With all the bugs we've ingested since childhood we're probably immune.
When the boys were toddlers our family doctor was a good, old-fashioned, country GP. He told me to let them out to play as the "first ton doesn't harm them". It seems to have worked! :-)
Bernadette
Ah - a woman after my own heart! We in Britain aren't as careful as many Americans.
I used to think that if the children got dirty they'd been enjoying themselves. Sometimes I didn't see the blood until they washed :-)
Our old GP recommended gargling with salt water for every ill from morning sickness to ingrowing toe-nails. I loved him!
Mary
My mother always said you "had to eat a peck of dirt before you die". Didn't sound a lot until I found out that a peck was a measure (approx 8 litres, 4 quarts). Then it seemed quite a lot. But I think we ingested quite a lot!!
Helena
We weren't as posh as that, it was (in Yorkshire) a peck o' muck :-)
We spent all our time trying to achieve it! I reckon one of our sons, Nathan, managed it before he went to school. He's probably the most robust of all of us and that's saying a lot!
Mary
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