Saw this on a pram today! 😀

I've just posted having not read your post. Going round a shop with newborn twins is similar to being a X list celeb. You are stopped every five steps. Everyone wants a chat and to look at them.

I didn't have one of these signs but understand why people might. When my premature twins first came home from hospital I was terrified about them catching RSV etc. They were tiny and people were very drawn to them - it made me nervous. It may seem ridiculous and OTT but the baby could have any number of serious medical conditions.

Guess it’s more for situations where you’re not pushing it. You’re browsing in the shops, parked it by your table as you’re having a coffee. People be crazy. They just walk up and touch before you even have the chance to say no.

My friend has twins and had to put this on the pram. Apparently twins are still seen as circus monkeys in this day and age. You wouldn’t believe the amount of people they attract.

I had one of these on my PFBs pram. Didn’t seem to make any difference, people still stroked her face and hands. To be honest, each time she was touched by a stranger I felt like I’d let her down, hence getting the sign.

With my next baby I was a lot more ruthless at pulling him out of strangers reach. I don’t care if it offends, I don’t want other peoples grubby hands touching my children.

What's the point of a sign ? There will always be somebody pushing the pram . Let them tell anyone who gets too near .

My last baby was born at home at the height of Covid. No strangers being anywhere near her was one advantage of an otherwise crap time.

I work in a PICU, I see quite a few of those signs around some of the kids who need to be admitted fairly regularly due to immune deficiency or cancer.

imagine being so entitled as to touch/kiss a random baby or so unpleasant as to see that sign and roll your eyes.

I was once out for coffee with a friend and her baby so we both had our prams and an older lady pulled her car over, got out and came over to us saying she just needed a bit of cuteness in her life and wanted to see our babies. She didn't touch them but I was waiting for it. I also had a shop assistant literally try to lift my newborn out of his pram on our first outing.

People can loose all sense of themselves around babies. And if a baby is vulnerable it makes sense to me. If it gives parents peace of mind then have at it.

Brilliant, I am going to get one of these and wear myself!

Yep I’ve had it. One old lady got soooo insulted when I told her not to touch. She told me off. And another lady yanked the hood of the pram down so she could see when my preemie was just a few weeks old. Just not ok.
use the sign or don’t, it’s your kid so it’s just too bad if someone doesn’t like the sign. (Nope I wouldn’t use it)

I have one of these 'don't touch me' for my dog, it absolutely amazes me the amount of people who think its okay to bound up to dogs, get super close the them and aggressively stroke them even when the dog, like mine, is visibly terrified, they still stand there fussing over her saying 'awww she's scared if she always like this...'.

Some parent even let their children do it.

So now she wears something saying 'I am not friendly', and people leave her the f alone.

I don't have children, but I can 100% imagine strangers thinking it was okay to touch / kiss / breathe all over tiny babies.

My first thought was that the parent would be protecting their vulnerable child - and no other reason.

Is it? Why?

What a strange opening post.

Some people just don’t know about boundaries. I’ve seen, probably more women than men, sort of pounce when they see a little one. In a different vein, when our daughter was pregnant strangers would come up to her, for example in the supermarket and put their hands on her bump. Incredibly invasive and unpleasant.

I’m not sure a sign is needed, but I haven’t encountered what these particular parents have.

This sounds like a good reason for existence of the signs - if someone lives in such an area, but doesn't want their child to be included in this habit, a simple sign tells people around to keep their hands to themselves.

Yes, I had one of these but it was slap bang in the middle of the unknowns of Covid and everyone, yes including random strangers, seemed to want a kiss. They were available back then from Etsy.

I wasnt aware that random strangers kissing babies was a thing.....is it?

Good for them.
No-one should touch someone else's child without permission.

If no-one would intend to, the sign is moot, but harmless.
If someone would be thinking about it, they might think again.
If someone tries it anyway, the parent doesn't have to worry about sounding rude/embarrassing them, because they were warned.

Grossed out by people putting money in prams. Surely that’s as bad as touching the baby, except with the germs of many, many people!

2 friends have these on their newborns prams.

One of those friends has to tell 2 mums on the school playground repeatedly to not try to touch her baby, despite the sign.

My mother made a similar sign for my sister's pram, nearly 50 years ago. It said "Please don't touch my hands, I still suck them." iirc.

Why people feel the need to touch very young babies' hands I don't know, but there must have been enough of them to make my Mum feel that such asign was needed.

I'm very far from being a germophobe and am generally quite relaxed about things but touching my babies without my permission was a definite no-no.

Here’s an example but different wording, wondering if they do human versions… 🤣🧐🧐

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