Strangers Stop Fucking Touching My Baby

[FreddyFireflyCanFeckOff]

Why do people think this is okay?!

Am I the ass hole here, or is this just not on? It drives me mad.

[Aeroflotgirl]

I am happy MrsD if people want contact with my baby, that's in our biology, but my babies are now 4.9 years and 9.5 years so that does not happen too often. Yes it is biological that people are drawn to babies, their very features are designed as a survival mechanism so that it encourages humans to look after them as they are totally dependent on them.

[glueandstick]

Woah woah woah. Where is it that people give you cash for cuddles?!

It'd be perfect two fold. 1. Id probably get to have a coffee when it is warmer than stone cold and 2. Might recoup some of the GDP of a small country I've spent.

[PinkyOfPie]

Glue have you never been given money for the baby from strangers? DD made a fiver before she even left the hospital grounds!

I used all the money to buy coffees for myself

[LHReturns]

I will happily pay a fiver for a thigh grope - but it needs to be a two-hander, with proper massage, kneading dough action on front and back, with lots of 'oooh aaah' sounds effects, and an accidental love bite. Do we have a deal? I will travel for it.

[LHReturns]

Btw not once but TWICE I made my own DS CRY with the energetic-ness of my thigh groping. He is gonna be WEIRD now. Don't care - it was all worth it.

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

I will let you all touch and smell my newborn for a fee.

[ApocalypseNowt]

Ragwort your post made me a bit weapy.

I used to take DD1 out for walks in her pram all the time didn't have a car and she got loads of fuss, much of it from lovely older ladies. They were always kind, said lovely things, stroked her cheek and sometimes gave me a quid for her. Honestly it kept me sane during my maternity leave as they were often the only ones I'd chat to all day.

[ApocalypseNowt]

Weepy! Not weapy!

am v tired.

[Arseicle]

Most adults would be uncomfortable with strangers poking their face (or touching any other part of their body) without invitation. I don't see why it's acceptable for people to do it to babies

I think most adults would also object to someone else sniffing their bums and then wiping them for them and all that jazz. They'd also probably object to being dangled on someones knee or peekaboo....but since babies are not adults thats all fucking pointless to note.

[Arseicle]

Most adults would be uncomfortable with strangers poking their face (or touching any other part of their body) without invitation. I don't see why it's acceptable for people to do it to babies

I think most adults would also object to someone else sniffing their bums and then wiping them for them and all that jazz. They'd also probably object to being dangled on someones knee or peekaboo....but since babies are not adults thats all fucking pointless to note

[pictish]

I agree Arseicle - what a daft argument to make.

[pictish]

"You tippy tappy along, the only woman in the world to have given birth and sneer at older women for being interested in your child.

Have a look at yourselves..."

Quite.

[glueandstick]

I need to move. I feel like I've lost out. We'd be millionaires by now!

[AudreyBradshaw]

I started volunteering at a church baby/toddler group just before I got pregnant. Now I reckon this was subconscious genius at play because I have been hunter-gathering nana's who love fussing babies for weeks. Some have even made the baby knitted garments! It's not even born yet! Winner.

Seriously though, I get the anxiety, but most people just want a look and a coo.

[AuntDotsie]

People give you cash for baby snugs?! We're moving to Hemel! DS is clearly wasting his tarty talents up north!

[PortiaCastis]

My Grandmother is 93 and as sharp as a pin with a tongue to match. I would not dream of disrespecting her. If I can achieve in my life a quarter of what she has I will be very happy. I do not like ageism we all get old if we survive illness.

[ApocalypseNowt]

I'm oop North and have been given cash by strangers for both my girls. DD1 was my best 'earner' though

[glueandstick]

What's the trick for getting paid?

This is a whole new world and potential source of wealth and a bit of down time.

[3luckystars]

I am getting a lot of this at the moment, I have a new baby and she is like a celebrity in the neighbourhood because there hadn't been a baby in years. Everyone crowds around her and holds her hands. Her hand is usually the first thing into her mouth so I clean her hands with a baby wipe after she had been pawed by all the kids! Its lovely that she is getting so much love and attention.

[Rainbunny]

This is not so much about the rights or wrongs of touching a baby or mums being precious but about good manners surely? For the people who think it's okay to touch a baby surely you can appreciate that it would be good manners to ask first? Some mums won't mind but some will and your desire to touch a cute baby doesn't give you the right to impose your desires on strangers. Just ask first and there should be no problem.

[gillybeanz]

Here too, both in east Anglia and lancashire.

Took ds1 out in pram and random people kept giving me money for his money box. I did a lovely walk around the village and got about £30 that would have fed us for a while back in 1991, then the same with ds2 also in Norfolk.
came back up here and it was amazing, the same thing. People just give you money and if you take baby home and change from pink / blue outfit and go round again, they think it's a different baby and do it again.

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

Think it's a good luck thing or something. Gold needs to pass the baby's palm or something

Either way it's not something I can get mad at