Getting rid of mommy’s germaphobic

You need to let go a little, don’t be too hard on yourself else you’ll be suffering. Good and proper hygiene should suffice. Do you have a playpen(or bed guards)? If not, get one. Put baby inside with a playmat while you cook/clean/eat. Wait for someone to get home if you intend to shower. My baby personally got covid and kids recover very very quickly compared to adults and they get the antibodies from covid as well. You need to relax and slow down. Take it easy, one step at a time. Try to come to terms with yourself that our kids will eventually grow up and need to go to school (even more germs), explore the surroundings etc etc. They need that to build their immune system. If you’re worried, can give probiotics. Over protective will only lead to backfire. (Eg slightly exposed to germs, baby’s body won’t have enough immunity to fight the germs). I’m not saying baby should fall, but little bumps and falls here and there are part of growing up as well. Surely when they are hurt, we feel the pain as well but we need to loosen abit. Stay strong mama, you can do it! 💪🏻💪🏻

Exposing baby to germs will only help their immune system. They develop stronger bodies and health. Dun shield them from everything. They won’t develop resilience. Then if something big happens, they will not be able to handle it. Breast milk also has a lot of good stuff in it to help our babies grow stronger too. It is tailor made in our bodies juz for our babies. Furthermore, Covid isn’t the only thing we will need to deal with and there will most likely be more of such unknowns in future. We will also never be able to eradicate germs entirely. So, maybe you need to relax and take things like how you would way before pregnancy. Babies aren’t as weak as we make them out to be. My 3 breastfed babies, all v strong tdy. And I din really bother about sterilizing or germs around, etc. Juz basic cleanliness, as how I normally would, sufficed already. 😊

A mounting body of research suggests that exposing infants to germs may offer them greater protection from illnesses such as allergies and asthma later on in life. You need to breathe and relax and be rest assured that even if you take all the required measures your child will still be exposed to germs so do you leave best but don’t overdo it..

If u r always anxious and it's affecting Ur daily functioning, pls seek psychiatric help. U can always simply go to polyclinic to get referred to see psychiatrist at any restructured hospital as subsidy patient. If u r ok with being private patient and pay more, just call up e respective hospital directly and make an appt.