AIBU - dog licked my baby!?!

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So my dog-owning friend is cuddling my baby and (unexpectedly) kneels down to introduce baby to her (good natured and used to children) dog. The dog then licks my baby on the mouth and hand!!!

It all happened very quickly but at this point I would have lifted the baby away but I had to ask her to stop (which she did, and she apologised) - question is - AIBU to be totally grossed out and ought I to use antibacterial wash on lick zone (I have so far rinsed with warm water...)

Baby was unfazed, dog calm and it won't happen again...

Dear god i hope you dont let your baby ever crawl on the floor and put its hands in its mouth!

I think your baby will survive.

Don't use antibacterial wash on a baby's skin.

Both the baby and the dog will be fine, I doubt either will be scarred by this.

I'm sure your baby will be fine. However I understand why you might be upset with your friend. I and a lot of my friends are dog lovers but I would never bend down and introduce their baby to my soft as butter dog without their permission and even then I don't think it's appropriate.

Don't worry about your little one, they'll be fine

Wouldn't bother me. My cats lick DS all the time.

I think your baby will be all right. It sounds as though your friend realises you would not like this to happen again too.

If it's any consolation, children brought up with pets, dogs and cats being the most usual, and brought up with farm animals are healthier - with good immune systems and fewer allergies.

I don't let my dog lick my face, but that's because it grosses me out a bit now. As a child, our dogs used to lick my face all the time and I thought it was hilarious.

I wouldn't worry about it at all. All sorts of nasty things were chewed on by my children as soon as they were able to crawl and they are both hale and hearty teens/preteens now.

Animals don't have friendly bacteria in their mouths. It's just bacteria. Yes children build up immunity to the bacteria by being exposed. There are lots of ways to be exposed, licking being one.

It's a problem if the bacteria are particularly nasty ones, if your baby is very new or little or has compromised immunity etc.

I wouldn't want a very little baby to be licked in the face. Apart from cleaning with a baby wipe I probably wouldn't have done anything though.

Thanks for the replies! Not being a dog owner, I just kept thinking how dogs put their noses in all sorts of grim places - and yes, I can be a bit of a clean freak!

Anyway - thanks for the empathy, helpful ridicule and reassurance - just what I needed xxx

it's daunting when you have a small human you're sorry responsible for and the entire universe offering unsolicited advice and tell you your doing it wrong.

That's what Mnet is for, to tell you it's all going to be ok

*solely

You've had a lot of people saying that their children have been licked by dogs and are fine as if this somehow means you should allow your friend's dog to lick your baby. Of course she shouldn't have allowed her dog to lick your baby; dogs lick their own bums and eat other animals' poo. They are gross!
I have a dog & it has licked both children, they are find but it is still gross

YANBU, as a non dog owner I would be quite grossed out too! I am absolutely not a fan of licky dogs. They lick their own arseholes then a person - fuck that!!
Not to mention the eating other faeces, walking through their own piss/poo and then trailing it through their houses - bleurghh!

But having said that, from a common sense point of view, I doubt your baby is going to have contracted any horrid illnesses, especially if you rinsed the area.
Previous posters are correct- your child is going to be picking up all sorts of guff off the floor real soon but no, you are not being unreasonable to be a little unsettled and grossed out!!

I am a huge dog lover, but I wouldn't let ANY dog get that close to my baby.

7 month DS 1 yr old dog.

Given up with licking as long as can manage DS not licking dog.

The antibacterial wash is probably worse for baby than a dog lick. I was constantly with a dog when I was little and I grew up fine.

The antibacterial wash is probably worse for baby than a dog lick.

That's what I thought - all those chemicals, yuk.

as long as DS not licking dog just made me snurk.

My mother caught my sister sharing her yoghurt with the dog. One lick for Emily, one lick for the dog. My mum said that my sister gave herself another lick before she could stop her. My sister is still going strong at 20!

Get a life

foxes I don't think anyone is telling OP that she should allow her friend's dog to lick her baby. Just that it's happened and there's no point worrying about it now. Healthwise, the baby will be fine.

For the record, my dog likes to lick our DS. I encourage him not to, but he does like to try.

My SIL had a very bouncy Dalmatian. We had our DS's 6 weeks apart. I found it so difficult spending any time with them because they let the dog lick and cuddle the baby.
Makes me want to vom!

I wouldn't go out of my way to allow my dogs to lick anyone - especially a baby. But now its done its time to move on. Your baby is very unlikely to end up with the dreaded lurgy. Hardly an offence for the dog to be put to sleep over. Shit happens. That's life!

My nephew has grown up around dogs three of the dogs where introduced to him as pups when he was about 18 months old.
He was always getting licked by them even if you tried to stop it he would encourage them, we gave up in the end. he still loves them licking him only now he's 3 years old and when he thinks you aren't looking he licks them too.
He's also drank out of their water bowls and eaten dry dog on more than one occasion pretending to be one of them.
He's hardly ever sick has a great immune system. People are too worried about germs and bleaching everything these days.