Should Babies Eat Off The Floor

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Should babies eat off the floor.

Hi i have a 10 month old and she keeps picking bits up of the floor and eating it i vacuum loads but have a new mat so everything is sticking to it. You never know what may be lurking on the floor especially if people wear shoes in the home or if you. How do i stop her xx. While you shouldn t encourage this baby behavior you don t need to take drastic measures to prevent him from eating off the floor or panic if you re unable to intercept it.

My lo is rather partial to bits off the floor she rakes her fingers. Some viewers of her cooking show the french chef insist they saw child drop lamb or a chicken or a turkey depending on the version of the tale on the floor and pick it up with the advice that. Germs from inside your house are ones that your son s already been exposed to especially if he does most of his playing on the floor. Not to mention the mental drain on mom s and dad s that occurs from the constant throwing and clean up.

Your baby will already be exposed to germs inside your house as toys on the floor will get germs on them so eating food off the floor at home won t harm your baby. When older babies are learning about gravity and can see over the edge of a tray it makes the food throwing game more enticing. Eating things off the floor is a good way for children to become infected with pinworms hand foot mouth disease and other viral organisms and parasites.