I recently gave birth to a beautiful DD2. And my health anxiety is as high as ever. It doesn’t help that during the last two weeks we are treating nits and worms at the same time (DD1 is in primary school). It’s worth admitting I had health anxiety after giving birth to DD1 too which passed after a couple of months.
I wasn’t raised in the UK and don’t have family here so I’m not familiar with some aspects and statistics. Some diseases that triggered my anxiety in my native country are not prevalent here but also nits/worms/scabies are very rare in the place where I’m from. So it’s just different. And my ignorance elevates my fears.
So my question is: will we eventually get infected with every school disease? Molluscus? Scabies? How prevalent are they? Will it be better in a smaller town or in a smaller school?
My DD1 lives on a floor. She plays, dances, does gymnastics on a floor. She washes her hands after toilet and before meals but sometimes she holds toilet seat with her hands while sitting on a loo to keep balance and not fall. I guess it’s all normal but it elevates risks. I can’t control her every minute neither can we always wash her hands before every snack when we are out (antibacterial wipes won’t kill everything) so do I need to accept it?