Doctor kissing my baby

[SparklyVampire]

I have been thinking about this over night and now I think I need some opinions. Ok so yesterday I took my DD to her 8 week check, the doctor was very umm, enthusiastic. She took DD straight away for cuddles and said it was the best part of been a doctor. She was very gushy about how beautiful and perfect DD is, then she started kissing DD. A lot.
I was a bit weirded out but I didn't say anything. I told Dh when he got home from work and he thinks that it is creepy and I should report her.
I think she just got a bit carried away even if it was strange, I'm not sure if it warrants reporting though.
Would you say it is unreasonable to report or would you shrug it off?

A baby's head is meant to be kissed repeatedly.

I'm not a very gushy person but the warm, peachy softness is too much to resist.

And the smell! Warm baby head smell :)

It sounds lovely. Nothing creepy at all

Doctors here ( Italy) hold , cuddle , tickle children - generally . teachers and assitants in pre school hug , kiss , hold, cuddle children. Elementary teachers , hug children - call them ' amore' and do you know its bloodly lovely - think its called being human - not perverted / creepy .

Oh dear. Your doctor was pleasant and enthusiastic so now you are thinking of reporting her? Crazy times.

I'm so tired of the world right now.

Baby head smell should be bottled

Rosa that sounds lovely

Ah babies are kissable... There is nothing to report for.

Your doctor sounds lovely. I wish my doctor was that nice! I barely get eye contact, never mind enthusiasm and gushing over my children.

OP is not wrong to listen to her instincts. Doctors have a professional code of conduct and this GP breached that quite obviously.

Also..."babies are kissable" does not mean everyone has the RIGHT to. Mouths are full of germs. I would not like this either.

Sorry for overly dramatic post above - bad morning. OP you have a cute baby obviously be proud.

Sounds lovely rosa

Total overreaction to report her!

As a pp said maybe she just had to give a patient bad news. A cuddle with a squishy new baby would have been a nice change. Be grateful the dr made the effort to make the baby feel comfortable and loved and not an experience the baby will learn to be fearful of and hate the drs

FFS. Please don't report her.

We had to take DD to a Dr in Greece once and she hugged, kissed, tickled her and blew raspberries on her tummy.

I never said I was going to report her, just that DH thought it was creepy and I should, he is however extremely PLB.

As I said I just found it weird, it was just constant kiss kiss kiss. I have never seen this kind of behaviour before in a professional.

Yes, all health professionals have a code of conduct but they are also human beings dealing with other, often vulnerable, human beings.

If my midwife during labour had been cold and professional I would have been very upset. If the health visitor delivering worrying blood results for my newborn had been impersonal, it would have been horrible. My baby screamed through his 8wk check with Dr Robotic, maybe he would have been calmer with a friendlier approach.

I'm sure the GP is well aware of germs and wouldn't have kissed the baby if she had a cold or similar.

Sorry for the blunt reply, but what happened to just asking people not to do something??

Reporting someone for something so minor, which is not even objectively 'wrong', but just something you don't like? Why would you do that to a well-meaning professional who is otherwise good at her job?

It just seems so mean and vindictive. I am quite shocked.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you go to the same surgery as me!

YABU

Extremely so.

Relax a little and enjoy the few months when people will want to hug and kiss your baby, it passes v soon!

My DN is 15 months old and currently wants to kiss everyone, equally, much to his Mothers annoyance (that it's not just her).

Your child is born into wider society and luckily one that enough people in it, value and like babies/children.

YABVVU. And horrible.

When I found out I was pregnant my doctor hugged and kissed me. It's odd, but it was rather nice.

I wonder if it's partly a cultural thing - my doctor was a very elderly Indian lady and she often hugged and tickled my son. He loved her and really misses her now she's retired.

Kissing is a bit odd, I think. And not terribly hygienic. But affection and joy is lovely - I've had one joyless 6 week check and one really nice one.