To ask my husband to stop doing this?

[Wetspringdays]

He keeps popping DS dummy in his mouth then putting it in DS mouth.

I have no idea why it turns my stomach as DS does more disgusting things but it does … AIBU to ask him to stop?

@Mnusernc

It can give your baby gum disease

Lord almighty

Has your child eaten a slug yet ?
If you don't like the look of it then that's fine, ask him to stop. Germs are inevitable

It's just so completely unnecessary, and disgusting to boot.

If a soother falls on the floor, picking it up and sticking it in your own mouth doesn't clean it. In fact, it's like thinking 'Damn, the floor didn't do a good enough job of dirtying this, let's see if I can do better.'

I have to ask, does he stuck your fork in his mouth before you eat your dinner? Lick everyone's utensils in a restaurant whilst their waiting for their starters? Announce, 'Do you know what the spoon needs? A trip round my oral cavity.' when out for a meal with work?

Maybe you should start doing these things before he eats. See how long he keeps the disgusting habit of putting his child's soother in his own mouth first.

@AngelinaFibres

Eating a slug is dangerous
There are several cases in my country
Of silly people eating slugs as a dare
& contracting rat lungworm infection in the brain
You don’t want to get a rat lungworm in your brain

I guess it's too late, anything he has the baby now has! I'd just let it go.

If you have a second dc, get him to read up on caries, and spreading tooth disease and herpes/cold sores to babies. Maybe you can prevent it with future dc.

It really isn't the end of the world though- we'd all be sickly wrecks if this caused really serious problems.

@BananaBender Ahh I was wrong. Scandinavia here. I've just never heard of any other countries advising against the dummy cleaning in mouth thing. I thought we were the only ones.

@SpaceyCake I'm in the state of Queensland in Australia. It's in the official Qld government baby information. Pretty sure there's more detailed information in the book they issue in hospital when a baby is born. I remember it being told to us very firmly during antenatal classes. Dummy chains FTW. Great for stopping dummies being dropped on the floor.

Scroll to page 6 for the dummy info.
www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/159165/sterilising.pdf

I hope your DH has good oral hygeine because parents with active tooth decay can spread decay-causing bacteria to their children through their saliva.