s body 100% from bacilli.
Secondly, in order to cause harm to health, either completely contaminated food or an object must enter the body.
That is, there must be a lot of pathogens, and the immune system is weakened.
Thirdly, there is so-called “household immunization,” when antibodies are formed at home.
This allows the immune system to develop faster and even minimize the risk of developing asthma.
Therefore, total sterilization is contraindicated.
What needs to be washed and processed
This primarily concerns items that have been in a damp environment or on the floor for a long time.
You also need to treat toys that the child puts in his mouth, licks, and then leaves on the floor.
But even in this case, it is quite sufficient to wash these items with soap.
Important! Anything that concerns yesterday's food, leftover uneaten cookies and other baby food, it is better to throw them away.
