No kissing

Those of you who didn't let anyone kiss your babies, when did you start to let them?

I've had a no kissing rule since my LG was born, which was fine at the start but there have been a few incidents lately where her grandparents have kissed her where we have had to say something. One of these incidents she ended up in hospital with bronchiolitis and the other grandparent suffers from cold sores so I'm uncomfortable with her ever kissing my LG if I'm honest.

I just want to protect her but my partner thinks there needs to be a cut off point where we say it's ok.

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Never :)

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It wasn’t really a conscious decision, but I think about the 9 month mark where he was crawling and putting toys in his mouth at play group, and kissing his other baby friends of his own accord that I started to be more relaxed about it, you can’t protect them from germs at that point because they’re touching & putting everything in their mouth, where you like it or not!

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Never. For me it isnt just about "big germs", it's about herpies and also drawing that hard line in the sand with grown people being that level of affectionate with my son. They can live with a hug. If anyone gets that offended over not being allowed to put their lips on someone else's little kid 🤷🏽‍♀️ I am much more strict with that sort of thing than some people would like because of my own past, but I have zero problems being loud and proud of the boundaries I set for my little boy. There will be no gray areas where the occasional dirtbag can try to slip through the cracks with the defense of "just being affectionate" lol

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Well. The one grandparent who suffers from cold sores: never!!!!!
You don't want your little one have severe damages from that cause they are not protected from it, their immune system is not strong enough.
The other one who brought your little one into hospital: not in the near future either. If they complain, tell/ ask them if they want to put your little one into the hospital again and how often do they plan on putting little one into hospitals by insisting on kissing her?!?!

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