DH just used baby's dummy 'to see what it was like' aibu to be worried about germs?

[booklady1990]

I am just concerned that sterilising won't be enough is it better to just get another dummy?

It’ll be fine.

Don’t be silly! Does your DH not kiss your baby?

Seriously

I would also be concerned, particularly about tooth decay, but I would think sterilising should be enough.

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Unclench, unless you are intending to raise your child in a sterile bubble.

I understand why, especially if you're a new mum, but I used to clean off a dummy in my own mouth if it had dropped out of the car seat, or out of the pram etc

I really wouldn't advise buying a new dummy every time something not sterile touches it...

That would be disproportionate. Are you feeling anxious? I was -with my first baby especially -and would have worried about things like this more. But it is fine. Really.

If a dummy fell on the floor, my sister would suck it to clean it before giving it back to her son! Each to their own…

I did that for both of mine!

Well of course if you sterilise it it'll be fine

Wash it??

Sterilising will be fine.
Why don't you buy your H a dummy of his own though so he doesn't have to borrow the babies.

It will be absolutely fine. Generations of parents ‘cleaned’ their children’s dummies like that. It didn’t start a plague.

First baby, OP? 😂

YABU to worry about germs, YWNBU to worry that your husband has an adult baby fetish.

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t think sterilising would be fine? You will wash much dirtier things (anything that’s had raw meat on it for example), and then it’s fine to use without giving you food poisoning! Why would the dummy not be clean?

I was the parent who popped the dropped dummy in my mouth to 'clean' it but I wouldn't do that now.
I heard somewhere that there is higher risk of dental cavities when people's saliva gets into babies mouths.

Kindly op I think you might have a bit of anxiety

I tried sucking on my kids dummies because I vaguely remember having one and being very attached.

It wasn't a fetish, just curiosity and nostalgia. I found one very recently having a clear out, both kids had a go and found it hilarious.

Anyway, germs from parents shouldn't be an issue unless they are actually ill. Children are half ours so half our DNA. A suck of a dummy from a healthy parent is not going to maim a child even if it's not sterilised.

Don’t be ridiculous. It’s fine.

I’ve actually read this improves the baby’s microbiome! The more you know.

Unless he actually tried it up his arse or in the dog's mouth it'll be fine

I mean, if you think that dh is harbouring some sort of super germ that sterilisation will not kill then you probably need to pack him off to a lab for testing.

It’s fine to use after sterilising! The amount of people that pick dummies up off the floor and put them in their mouths to ‘clean’ them is just grim. The human mouth is about as disgusting as it gets! But all those babies seem to do alright, it’s no different to babies picking up stuff from the floor and eating it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Do you disinfectant your nipples before breastfeeding? You should do really. Can't be too sure about germs eh? 🙄

What a strange thing to do! Sterilising will be fine though no need for a new one! On a side note, all the posters normalising ‘cleaning’ a dummy with your own mouth are revolting.