To think dad should have stopped babies touching handrails on the tube and then sticking their hands in their mouth after?

[bottomsup12]

Just that really? Saw a man holding his baby walking round the tube and letting the baby grab the rails etc and then just watching the child lick their hands after??

As a lifelong tube commuter I have seen people (blokes) scratching their arses or picking their noses and then casually grabbing the handrails.... to think a baby will be licking their hands after touching it horrifies me!

Would it be reasonable to have said something to the man?

This wouldn’t bother me. I certainly wouldn’t say anything. I probably wouldn’t be concerned even if it was my own child doing it. My DC have grown up in London and are well exposed to the tube. No-one in my house has ever had a tummy bug.

I used to lick the windows of the District line. I am alive and have a great immune system.

I'm glad you didn't say something because that would have been a bit bonkers tbh. I don't think you can do much about sport handles, stair rails and the like.

Same, and I wonder how much these chemicals in all these products is worse that what mythical thing people think will happen in the first place

It wouldn’t have been reasonable because it’s non of your business.

Carrying the child his main concern was probably not bumping into anyone or dropping them and safely being able to sit/stand.

Said what?? I mean assuming the "baby" was to young to understand hygiene, what do you want him to do? Tie her hands down??

Disgusting and why I think eating on the tube is equally as disgusting

Would it be reasonable to have said something to the man?

What would you have said @bottomsup12?

Urine is generally sterile anyway. Mindyou the toilet seat may not have been

Wait till that baby goes to playgroup or nursery and starts mouthing all the toys all the other kids have licked too with germs and colds!

This

I was listening to that Michael Mosely thing that said vaginal babies are healthier long term because they swallow their mums poo when being birthed rather than sterile C sections.
Exposure to general bacteria is what builds your immune system.