Unwanted Baby Touching; Wash your hands!
My husband and I have taken our new baby to the mall and to the grocery a few times. I don’t mind people admiring her and saying nice comments, but its another thing to want to hold and touch her. People really don’t get that she is a newborn and doesn’t have all her shots and we don’t know where their hands have been.
Germs are definitely real and let’s face it, there are a lot of people out there who don’t wash their hands. I feel like a crazy mom insisting people wash their hands. Sometimes people look at me like I’ve really lost it and they don’t understand why they have to wash their hands. Seriously?
I shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting to protect my baby from microscopic organisms on someone’s hands just because their too lazy and unsanitary about washing their hands. As a mother I have a duty to protect my children so why should I feel bad for insisting someone wash their hands. As an adult people should know to wash their hands.
I think the real dilemma comes when I have to remind family members to wash their hands. I feel like the sanitary police when I ‘m constantly asking them to wash their hands.
For example, a family member offered to change my daughter. After she changed her she threw the old diaper away and packed up the wipes. She then picked my daughter up again and began holding her. She went to touch her face and everything. I cringed and went nuts. I reminded her to wash her hands. I couldn’t believe that someone wouldn’t think to immediately wash their hands after handling a poopie diaper. Duh? As an adult, don’t you wash your hands after you go to the bathroom?
How do you remind people of the sanitary necessities when it comes to a newborn baby?
