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[quote=Anonymous]Parenting has really revealed to me that there is a sharp divide between people who are paranoid/fearful about "bathroom germs" and those who just want to get on with life.

My DH is on the paranoid/fearful side, and though he has changed his fair share of diapers, the amount of stress it causes him is absurd. I once watched him wash his hands three separate times during the course of a single poopy diaper change [albeit, a bad one]. During potty training, I finally had to have him bow out of the process because the level of anxiety he seemed to have around the prospect of accidents was seriously giving our kid a complex.

Fortunately for our family, I"m firmly in the "get on with it" camp. I'll change a baby on the floor, on my lap, in the car, on a picnic table, a bench, etc. as necessary. I'll take normal precautions (mat, wipes for after if necessary, etc.) but I'm not going to make a huge fuss about it. Diapers need changing. You can't confine babies to their homes for the duration. There is bacteria everywhere. Don't set food you're going to eat directly down on a public table. Get on with it.[/quote]

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