Strangers touching my baby!

[LittlemissMama67]

Just want to rant a little. My daughter is 3
months old and twice already strangers have come up to me and took her hat off of her head to see her hair. For context we're a family of red heads her big sister has red hair, as do I and on two separate occasions women have come up to me and said something to the effect of oh my
goddess does baby have red hair too? I respond with no she's actually blonde and they feel the need to take her hat off and check for themselves..

1. she's wearing a hat for a reason it's winter leave it alone
2. I'm not lying to you you don't have to check
3. covid and strep are still a thing. Please don't touch random peoples babies

Am I being overly sensitive or is this just not ok behaviour?

No, you are not overreacting. People need to respect boundaries!

I posted a thread similar weeks ago and got attacked for the most part for being sensitive. I stand by the opinion that if you don't want to be touched by strangers randomly, why would a baby / child?

No one should touch your baby unless they say 'can I', and you say, 'yes'. Otherwise I would bite their hand off (figuratively).

Oh wow, people have actually taken your baby's hat off? That's not okay!

I can kind of understand sometimes people can't help themselves and touch a baby's hand or cheek or whatever - that would also annoy me - but to actually take their hat off is definitely too far over the line for the reasons that you list above!

I don’t like this either. Last week a lady who works in the local supermarket came and grabbed my baby’s hand as she wanted to look at her fingers.

I know she was being nice but working in a shop she will be in contact with lots of germs and my baby sucks her hand a lot.

I anti bacced her hand when we left the shop - and then worried that would irritate her skin. PFB syndrome, me?!

I had someone overly touch my baby when she was small in her pram & wouldn't stop trying to convince me she had a temp (she didn't). I don't know why I didn't turn and say please stop fucking touching my baby but I regret it a lot. I think it's weird and people need to stop! I've seen people with little signs on the pram saying 'please do not touch me' maybe consider one of those.