Cleanliness

[JAN54]

Hi. I wear a cotton apron when bathing, feeding and changing my 3mo twin girls. A friend says that even though I change my apron regularly I could well be carrying germs on my apron which could spread to the girls and that I should wear a plastic one instead which I can wipe down. All I was doing was trying to keep my clothes clean. Thoughts anyone. Thanks

I have literally never worn an apron to do anything with any of mine, except baking/painting. Is this a thing!? Surely you just wash your clothes after you wear them?

Sure there are germs everywhere. Apron or clothes doesn't matter. As long as there is general cleanness it doesn't matter. You're not acting as a nurse to invalids...

That’s very OTT.
I wore aprons to feed & change in a daycare nursery, never with my own child!

Which country are you in? Im in the UK and have never heard of anyone doing this

Hi Yes UK too. I well remember my mum saying "it is easier to wash an apron than have a skirt dry cleaned" - to avoid stains I also wear an apron when cooking. Each to their own I guess.

I have never worn an apron.

The thing is when babies are old enough to smear things on you they will do on the exposed parts of your clothes. So you actually need a house coat.

I've never worn an apron! I think it's completely unnecessary. I don't know anyone who's worn an apron to look after a child. Just practice normal hygiene and it'll be fine. There are germs absolutely everywhere and your child needs exposure to them.

No offence to your mum but if you're wearing a dry clean only skirt whilst looking after twin babies then you're living a very different life to the majority of us!
Never worn an apron in my life!

Are you an Edwardian governess??

Never heard of anyone wearing an apron to deal with their own kids?!

Depends what you’re doing, if you’re cleaning the loo wearing it, then cuddling your newly washed infants on your lap then I’d say change it.

Having a cuddle and drying a baby while wearing a plastic apron sounds a bit clinical.

Germs are everywhere!

OP I agree re apron but I am foreign. As long as you wash it at a high temperature it will be clean. And cotton is a natural fabric, so always better than plastic in my view (I sweat like a pig with anything non natural on me). I am actually impressed with you.

Huh?

Baby is also 3 months here, he wouldn't be impressed trying to find a boob through an apron! If he tries smiling halfway through feeding, he is delightful in dribbling a mouthful of milk all down me, but seeing thats at skin level an apron would do nothing.

He is bathed in water not acid. My clothes survive fine getting wet.

All my clothes are machine washable. Solves that problem.