Some experts believe that over-sanitised homes have caused a rise in allergies, but others stress the importance of good hygiene for little ones' health. Mums and experts discuss
“I used a MAM soother saver with my daughter so it was always attached to her clothes, but I also had about 20 ready sterilised dummies just in case one fell on the floor. I changed her dummy every hour unless she was sleeping.”
Lucy Honnor, 37, from Hampshire, mum to Katelin, 2, Daniel, 10, and Aaron, 7