Four year old constantly kissing me

[NotMyDayJob]

How can I kindly and constructively ask my nearly five year old to stop kissing me.

We are a cuddly and affectionate family so she is hopefully already getting a lot of love and attention but she has developed this thing where she runs up to me and kisses whatever exposed skin she can see, so just my arm, or my leg or hand or whatever and she does it several times an hour. It's probably linked to having a recent baby arrive (6 months) but she is still getting attention and time with us and I'll be honest this kissing this is driving me up the wall. it makes me skin crawl and and I need to do something constructive before I shout.

Gosh some of these responses are very harsh. OP's posts aren't angry, they're just honest descriptions about feeling very touched out. I have felt exactly the same with my 2YO DD who likes to touch my boobs all the time. OP understands that her DD is coming from a place of affection but it's also reasonable for OP to be feeling this way.

My DD is also very cuddly and likes giving kisses. From toddler age we reminded her she had to ask first and sometimes people don't want cuddles/kisses. She's 6 now and still sometimes forgets but generally asks.

Breastfeeding makes you all kinds of fed up of being touched.
Don't feel bad OP, you're a person too as much as it stops feeling like it!