Random old ladies touching my baby's hands!

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AGHHHHHH

So this happened again...

In Tesco's the other day and my baby is in the trolley and I am shopping away when an old lady (I only put old as it has always been old ladies who have done this!) comes up to us and takes my baby's hand in hers...

I really really hate this! Why do people I do not know insist on touching my baby's hands? She puts them in her mouth still, I don't want random strangers who I don't know touching her hands.

Get orrrrfffff! I don't want people touching my baby's hands! One time, this other old lady who was coughing and sniffing came up and went to touch my baby's hand and was offended when I moved my baby away!

Do any of you ladies get annoyed by this or does it not bother you?!

Always think it's lovely, and feel proud that my baby is so adorable a stranger wants to give her a squeeze! ( sometimes cringe a bit if they are smelly ! )

No lamora I didn't want her near as she was streaming with cold which is why I found it so annoying that she tried to touch baby

I actually don't mind if they touch their cheek, pat head etc, it is the hands thing that bothers me!

I think that people carry these threads to extremes. I think that it was a perfectly normal elderly lady, from reading OP, and yet we get on to filthy bag ladies kissing on the lips and those with hacking coughs, the start of 'flu etc.

I would have thought that you kept a watch out for the elderly bag ladies and gave them a wide berth and if it was someone with a cold it perfectly polite to say 'sorry, she is too little to be exposed to germs.'

I think this is a fuss about nothing, some elderly lady who enjoyed seeing a baby, she and the baby benefitted and all mother needed was a packet of wet wipes, if she was over fussy. (If she can't stand an elderly ladies hand , goodness knows why she had her in a trolley which must be crawling with germs!!)

Sorry, written in a hurry, an elderly lady's hand.

I know! Very bizarre!

Hey altinkum - sorry about the other day, just because I was pissed off about a thread from before it didn't mean I should have carried it on to another thread. I do think that lady in your Playgroup was being unreasonable to you! I also disagree I have abhorrent views on ff! But anyhoooooo - hope we ok and hope your Playgroup issue was resolved!

I actually did state that The lady in question was sniffling and coughing! I have also stated time and time again that I have no problem with people Talking to my kids or even pats on the head, I just don't like the hands things and this is something I don't do to other kids either. Wow what a reaction there has been to this! I am not rude to people who do it - only that time to the lady with a cold did I move away and I would do that again and again if the situation occured, otherwise I grim and bear it but I will always hate it!

YABU x100

She may be old but she is a human being too who saw your baby as a human being. Unless your baby has some problem with her immune system you were being mean, precious and OTT.

I totally and utterly disagree with you! But different opinions make the world go round! I find it perfectly reasonable to think that people can chat with my baby workouts touching her hand!

I suppose if a random stranger started talking to you and took your hand you would be ok with that?

Ah thanks altinkum! No hard feelings eh! Ta hon x

I would be OK with a random old lady taking my hand, I would feel that she was lonely and wanted some human contact. (not if she was a bag lady or had a hacking cough).

I talk to random strangers all the time-even bag ladies and those with haccking coughs-why not?

My late mother and I share a tendancy to attract random strangers who tell us their life stories and deepest secrets. I really hope that DS and soon to be DD have the same sign around their necks that says "Tell me random stuff about your life, especially the dodgy bits" as it has led to some amazing introductions. Encourage your child to talk to people-it's fascinating!

I have the same DrSeuss, people find me easy to talk to, it is no big deal and you rarely see them again. I think that it is one of my good points! A smile and a word costs nothing, touching the baby's hand probably lifted her day.

Believe it or not I attract the randome people too and often find myself chatting to people!

(just don't touch baby's hand - grrrrr! )