AITA For Not Wanting My Mom To Kiss My Baby?

I'm a ftm, 22, (first time mom), and my biological mother, 48, whom i live with, has hvs (herpes). My daughter is almost 5 months old now, and i know kissing on the cheek should be fine for other adults, but my mom is not the cleanest person, and is often sick. I feel guilty to keep telling her "shes too young for kisses" like i say with her dad's parents, but theyre begging me to kiss her too. How do i even explain to them the situation without leaking my mom's status? How do i explain to her, that i don't and wont ever feel comfortable with her kissing my baby? Its easier for me to say I'm not into kisses, because i have contamination OCD (i hate touching, sharing drinks, sharing food, touching people's bodies or fluids, etc), but for my baby, there isn't really a "fun cover up" disorder for me to pretend she has, so that no kisses are had.

My baby is perfectly healthy, and i know people with hsv CAN share kisses and affection without the worry of spreading it, but my mom is one of those sick people who thinks hsv isnt a big deal, and she shouldnt have to "hide part of who she is from the world"- yes, im eye rolling too. ive explained to her MANY times that i dont feel comfortable with her kissing me or baby, because she doesnt care to treat her bumps, and that it can literally lead to severe brain damage in baby. she does not care or believe me, despite the proof and articles ive shown her. 💀 she takes everything as a personal attack on her as a person, and i dont know how to move past this without killing my daughter !!!
i dont know what to do or how to approach this. do i just let her kiss my baby??? what happens if she sees other members of the family kiss the baby knowing she cant? i also cannot move out, or away, as i just dont have the money to, even with me and my husband working. help! what do i do?

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This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

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AITA For Not Wanting My Mom To Kiss My Baby?

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