Adults collecting children/shoe wearing

[Kennington]

hi, i visited a nursery yesterday and noticed that they didn't ask us to take off our shoes when entering the baby room. none of the babies were in at the time though. it got me wondering if parents are allowed to collect their children wearing their outdoor shoes. i will ask next week but is this the case at your nursery?

i personally find it very unhygienic and was surprised as surely this would increase the chances of gastrointestinal infections. i don't agree with the schtick it improves immunity because very little children could suffer terribly if they contracted something from dog poo.....

[Karoleann]

Yuk, no you don't want adults wearing shoes in a baby room. All the nurseries my three children have been in have asked me to put covers on my shoes (and provided them) before I've gone in their room. Children take their shoes off too.

Reet - you are talking utter crap as usual. Do you realise the damage toxoplasmosis and toxocara to do to eyes - if the infection affects the macula it will cause irreversible blindness.

[IwishIwasmoreorganised]

Not at all Gilberte. If I had actual poo on my shoes or pram wheels then they would be left outside of my house or nursery until they had been adequately cleaned. I obviously would not knowingly tread it into home, nursery, friends houses..........

[IwishIwasmoreorganised]

Agree with Reet - do none of you go to soft play places or mothers and toddler groups in church halls where there is no compulsion to remove your shoes? I doubt that those floors have been thoroughly cleaned with disinfectant prior to your arrival - and if they had, those chemicals won't do your lo's much good either.

Life cannot be completely risk free. It's all about assessing the risks and making decisions based upon that assessment. The tricky part is that people's assessments of those risks differ.

[ReetPetit]

Karoleann - sorry, where am i talking utter crap 'as usual' ??

I simply asked if the op goes to mother and toddler groups i have never been to one where adults have been asked to remove their shoes.

I am well aware of the damage toxoplasmosis can do, thank you!

[insancerre]

I wonder how many of these babies that have to be protected by little shoe covers have dogs at home.
Or are they banned as well?

[Kennington]

Again thanks for all the interesting comments. Why i asked was because all the mother and baby group that I have attended asked for shoes to be removed. I am not actually too fussy in general about this - i dont get people to remove shoes in my house, but for the baby room I really didn't like it. The floor looked dusty and rather grubby. It is just a case of numbers of people passing through. Lots of people are more likely to result in something grotty being dragged through.

[IwishIwasmoreorganised]

General cleanliness of a nursery says far more about it than shoe covers.

Looking dusty and rather grubby would be far more important to me than their shoe on/off policy.

Have you got any others to look around?

[Seb101]

Removing shoes seems very OTT to me! Where ever you go; friends houses, toddlers, classes etc, people will have walked on the floor with shoes! Babies aren't nearly as delicate as that. They put all sorts in their mouths. If dog mess was walked into nursery, it would be noticed and cleaned up. Odd bits of daily dirt ( and all nursery's floors are cleaned daily) doesn't do any harm. The phrase 'wrapping in cotton wool' comes to mind. I'd chill out and not worry. Xx

[manchestermummy]

I visited a nursery when I was looking for a new one for DD2 at which I was told shoes were covered. This struck me as ridiculous because despite that, the floors of the pre-school in particular were filthy. Really, really grubby. No shoe covers in the world could have helped in this instance!

[Patchouli]

ooo this is a bit of a twist on the usual shoes on / off threads.

I've just realised now why some of the mums have their shoes off at a children's centre music group I go to (I'd thought: 'make yourselves at home why don't you')

[bestm]

When I read some of the messages from you people I am really surprised to see your understanding of hygiene . I don't understand how you can say things like "My shoes remain firmly on my feet at all times". You would like your baby to eat some mud mixed with some dog, rat, cat, or even human poo or piece of metal or stone. You carry all sort of germs from outside with your shoes. Those babies are prone to get easily sick. Even you can get sick by eating the dust you carried from outside with your shoes. There are very nasty bacteria and viruses you can carry under your shoe. Would you eat, let's say, a piece of mud? I don't think you would. It's not that your baby or child steps on dog poo or whatever, it is us or people who work in the nurseries. We go to public toilets, step on the places where there are so many bacteria and viruses are present(do you think when they clean the toilets they get rid of all the viruses and bacteria, you would see this in your dream) and then step on the carpet with your dirty shoes where your baby is crawling, picking up things and putting them in their mouth. Also, what I don't understand is why it is so hard to take your shoes off and walk with your socks on or wear a pair of indoor sleepers. Some of you have no idea what "hygiene " means and this is scary. To educate some of you on this subject here is a link for you to read www.wimp.com/heres-the-scientific-reason-not-to-wear-your-shoes-inside-the-house-anymore/

[PerspicaciaTick]

bestm - is there a reason why you decided to resurrect a 4.5 year old ZOMBIE thread?

[insancerre]

Anyone else had a message from bestm urging you to read the link to educate yourself?
Slightly OTT I think

[mindutopia]

At my daughter's nursery, yes, normal to wear shoes inside for pick up, though the children do have wellies for outside (when it's muddy, they wear normal shoes when it's not, wellies taken off at door but not normal shoes). But the nursery is on a farm (dairy farm and also livery). We live in the country. Everyone is exposed to horse and cow and dog poo. It's unavoidable. You couldn't go outside otherwise, so no, not a big deal around here. My daughter was there for 4 years and had one tummy bug the whole time (which is quite likely she caught from me as no one else at nursery had it).