Are you a germophobe?

Although like everyone I like to keep clean and fresh, I don't go out of my way to use only anti-bacterial products and the like. There's not much point unless you feel you're at risk of catching a potentially fatal superbug. As Sass pointed out, the quickest way to weaken your immune system (and especially that of your newborn child) is to keep it away from every source of bacteria known to man. There are studies showing that children born and raised on farms and in contact with bacteria on a regular basis are far less prone to allergies and asthma than those raised in urban environments.

The only time I used anti-bacterial liquid soap, it screwed up my hands. After just a few days of using it, my hands began retaining water and the skin became soft and wrinkly (like it is when you step out of the bath after a long soak). I could clench my fist and water would be squeezed out. Needless to say I soon stopped using it and everything went back to normal.

Jam it back in, in the dark.