How Clean is TOO Clean

I will hold my hand up and admit I can be a Monica. I enjoy cleaning. I don't go over board and clean everything every day but a few things I will do. I clean the floors everyday. Well lets be honest it's sometimes more than once a day because when we're out in the garden bits and pieces get dragged in and I hate the feeling of grub under my feet in the house. Every evening after Amelia goes down I tidy all her toys away. I do this for 2 reasons, 1 is so she has a fresh start every day but also so night time the downstairs is for my husband and I.

I have tried not to pass on to many "mess hating" vibes to Amelia. I don't want her to not get dirty but she doesn't seem to like it to much anyway. The onyl time she enjoys mess is right after she wakes up and is full of energy other than that she can moan her way through. I've read resently about being "TOO CLEAN" for the health of children. As in, having them avoid germs to the point of having a weak immune system. I honestly do not think I am one of these. YES I like to clean, NO Amelia never really gets sick (personally I think she has got that from my husband) but the in between of these is germs that I miss. I don't make everything germ free BUT my house is nearly always tidy. However I do teach Amelia general cleaning things so she avoids picking up colds everywhere she goes.

Here are some things I personally feel are important.

Encourage Good Hand Washing Habits
I think this is probably the easiest one because toddlers just love splashing about and I know Amelia picked this up after showing her once.

Brushing Teeth
This is a HUGE MUST for me. Dental heigene is so important to me. Amelia is fantastic. I've been brushing her teeth since the day I could see one poking through. The brissles of the brush help soften gums and i'm convinced that's why Amelia has had minimal trouble with teething. She now brushes her teeth herself and does a really good job. She'll do it around 3 times a day but she would do it more if I left her. I use baby toothpaste once a day and the rest of the time she'll use water.

Being Clean in Public
We've all seen that person walking from the toilets without washing their hands. Nice. I don't spritz and wipe Amelia every 5 minutes when she's out but I will wipe her hands if she's going to eat something or if she's going to go for a nap OR if she's grabbed something random. One thing I do hate is people touching young childrens hands because not everyone cleans their hands like me and teething children put their hands in their mouths...are those people touching hands and walking past the sinks in the toilets one and the same??!

Amelia in NO way avoids germs. I've caught her licking the bottom of her shoe on more than one occasion. Yum! She rolls around the garden with the dog and they lick each others faces. Yes you read right, they both do it.

I don't know if it's cleaning, exposure to certain germs, good genes (from Daddy) or all the fersh fruit and veg Amelia eats but I don't think she doesn't get sick because i'm TOO clean. What do you think?