To dislike other people's sticky, unclean children!

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AIBU?

I don't dislike other people's children in general but AIBU to be pissed off when other people let their kids go around with snotty noses, sticky stuff on their hands from eating sweet stuff and unclean mouths after eating?

I just don't understand it. Buy some wipes ffs.

And no, I'm not talking about normal wear and tear of being a child, such as mud, muddy clothes or getting wet in puddles, etc etc

I'm talking about being messy, completely unkept.

Can't stand it.

I can’t stand other people’s kids in general, but double points if they’re dirty. It’s why I only went to certain baby groups once.

I don't mind exposure to germs at all. I do mind snotty kids drooling their snot noses over everything - it's just gross and I see no need for it.
Mud and grass stains - fine. Tangly toddler hair - fine - sometimes it's not worth the battle, and it harms no one to go for a day or two with tangly hair. But snotty noses are repulsive. Wipe, not with disposable wet wipes, but a small cloth - easy to make from a bit of fabric, better for their skin, better for your wallet, better for the planet.

Guess I'm on the shit list cuz I can't keep my refluxy newborn's mouth area clean despite my best efforts.

I wipe the area and within about 30 seconds it seems to get covered in dried milk again sometimes even when she hasn't eaten recently.

But I do change her clothes after she vomits on them and I don't give her candy so no sticky issues going on. Sooooo...we have that going for us.

J Cloths on a roll from Poundworld plus a capful of Milton in 4 pints of tapwater. Have a damp one in a polythene bag and throw in the wash when you have used it. You need never buy a pack of wipes again.

The green candles that are just left People will take pictures of their kids with huge snot trails and post them online. I don’t get it and it must feel awful for the child!

Leigh Oh bless her! That's competently different. She's a yummy baby, who's just a bit sicky

I quite like the smell of baby milk sick anyway

I've wondered this too. In my family, wiping mouths and hands happened after every meal or snack and the minute a snot was spotted, it was wiped. I have done the same with my DC as a matter of course.

I sat with a friend the other day as her toddler ate chips and ketchup, making a totally normal toddler mess, but she didn't bother wiping him clean afterwards and it was fucking gross. He was covered. Then she let him touch things in the gift shop. I was really shocked, he really was filthy, sauce covered hands etc. I didn't say anything but more or less timed her, and she didn't clean him up the entire time we were out. Yet he was in a gorgeous Little Bird outfit which smelt of detergent and had been freshly ironed, clean little shoes on etc. But was allowed to stay covered in food, even though we were walking about in public. My grandmother would have had a fit if she'd seen it. I couldn't give two shits about some good clean mud, sand, paint etc, but food, snot, poo and vomit is just disgusting.

My sil is the same, her kid is always dirty faced with a big saggy nappy, yet she spends hours ironing his clothes

Before my taxi run I was a bus driver. School run time had to be seen to be believed! And that is both am and pm.
Parents (yes, dads too), with children getting on eating all sorts of stuff. Like they left home without breakfast? Crisps, snack bars, sweets, chocolates, whatever. But never see them eating fruit. Ages? Anything from toddlers in buggies to old enough to leave infants or whatever 'key stage' it now seems its called? Nice mess always left behind for others to sit or walk on.

Not just on the buses either. Seem the same on trains. Using public transport can be real health hazard!