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Going to see a new baby this morning this morning and have been told to keep my kids at home!!! Don't want baby catching any germs.

I can see their point esp if the baby hasnt had jabs but it didnt bother me. I did force them to use antibacterial gel for a bit though

Pretty standard I'd say.

Lots of snotty children around at the mo with this cold snap, I think they are right to ask for little ones to stay away.

Are they never taking the baby out of the house?

Yes, I think PFB.

Really ? I have never met anyone who has done that. Dts were my first 2 when we got them home from hospital we had loads of other children come to visit. Scbu nurses told us that if they were well enough to be at home, they were well enough to mix with other people / children.

If your DCs haven't got anything and baby isn't prem, it's a bit PFB.

But then DD2 was born at home, DD1 met her aged 3 minutes and a few hours later she had a DFs two toddlers admiring her too.

Sensible I'd say, why expose them unnecessarily to germs? With the second onwards you don't have any choice, that's all

Sensible I'd say, why expose them unnecessarily to germs? With the second onwards you don't have any choice, that's all

Def pfb imo.... I do find the aversion to germs so annoying!

I think PFB too. My two had cousins and friends kids around in the first weeks. while I do understand why people are a little over protective my instinct would still be an inward eye rrole!

Hahaha!

I think it's daffy...but some people DO get a bit like this.

PFB.
What Tee said.

Wonder if they'll keep their pfb at arms length when no 2 comes along? I doubt it.
It's pfb.

Sounds fine to me. Why expose them unessecarily?

I dunno, maybe it's just your kids...

Not trying to pick a fight, but we resisted my dn coming to visit brand new ds as he is constantly shoving his hand down his pants, back and front, and picking his nose and touching everything. Boak.

Plus a snotty newborn is a hell unlike any other. Ds caught 3 colds in his first 8 weeks and trying to feed was horrific. If I could have kept germs away for those first couple of months I would have.

So yes, maybe a touch pfb, but not necessarily stupid for being so.

Are your kids especially manky?

Bit PFB unless your DC have just got over illnesses. I think it's important to let kids meet new babies..they generally love them.

"Not trying to pick a fight, but we resisted my dn coming to visit brand new ds as he is constantly shoving his hand down his pants, back and front, and picking his nose and touching everything. Boak."

And soon your DS will be the same. Little boys are gross. Fact.

Depends...is this a close family member? How old are your kids? If it's just a friend and your kids are toddler age maybe it's an excuse as they don't feel up to having toddlers around? Also, there's a major outbreak of measles where I am at the moment. Maybe they're worried about something like that rather than a common cold?

Sometimes it's overwhelming having your first. They do seem extremely vulnerable and atm, there are colds and sickness bugs all over the place. So what if it's 'pfb'? They're new parents, in awe of this tiny life and trying to do what they think is best. Be kind to them. If you're in a place to do as they ask, then do it nicely and know that it's a luxury you only have first time round. I know that loving my first baby felt a lot like fear some days and it manifests itself in the strangest ways.

Enjoy the newborn cuddles too.

Yes, PFB...we had friends who insisted everyone wash their (already clean hands) with Betadine (you know, the stuff they swab you with before having an operation) before touching their baby. They asked that no one wore perfume/aftershave either (something to do with confusing the baby's sense of smell/bonding with parents smell).

They also didn't allow people to flush the loo in their house, if the baby was asleep. When visiting the new born, you were given a time-slot of 20 minutes, so that the baby wasn't over-stressed, by all the attention (the GPs were devastated, they'd driven for 3 hours).

At one point, they even suggested that DH push his car off their drive, before driving away, because it was parked under the nursery window, and they didn't want it to disturb the baby DH said no.

They were a right pair of joyless, anal, PFB parents. People stopped visiting very, very quickly.

10 years later, they are still utterly joyless, suffocating, over intense parents I strongly suspect, that the second their DC escapes to university, they will keep on running, and never look back.

Hmm my DS got a "cold" when he was 8 weeks old caught from his cousin. He ended up in hospital for 10 days and HDU for 5 of them.

I can understand parents wanting to avoid germs as much as possible really. Yes you can't stop exposure to things, and yes adults carry germs to so perhaps its not the most logical of decisions but if that makes them feel more at ease when they have a vulnerable child then fine.

Bloody hell LaQuern!!

LaQuern? LaQueen, sorry

PFB! I can't believe people are like that. Blimey!

Mil wouldn't touch ds until she had drenched her hands in that anti bac stuff. Yuck. Totally ridiculous!