Curious re. which cultures kiss kids on lips

[Anonymous]

Midwestern-raised WASP here. Left to my own devices, I'd choose to kiss my 3-year-old daughter on the cheek. She likes to kiss on the lips sometimes, so I roll with it.

[Anonymous]

MD native WASP here...kiss my baby on the lips all the time and so does my DH (New England Jew) mostly because DS loves it and kisses us that way. I'm sure we'll stop as he gets older. Growing up only older aunts and grandparents kissed us on the lips past babyhood and I do remember thinking it was gross.

[Anonymous]

In certain Eastern European states, anything less than full-on tongue is considered weird.

[Anonymous]

This is timely, my husband looked at me funny when I kissed our newborn on the lips the other day. Seemed entirely natural to me. I mean, I just birthed him out of my vagina and he sucks on my boobs all day...and I shouldn't kiss him on the lips? It's like kissing his toes to me. There's only a couple of places I DON'T kiss on him, the rest of him is delicious, including those cute little cupid bow lips

I remember my parents and grandparents kissing me on the lips as a wee kid. It's affectionate, not sexual! Are people that paranoid with their own kids? Anyway, I'm pretty white, born and raised in California, my grandparents were Italian and Eastern European. Maybe that had something to do with it.

[Anonymous]

30 and kissing your father on the lips? Sorry but that is WEIRD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like we did kisses on the lips as I was growing up. My family is from western NY. Maybe it was just that my mom wanted to.

We kiss our baby on the lips now. It just feels like the right thing to do!

Also from WNY. I kiss kids and pets on the lips. We need more sugar in snow country!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.drpulp.com/2011/05/moms-kiss-can-spread-cavities-to-baby.html

"... As it turns out, studies about the transmission of cavity-causing bacteria from mom to baby have been published for 30 years. The primary culprit is Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria that can pass from person to person through the transfer of saliva, such as sharing utensils, blowing on food, and yes, even kissing that sweet little bundle of joy on the mouth. ..."

Honestly, I don't need scientists telling me that this is wrong.

What do the studies say about blow jobs?

[Anonymous]

I am American and I kiss my baby on the lips but I would never kiss someone else's baby on the lips and I would be irritated if another family member (besides hubby) kissed MY baby on lips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.drpulp.com/2011/05/moms-kiss-can-spread-cavities-to-baby.html

"... As it turns out, studies about the transmission of cavity-causing bacteria from mom to baby have been published for 30 years. The primary culprit is Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria that can pass from person to person through the transfer of saliva, such as sharing utensils, blowing on food, and yes, even kissing that sweet little bundle of joy on the mouth. ..."

Honestly, I don't need scientists telling me that this is wrong.

What do you think about breastfeeding? Is it wrong too? You are absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 and kissing your father on the lips? Sorry but that is WEIRD.

no it's not. It's only weird if one of the parties involved thinks it's weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I kiss my baby on the lips. Goodness gracious. Love and affection won't harm your baby.

Your gross lips full of herpes and all sorts of bacteria will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is timely, my husband looked at me funny when I kissed our newborn on the lips the other day. Seemed entirely natural to me. I mean, I just birthed him out of my vagina and he sucks on my boobs all day...and I shouldn't kiss him on the lips? It's like kissing his toes to me. There's only a couple of places I DON'T kiss on him, the rest of him is delicious, including those cute little cupid bow lips

I remember my parents and grandparents kissing me on the lips as a wee kid. It's affectionate, not sexual! Are people that paranoid with their own kids? Anyway, I'm pretty white, born and raised in California, my grandparents were Italian and Eastern European. Maybe that had something to do with it.

Nobody said it's sexual. What is being pointed is the transmission of disease to infants who are not ready for that kind of exposure just yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.drpulp.com/2011/05/moms-kiss-can-spread-cavities-to-baby.html

"... As it turns out, studies about the transmission of cavity-causing bacteria from mom to baby have been published for 30 years. The primary culprit is Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria that can pass from person to person through the transfer of saliva, such as sharing utensils, blowing on food, and yes, even kissing that sweet little bundle of joy on the mouth. ..."

Honestly, I don't need scientists telling me that this is wrong.

What do you think about breastfeeding? Is it wrong too? You are absurd.

Your comparison between apples and rocks is absurd.

[Anonymous]

Are you lip kissers OK with caregivers kissing the baby on the lips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I had only kissed my DD on her cheeks, chin, nose, belly button, or basically anywhere but her lips, but at 19mos she's now starting to kiss on the lips by choice.

This. I'm from New Orleans and have never kissed family members on the lips, though I knew other families who did. I always found it strange, but my 2 yr old DD kisses me on the lips now, and while at first it was awkward for me, I couldn't bring myself to say to her, "don't kiss mommy on the lips." After a while I got quite comfortable with it . I've never seen her kiss anyone else that way, though, she kisses everyone else on the cheek.

Go figure.