To expect guests to wash their hands on arrival?

With a new born thats a totally different ball game - newborns havent developed their own immunity yet. I always asked folk to wash hands before holding my newborn and that was before the pandemic. Now I would probably ask them to wear masks too :) Actually now I probably would avoid visitors for a few months !

But that's not weird because they're your hands and you asked. That's what anyone would do

I actually arrived at my brothers house this weekend and immediately asked to wash my hands- but the only reason for this is that I had been driving a work van all afternoon- that is used by all the work guys and my brother has a brand new baby that I wanted to hold!

Otherwise, no, its weird

I would never ask an adult because they are a fully grown functioning adult. If my hands need washing i wash them. I would be offended if i was asked to wash my hands

Actually I think it’s polite to do so, when travelling by train my late teen daughter does this when she visits me I never have ask
the other thing that drives me nuts is (especially women) who flush the loo without shutting the lid , ( and two I know never wash their hands post loo)gross
years ago a plumber said to me the amount of germs that go into the atmosphere of the room when you don’t shut before flushing is huge ,
putting your tooth brush away is now a whole new thing for me.

It isn't shocking. If it was necessary for the baby's safety, they would wash their hands. But it isn't, so they don't.

Your rules on hygiene are disproportionate. There's nothing shocking about other people behaving in a way that's completely proportionate to the risk.

It is very rude to not wash hands automatically when arriving to a home with a newborn.

What fresh hygiene hell is this?
Like most people only if I'd travelled on public transport and there was a baby or immune compromised person in the house.
Children before eating.

I don't think this is necessary. A newborn baby has already met plenty of germs and is protected by its mother's immune system. Not being exposed to germs is likely to lead to allergies later.
Anyway, it's rude to ask people to wash their hands when they come into your house (unless it is a local custom, of course).

Would never occur to me to ask this!

This was a thing during covid. I remember we were all urged to do this whilst singing happy birthday twice. Or have I remembered it completely wrong?

In an ideal world yes we all would, but lets face it quite a few people don't bother to wash their hands after going to the toilet. That will probably give you apoplexy, lol

I’d ask children to wash their hands before a snack / meal and after going to the loo or maybe if they’d been doing messy stuff in the garden 🪴
Or if we were maybe doing some food prep / baking I’d ask them to wash hands.
Adults / teens no I wouldn’t ask them .

FYI hand sanitiser doesn't work on stomach bugs. You need soap and water for that.

I don’t think you’re being unreasonable, especially if you have a baby. When my baby was newborn I had hand sanitizers by the door and in the living room. People who visited me thankfully washed their hands upon entry without being asked. If they hadn’t I would have handed them the hand gel if they wanted to pick up my baby. Now my baby is older so I don’t think I would still do this but I’d still be happier if people washed their hands.

I don't think it is weird OP, I avoid having people over to my house for this reason. I couldn't ask people to wash their hands but if I have visitors and they eat or drink without doing so it pushes all my buttons. My partner thinks I have a real issue so I think, having read the comments on here, we are in the minority.
I know I am OCD, never been diagnosed but I just know from how I am about germs.

excessive, yes, probably. but if someone asked me then I would. because it's not a big inconvenience

I would only expect them to wash their hands if they were going to eat in your home, especially if it's food you eat with your hands ✋🏻

Well said. I could go about when I was a kid that you basically just played in dirt for want of a better disciption . But it gave you an immune system. I'm no parent I'm just saying

In general I wouldn't expect it. But if I went to a person's house who has a problem or had ocd and washing my hands put them at ease I would do it .

I wash my hands when arriving home but would not ask my guests to, however, I do want them to remove shoes if they don’t mind doing so. In Turkey, it’s customary for guest’s hands to get a spray of lemon cologne, very refreshing and kills bacteria. But on the other hand too much of a sterile home can be detrimental to one’s immunity.

Exactly this. Multiple tests were carried out, which confirmed that seats on London Underground trains can carry more germs than a just-flushed toilet bowl. So, yeah, I definitely wash my hands after any commute.