Baby crawling on floor in public places

I always let her crawl now, otherwise she kicks off. She sleeps better if I give her more freedom, and honestly the hands in mouth phase is very much evolutionary to help build immune systems. I'm not suggesting letting them crawl on filthy floors that are clearly dirty, but a venue designed for birthdays likely has the floor mopped regularly. You could always ask the venue to do so otherwise, explaining that there will be crawling age babies.

Alternatively you could hire lots of those interlocking soft play mats

With the amount of viruses circulating now days I wouldn’t let them

God I’m so half and half. If this were my first I’d say absolutely no way. I protected her so much from every little germ and it showed when she started nursery, caught everything all the time. Her being 3 years old now, takes all her vitamins and eats good food she’s healthy. Hardly ever sick. My second, she’s 7 months and when she can crawl I definitely won’t be as paranoid. They need immunity and by the time theyre walking and running away from you, you won’t be able to stop them licking the floor in soft play 😂

Can make an area in there safe for crawling? Either getting foam mats or ikea sells a big rug for about £17 thats easily folded and just lay some toys and advise people not to step on it. When its peoples outdoor shoes on the floor I’d be more selective about letting LO crawl. Otherwise you could mop first and then ask people to take off their shoes and wear disposable slippers like you see in some weddings?

Totally agree with Hannah on this. So glad to hear that I’m not crazy for not wanting my LB to crawl on the floor where people walk with outdoor shoes on!