When I was six months old, a strange man put his finger in my mouth.
I was a cute baby. That’s fact, not opinion. I’ve conducted surveys and studied photographs and it’s the conclusion I’ve come to.
Monique Bowley doesn’t understand why you can’t put your finger in a baby’s mouth. Post continues after audio…
Apparently, it’s the conclusion a friendly caterer came to as well.
He WAS friendly. Undoubtedly. It was by no means weird or malicious or aggressive.
It was simply an ill-thought out display of affection towards an IRRESISTIBLY cute bub. He was only human.
My mum, Mia Freedman,had a view that was somewhat less understanding, however.
She was mortified. Moooortified.
She expected to find me asleep in my stroller. Instead, she found me awake. In a caterer’s arms. Gnawing on his finger.
I should point out: it’s not as if I stealthily pulled his finger into my lil’ mouth while he was distracted… noooo no no. He sat down. Said g’day to me. And let me chew away.
What if he’d been chopping chilli? Peeling garlic? TOUCHING CORIANDER. EW.
That would’ve been disgusting, sure. But that’s not even the worst part.
The worst part is the germs… the millions of unseen, mating microbacteria I unknowingly smeared across my toothless little gums.
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While I do agree that is a boundary best not crossed I bet the baby has plenty of germier things to chew and at least a caterer would most likely wash their hands so I personally would not have freaked but still- bad manners to be doing that to a strangers baby.
Why on earth would anyone put their finger in a baby's mouth?! I most definitely agree that you shouldn't...I'm just having trouble understanding why anyone ever would! The thought has never occurred to me.