Kiss or not to kiss?

[mummaintraining19]

Curious as I & my OH kiss my DD on her forehead or her cheek but won’t kiss her on her mouth (personally not something I’d do). Just curious if people kiss their babies? Do you let grandparents kiss your babies?

What’s the limit on who can or can’t?

Or are you against it altogether?

I'd only ever kiss my DH on the lips so no one kisses my DD on the lips. To be fair, I don't know anyone who'd try to! Lots of kissing on her cheeks, top of her head etc from her family.

I kissed mine on the lips. I think some people do, some don’t.

I kiss my youngest on the lips, older boys don't even want a cuddle lol.

DD (5) is always kissing me on the lips. While she wants to do it, it's fine by me. Her dad doesn't kiss her very often, if he does it will be on the cheek or forehead or something like that. Her grandparents and some of her uncles and aunts kiss her on the top of her head or the cheek sometimes when they hug her. She isn't the kind of child who'd happily be hugged by a stranger, in fact she'll rarely make eye contact with people she doesn't know well, so I don't think anyone else would even get close enough to try. It's not really come up.

I never used to but at 1 my DD started kissing on the lips; I blame in the night garden for that to be honest. I don’t care if grandparents do it or parents as long as everyone stops when DD no longer wants to do it and even as a toddler doesn’t force her to

I've got a 2yo. I've got no choice in whether I get a big mouth smacker or not.

My OH & DD kiss on the lips but I’m not really into the lip kissing thing! Seems to be a family trait here, my in-laws & her cousins all kiss her on the lips but my family don’t! Just head & cheek!

I don’t care, it’s all lovely affection! I’m only cautious with MIL as she gets cold sores .. none of her children ever caught it from her though so I do trust she’s always been very responsible with them!

I kiss DD on the lips. It makes her smile and laugh like crazy

Oh and I wouldn't mind if grandparents wanted to, although they haven't so far. None of us get cold sores (but even if we did, we've all got enough sense not to kiss people during an outbreak!) DH isn't much of a kisser so he tends to just hair ruffle, but sometimes will kiss her forehead.

I can’t imagine not kissing my own baby on the lips. He’s 5 now and I still do but I guess it’ll stop quite soon

@Bol87
My OH’s family tend to get them quite often & sometimes they don’t make us aware that they have them (I know they should be visible but they tend to sit on the other side of the room and I don’t wear my glasses unless I need to) so I’m a bit funny about them kissing her head, cheeks or hands. Where as me, my OH and my family don’t get them so I’m not that worried. Just not sure if it’s fair if I stop one side and not the other. Just the danger freaks me out as she’s 6 months!!

OP I'm in exactly the same situation and I just searched "kissing on the lips" to see if I could get any threads to help advise.

I have a 3 year old and a 7 month old and the MIL and another IL member get cold sores and continue to kiss them on the lips despite my request not too. Now it's so awkward and I don't know how to approach it!

I have a todler and newborn, I dont kiss on the lips, as pp said sometimes you do get a big wet unexpected kiss on the lips though from the todler lol

My Inlaws kiss on lips, and they still do kiss eachother as adults on lips too (except my dh)

I know lots of people who do and thats fine, everyone makes their own choices, but for me, personally I dont really like it... I am a bit wierd with germs though lol and I think its the quickest way for a babys immature immune system to catch something. Alot of common things like colds are contagious days before symptoms appear so even if they are being careful...