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AIBU for not wanting my daughter to share dummies?

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beautifulblue · 29/06/2018 23:25

I meet up with a group of mums that I met at a stay & play group. They're a lovely bunch & I feel really lucky to have such a down to earth group of mamas to spend lots of lovely days with. Our babies all walk/crawl around together raging in age from 6months-1year. One thing all the kids seem to do, obviously... is steal each other's dummy's & put them in their mouths. No one seems to have a problem with this & tbh although I was a bit like ohhh ewww rather you didn't, I allowed it because I didn't want to be THAT one mum. But my daughter has a cold now & im pretty sure she's caught it from the dummy sharing!! (One boy had a snotty nose I didn't realise till after she caught her cold) would it be unreasonable for me to stop her from now on & just say... I don't want her catching a cold again? Or does that look like I'm calling their babies germy?! 😩 It might sound a bit pathetic but honestly I'm a bit stressy over how to deal with this!!

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Wolfiefan · 29/06/2018 23:27

Don't use a dummy whilst there?
If your child grabs a dummy that doesn't belong to them then return it?
Kids catch colds. It's what they do. Germy hands and toys.

Thehop · 29/06/2018 23:30

“Oh no, take that out, you’ll give everyone your cold” put the germs on you if you prefer, same result.

Maybe carry some Milton wipes to wipe dummmies post share?

beautifulblue · 29/06/2018 23:34

@the hop I did think of that but that could only last so long ay? I meet up with these mums multiple times a week, if I say that every time they'll think my daughter has a constant cold 🤣🤣... I guess I could just start out with that & then just keep taking the dummy's off her & giving it back to its rightful baby owner without saying anything...!!

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