To think letting a dog lick your baby is a bit gross?

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Just back from MIL's where I watched the dog lick his bum clean, lick 8 month old niece's hands and then my niece put her hands in her mouth and rub her tired eyes! I informed SIL what I'd just seen and she said I was fussing over nothing! Made my stomach churn but am I being unreasonably 'fussy'?!

Me too megapixels, me too - PSML!

Oh and our dog licks DSs feet when he is in his highchair all the time. DS thinks it is brill! Line drawn at hands and face tho!

It wouldn't bother me in the least. To me, you're overreacting and YABU.

I'm not saying that it doesn't happen but I've in all my years I've never seen a problem caused as a result of a dog licking a baby or child.

Oh, wanted to say what mofo said. I let my spaniel lick my 4 month old grandson's face, daughter would be horrified. She uses MN though, better wave 'hello'!

Ok I should have rephrased the title! It wasn't the fact that the dog licked the baby - but the fact that it licked it's bum, then licked the baby's hands and the baby then put her hands in her mouth and rubbed her eyes. Maybe I was being unreasonable then, made me feel a bit sick though!

I was brought up with dogs and cats and I think it is grim. And I am of the view that people can be too clean, but that is just nasty. And there is probably a risk of giving the kid worms or something. Eugh.

Think you can get giardia from dogs actually? And other things.

I got a cut foot on holiday, got back to the accommodation and OH's dog immediately knew something was wrong, went straight to the cut and licked it clean. I kept thinking gross antiseptic mouth, antiseptic mouth and by the next day my foot was better.

But dogs + kids, no, I can't - sorry!

DD got licked by a puppy today. She loved it!

It really doesn't bother me, I'm sure her own hands are much dirtier after she has been grubbing around the park. I was raised on a farm so hygiene wise it takes a lot to bother me.

Maybe dogs get giardiasis from us actually.

Ha ha revoltingpeasant , lick, lick!! Distracted by my dog wagging his tail :)

There is quite a lot of evidence that we are too clean now and kids don't build up a resistance to many basic germs etc. I wouldn't let the dog lick the baby's bum clean though.

Gross.

Im firmly in the 'eat a bit of dirt before you die' camp but thats just nasty.

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