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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think discouraging people from kissing face and hands is fine (though difficult to resist!). I think what's bizarre is then restricting a close family's interaction with the baby simply because s/he can't follow that rule. If that were always the case, [b]a lot of older siblings wouldn't be allowed to see their younger siblings![/b][/quote]

This is a really, really good point.  OP, as a mom of a 3 yr old expecting my second any day now, the best decision I made was to try and treat my first-born like a second-born wherever practical.  That is, if it's a level of "perfection" I couldn't possibly achieve with a second-born, and yet the second-born will be just fine, then it's more trouble than it's worth.  As a result, I could put my DD down for 5 minutes to cry while I took a shower, didn't need to change her onesie every single time it got a speck on it, and didn't spend my time hermetically sealing her off from the world in the first few months.  It really, really helped with my sanity.[/quote] I agree with you, though I'm not sure if you understood my point. I just meant that older siblings are often overly close to the babies, kissing and cuddling their faces and breathing on them. Of course as a mom you tell them what's okay and what's not, but you don't then decide, "Okay, that's it, you're not allowed to see your baby sis anymore!"[/quote]

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