Wiping cooker when baby bathes

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My sister just had a baby. My sister and I are only a year apart so very close. I’ve moved in for the first month into the spare bedroom. Just so I can help cook meals, walk the dog and keep things in order.

My sister is a bit of a neat freak. Ie she will need to do a quick vac and fold blankets etc before sitting down and watching telly. No problem. She doesn’t expect others to do anything so my family has always just ignored this anal retention side of her.

Anyway, sister has started insisting that whenever the baby is bathed (kitchen sink) we clean the range cooker which is on the same side. As it makes her feel gross and it’s cosier once cleaned. I think this is mental as her cooker is never THAT bad, mostly it’s just a bit of oil from a fried egg at breakfast.

Normally I would tell sister that she’s the only one bothered so she can crack on. But she’s had a difficult labour and pregnancy so it’s falling on me. I just want things to be nice for her also.

Im not crazy for finding this crazy, right?

This. I find it odd too especially as the sister is a clean freak.

If sister can’t bend down yet then surely a baby bath on a table is more hygienic?

I don't see the problem? 🤨

I think it's probably one of those things she'll look back on and laugh at how over the top she was, but - while she's in the thick of it - just wipe the blooming job. She's your sister and if it helps her feel better when she's still recovering from birth then why not?

I wouldn't while the baby was being bathed, but would before or after.

Though my hob is cleaned once a week, unless it gets very messy.

Not sure why bathing a baby in a sink is unhygienic. Presumably the sink is cleaned before and after.

You have to fill / empty move the bath, there is nothing wrong or unhygienic with bathing a baby in a sink.

I clean my hob every day.
I accept others don't. I don't think I'm that odd.
Bathing a baby in a sink is fine. Even a bath on a table is a pain as you have to go back and forth with jugs of water.
Either way, if you're there to help your sister you need to accept her house rules.
Life as you knew it can feel precarious when you've just had a baby; keeping up with certain household tasks can help you feel you're in control.

Your sister is only asking you to clean up the mess you made (during the morning) before the end of the day.. you don't have to do it while bathing the baby, obviously, but she is asking that it be done before the end of the day, she's trying to tactfully tell you to clean up after yourself if you make a mess.

Just because you are happy to leave splashes of oil on the hob, everything you have said about her indicates that she isn't* *happy to just sit down in the evening until everything is neat and tidy, I'm not one of those people, but she obviously is and she is the person you are supposed to be helping here.

She's probably finding it really hard having people there that make a mess and don't clean it up the same way she does, but appreciates your help so doesn't want to say much. She's asked nicely, so just clean up the oil after you've fried food in the morning.. or go home and leave her to it if you feel that strongly about a 30 second wipe down after cooking.

Definitely would not be putting a baby in the kitchen sink.
We did wash the dog in ours though when he was a puppy.

Don’t end up being more hindrance than help.

all these saying yes to bathing the baby in the sink are the ones saying they don’t clean their hobs after each use so I doubt your sinks are clean either

Yes, that's what I initially thought when I read the title.

I would have more of a hygiene problem with washing a baby in a sink than I would seeing some cooking oil on a hob. People are weirdly inconsistent.

Nothing wrong with a sink bath!

Not true. Bathing baby in the sink is fine but I always clean my hob after use.

you're staying there to help - if it's not esp. dirty it's not that onerous to wipe it over - if you don't want to help, leave. Even if you think the task is bonkers, it gives your sister peace of mind.

You are a good sister to help her.

Doesnt everyone wipe the hob down after every use? I can’t imagine leaving grease splashes on it all day, doubly so if it’s a beautiful new kitchen.

I was bathed in the kitchen sink. My son was bathed in the kitchen sink until he could sit up. It's only gross if you don't actually clean your kitchen sink. Which, my mother did and so did I.

Couldn’t agree more.

Shes perhaps being a bit much but it doesn’t really matter. It’s not that much of an ask to just go along with it.

I think it’s great you’re there to help and will make such a difference to her, lovely to hear of a good relationship and support network!xx

It’s not crazy. The cooker top takes a second if you’re used to doing it.

It’s nice of you to help though. I bet she loves having her sister there. I have a sister with the same age difference but she lives so far away.

OP, a hob that is wiped down every day after every meal takes seconds.
Its a mon job.
It is a part of keeping a clean kitchen.
Just do it for her.
You sound like great sisters to each other.

Surely you can't clean a hob AND safely bathe a newborn baby at the same time? Is that what you're asking, OP?

I assumed the sister is bathing the baby and asked the OP to wipe the hob.

Kitchen sinks are great for bathing babies when they're wee. I stayed at a holiday let with no bath, what does one do then?

Her house her rules...

Personally i wpuldnt want to be spraying chemicals next to the.baby

The only thing id be watching out for is if she has OCD or anything and that develops / worsens and becomes obsessive over the next few months.

Beyond that if it makes her happy its not a big deal.
I liked a tidy house with my first. It was something i could control / fix unlike my body / life etc which i felt were totally out of my control at the time?!?!

It's a sink... And it gets cleaned.... It's not like your rinsing the veg with the baby water is it...?