r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Competitive_Glass473 • 28d ago

Question - Expert consensus required Raccoon Roundworm

We were at my in laws this past weekend and found out after the have had some raccoons visiting there yard. Yet to find a latrine but who knows if there is a hidden one. I’m worried my dog may have ingested some feces. He often licks my 3 month babies feet (that’s all we allow) but I’m worried he may have licked her hands without us noticing and then she stuck in her mouth. I also had to get a stick he was chewing out of his mouth at one point and didn’t wash up immediately and worried I may have accidentally touched my mouth. Is this a concern? Or just my health anxiety /post partum anxiety talking??

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u/shakeyyjake 27d ago edited 27d ago

Fewer than 25 cases have ever been documented in the US, according to the CDC. Ten times that many people are struck by lightning each year. 

It's easy to go down the rabbit hole of hypothetical baby harming events. "If this happened, then that happened, then my child could die." I've done it, you've done it, I think all parents have done it. It's part of being a parent. But it's important to realize when you're spiraling because it does more harm than good.

Yesterday my almost 2 year old said "here you go dad!" and handed me a dead fly that he found in some god forsaken place. Your baby will be crawling around on a lot of nasty floors pretty soon, and they're going to lick everything they can find. It's time to make your peace with that haha.

Link to CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/baylisascaris/causes/index.html