MIL Won't stop kissing newborn

[Anonymous]

I wonder if OP would feel differently if it were her own mother who kissed the baby 10 times in 30 minutes.

Babies are so resilient--it's ludicrous to think that kissing by a healthy person is going to make the baby sick. Enforce hand washing, by all means, and don't allow sick people near the baby. Then maybe talk to your own doctor about getting that giant stick removed.

[Anonymous]

Feet. Back. Safe places to kiss.

Dear OP, we all FTMs have been in your shoes, and felt the way you did. And when we are saying that it is ok for grandparents to kiss the babies, as often as they want...we are saying it with all compassion towards your position.

We have been this irrational too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Face and hands are off limits. This is how germs spread. If she can't respect your wishes, she doesn't need to come around.

+1, grandmother or not.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I am with you. My MIL loved to suck and lightly bite my baby's fingers. I asked her to stop and she said I am being hormonal and she can't possibly have any germs, just good bacteria I nicknamed her "good bacteria" since then.

that's just weird. why do people do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I am with you. My MIL loved to suck and lightly bite my baby's fingers. I asked her to stop and she said I am being hormonal and she can't possibly have any germs, just good bacteria I nicknamed her "good bacteria" since then.

THIS is weird. I would not want anyone sucking on my baby's fingers. The kissing wouldn't bother me.

Yeah that's different from kisses that's just gross.

[Anonymous]

Is she physically unclean or gross in some way? Does she smell. You need to passively work it in to the conversation that you only want feet and legs touched. If she goes against your wishes then she is bat shit crazy--just pull the baby away. People have bacteria and viruses like giarda and herp, etc. No one should kiss a baby on its mouth period. The face is for mom and dads only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she physically unclean or gross in some way? Does she smell. You need to passively work it in to the conversation that you only want feet and legs touched. If she goes against your wishes then she is bat shit crazy--just pull the baby away. People have bacteria and viruses like giarda and herp, etc. No one should kiss a baby on its mouth period. The face is for mom and dads only.

Yep cause giving birth means you have no germs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she physically unclean or gross in some way? Does she smell. You need to passively work it in to the conversation that you only want feet and legs touched. If she goes against your wishes then she is bat shit crazy--just pull the baby away. People have bacteria and viruses like giarda and herp, etc. No one should kiss a baby on its mouth period. The face is for mom and dads only.

Idiotic! Moms & Dads don't have germs that would spread disease but grandmothers would. Or is it that if the parents cause an infection that is acceptable?

Wow! DCUM produces some of the most illogical and ignorant people ever.

[Anonymous]

Would you rather have someone touch you on the face with their hands or mouth???

I can't decide...

[Anonymous]

Face is one thing, but I wouldn't want her kissing the baby on the mouth, TBH.

[Anonymous]

Your two week old baby is sleeping through the night?

[Anonymous]

OP, don't you WANT your son's immune system to develop? What the hell is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

I remember when my DD was being discharged from the NICU, the nurse instructed DH and I not to kiss her on the face. I was pretty offended by that comment and I still kissed her (so long as I wasn't sick) but the truth is, that is how babies get sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your two week old baby is sleeping through the night?

Yeah I can't believe nobody else picked up on that. OP, if htat's really true, you have bigger problems than your MIL. I suggest you get to the pediatrician stat.

[Anonymous]

^Not the OP, but why is this a concern?