Please tell me if IABU about the following. DD is 10 months old and my PFB and I think I am possibly being over protective.
We live in a square with only one route out that is buggy accessible. A friendly homeless guy sells his Big Issue on the path between my house and the shops and I pass him every day. He is a really nice guy and I often buy his Big Issue and stop for a chat.
Now, whenever I walk past with DD in the buggy he enthusiastically tries to touch her (squidge her cheek etc). I am not keen on strangers touching her anyway, and his hands aren't the cleanest. No surprise really, he sleeps on the street.
When she was smaller it was easier to stop him as she was usually asleep but now she is bigger she greets him by waving enthusiastically and he always high fives her and shakes her hand... which of course then goes straight in her mouth.
I had the brilliant idea of putting a dummy in her mouth as we walked past so at least I could wipe her hands down before they went in her mouth. BUT oh dear, this morning he bent in to say hello to her and DD very sweetly took her dummy out and offered it to him (good sharing skills) he put it in his mouth (!) and did a whole 'yum yum' routine and then tried to give it back to her I managed to grab it before it went back in her mouth.
I have tried many times to say politely 'please don't touch my DD' but he completely ignores me and says things like 'Oh she doesn't mind' so short of ignoring him or throwing myself across her I am not sure what else I can do.
So AIBU and a snob? I realise I am prejudiced because this guy is homeless because I am sure the liklihood of her actually catching anything isn't much more than she would catch at playgroup. I just dread leaving the house now as I don't want him touching her.
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Dakin1 · 29/04/2016 11:05
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