To be miffed that a stranger kissed my baby?

[BelleJolie]

I was in Tescos earlier today. A member of staff...an older lady who I've never met before...came up and started talking to and tickling my 7mo DS. I don't mind people playing with him like this but then she kissed him on the top of his head!

AIBU to think it's very inappropriate to KISS someone else's baby??

Don't go to Greece then. DS1 was regularly snatched out of my arms and smooched by random old ladies......

Well, I think on balance I'd be touched that someone felt a loving reaction to my child. I would not kiss someone else's baby because some people don't like it, but it really was not harmful, and was meant nicely.

You should have called the police

she kissed the top of his head?

that's bloody lovely - if she'd grabbed you in a full on clich with tongues, that would be and something to get het up about

and it's Tesco

arf @ x-post with usual

Just be thankful she didn't pull you up on your parenting skills or question how he was dressed.

She was being nice.

We think it's hilarious when people want to cuddle DS. DH is convinced that DS is doing it on purpose as he claims that he gives all very young or very old ladies the "eye" which basically forces them to come over and give him a little pat, smooch or smile.

Some babies just need to be kissed - look at that baby in the advert next to my post - the JoJo Maman baby boy - I don't even like babies and I want to pick that one up, squeeze it's cheeks and make smoochy noises on it's face

That's just awful, BelleJolie - she might have caught something.

She was trying to be nice. In a society that seems to sometimes actively dislike children, I think it's a pleasant change.

cointreau I was born and brought up in Greece so I am well acquainted with cheek pinching and lots of affection from random people

OP see it for what it is - someone who is delighted to see a baby, nothing more and nothing less :)

Agree with Greece comment, we went when dd was 7 weeks and she was regularly taken out of my arms, passed round and kissed by all Ages and sexes, it was strange and somewhat alarming at first but nice.

The lady in tesco probably has grandchildren your Dcs age. How lovely xx

You should count yourself lucky. An old woman bent to kiss DS when he was 8 weeks old and knocked a tin of biscuits off the shelf which landed on his head . Instead of apologising she said, don't worry babies bounce!

YABU.

I'd find that really touching.

The lady who runs (and has run for 20 years) my DD1's pre school kisses all the children, including siblings who don't go there. I think it's lovely.

Just wait until your DS is a toddler and gets nothing but death stares from other people - you will miss the days people found him so adorable they kissed him.

Agree with Greece comment, we went when dd was 7 weeks and she was regularly taken out of my arms, passed round and kissed by all Ages and sexes, it was strange and somewhat alarming at first but nice.

The lady in tesco probably has grandchildren your Dcs age. How lovely xx

I love it when randoms do this to DS2, I cant stop beaming when someone pinches his chubby baby cheeks and kisses his little pea head

although someone once said they "could just eat him om nom nom" complete with baby gobbling action and made him cry

Ok, IABU (actually makes me feel relieved that you all think I am!). Still made me feel uncomfortable in the moment, though.

Can't you tell he's a PFB??

(OriginalJamie... I often say Tesco's. Ok, I missed out the apostrophe....but even with...is that really a grammatical faux pas?)

Maybe you could invent some sort of pushchair burka and market it to parents of PFBs so no-one can touch or even look at their PFB's ever again

Oh, get over yourself

Here, no-one would get through this:
www.amazon.co.uk/SnoozeShade-Blackout-Blind-Prams-Pushchairs/dp/B0039NQ3TW

Engeldinck

I think that's really sweet. Not sure you can catch anything from being kissed on the top of your head. It wouldn't have bothered me.

We went to Portugal when DS2 was about 15 months. He toddled down the aisle on the plane to a group of older ladies who made a big fuss of him for ages. They loved it and so did DS.

I would have been a bit . I wouldn't dream of kissing a stranger's baby, friendly type of old folk behaviour or not, it's a bit de trop.