Grandparents can’t help themselves. They just have to have a cuddle.
But what happens when a new mum isn’t happy with the way her parents are touching her baby, because she thinks it’s not hygienic?
This is the dilemma facing a mother on Mumsnet.
The woman has a seven-week-old baby, and she doesn’t want anyone touching the little boy till they’ve washed their hands and used sanitiser. Even after that, she doesn’t want people to kiss the baby’s face or touch his hands.
She says her parents have gone along with the kissing rule, but won’t stop touching her baby’s hands.
“I’m not too worried after they’ve washed them at mine but would rather they didn’t as [the baby] puts them in his mouth a lot. Despite me asking them not to, every time they see him, they still do it!”
The woman was particularly upset when her parents met the family while they were out shopping.
“And again they would not stop touching his hands! I mean, FFS, it’s bad enough when they’re at mine, but out and about, when you’re touching cars, ticket machines and door handles, why would you then go and continually stroke a newborn’s hands?”
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She says she’s becoming reluctant to see her mother and father, and it’s obvious.
“I’ve always had a good relationship with my parents and can’t understand, when they are so obsessed with [the baby], why they keep doing this.”
The woman says she does have hygiene-related OCD but she thinks that how she feels about the kissing and touching is normal.
Top Comments
Read this story about a baby DYING because someone kissed him on the face - THEN have the audacity to tell theses mum's they are WRONG for wanting to protect their child - do YOU know if your friends have the virus in their system?
https://www.news.com.au/lif...
or this one
https://honey.nine.com.au/2...
Oh for the love of God! Babies are as tough as old boots, unless of course, their immune system is comprised by illness. I was completely blindsided by the love I felt for my grandchildren from the day they were born. You expect to love your children, and you do but the joy grandchildren bring is so special. Babies survive and thrive in conditions most of us would shudder at. Give your parents a break. Grandparents are an extremely important part of a child's life. To jeopardise this relationship would have no good outcome for anyone.