For some reason, my almost five year old daughter has become consumed with thinking about germs and washing her hands. Almost single-handedly, she went through a whole bottle of hand soap in a week. Now her hands are getting really chapped in spots. Sometimes, after washing her hands, she wants me to smell them to see if they are OK. Sometimes it is funny, but by the end of the day it becomes annoying.
Last night things came to a head when her older sister, seven years old, didn't wash her hands after going to the bathroom and started playing her Gameboy. My youngest daughter started crying and saying that she wouldn't be able to play the game anymore because it was covered in her older sister's germs. I tried to convince her that it would be OK and the germs would not hurt her to no avail. Her older brother tried to help by telling her that there are germs on everything but it just made her more upset.
In the end, I think I was able to explain to her about germs. I just don't want it to turn into an OCD.
These are the trials and tribulations of a regular guy who bacame his children's Dad.
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