There's no way around it.
Children are by nature droolers, chompers and regular old germ-spreaders.
And no amount of washing is going to rid a daycare setting of bacteria. But that could be a positive thing, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. It finds that infants exposed to germs in daycare or through older siblings at home, are less likely to develop asthma later in life. Kellen Tuggle started daycare when he was one. Now four years old, he's battling a serious case of asthma.