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I've seen pictures of these types signs several places before, never seen one in real life though.
Would you do it?
It could totaly understand it! If it ever became a problem, I would in a heartbeat!
I was not aware that people will actually touch babies randomly. I know to expect strangers to pat my belly, but really? I guess if you are having that issue, a sign is necessary.
HAHA that'd be weird if people randomly started touching my baby. If it happened, yes, I think the sign is a good idea!
Having a baby, i totally understand having a sign, I was seriously considering making one. people that i have only talked to a handful of times assumed it was okay to put there hands on my babies face in the middle of the grocery store... you think people would know better!
Some babies may also have serious health risks that require the parents to be cautious about germs. Its not like they can be expected to be locked up in their house forever, but they should be able to go into public without being touched and exposed to germs that could be dangerous to them!
@SecretName: I get that, but why is a sign necessary? Under what circumstance would a baby be left alone and the paren't couldn't be right there to say "Oh, please don't touch him/her, thank you for understanding."
@SecretName: My son is one of these babies, he has has cystic fibrosis, and I still never felt a need for a sign. I can usually tell when people are getting too close so I just say something about him having a cold a or something and ask them not to touch.
I would never randomly touch a stranger's baby! Who does that?!
Lol! I would never personally do this but I do love the idea! I do agree though that usually if its strangers you can just ask them politely and they'll back away. I am however tempted to make a sign for my belly to wear around overly eager family members!
I have young cousins as well as friends with babies and random people touching them has never been an issue. As a parent, its your job to monitor who comes into contact with your children. I don't think a sign is necessary. In all honestly, if I saw one in real life it would definitely trigger an eye roll and I would probably make fun of it later.
To answer the question, no, I would never make a sign.
@KatyElle: I completely agree with you - I would never leave my baby so far that I would not be able to tell people not to touch; no sign needed!
@UpstateCait: Love it, totally agree.
I would never do this and think it is a bit over the top. I get that some babies have severe illnesses, but IMO then they shouldn't be exposed frequently to situations where this might be an issue.
I prefer these signs:
Because people are terrible about touching babies without cleaning their hands and it grosses me out (I always carry hand sanitizer, and sanitize or wash before washing family/friends babies). If you have a baby who was premature, or sick, they really need to be protected, and I think that is a good gentle reminder so you don't have to say it all the time.
@UpstateCait: LOL! Good points :)
I'm actually really surprised by that sign! I see how it could be annoying or even harmful for strangers to touch babies, but I feel like it probably doesn't occur enough to need a sign, right? Maybe I'm wrong. Guess I'll find out in a few years! lol
oooh, those are such a bad idea. Babies need to be exposed to germs to prime their immune system. I plan on letting lots of people touch my baby whenever I have one.
@spraguebride: Here is one found on etsy: Hands off maternity shirt
Sometimes I think the stranger just moves in before the parent has time to warn not to touch. I'm not a mom but I saw one of these signs in person and told my mom I thought it was funny and that I wouldn't be using one. And she told me she fully plans on buying them for her grandkids. She works at the church nursery and sees strangers trying to touch babies all the time. Personally, although it sucks, I'm not against trying to prevent, to such an extreme, the child from getting sick. Don't they need the antibodies?
P.S. I've never read a baby book or done research so I'm retaining my right to change my opinion after giving birth!
I associate them with parents who are a little... how shall I put this... "intense." But whatever. I totally understand not wanting people touching your kids, or asking people to wash their hands before they hold the baby. It's just that 99% of the time that's info that can be conveyed verbally.
The really serious issue is people who touch kids and pregnant women and people's hair without asking. Seriously? So weird.
Honestly - if I saw someone with one of those signs on their child, I would probably laugh about it later. It just seems a little excessive! Besides - how often is your child far enough away from you in a public space that people are going to be able to randomly touch them??
I honestly feel like the parents should be watching the baby enough that they would notice if someone was going to touch it. The sign shouldn't be necessary.
@Beluga: I just giggled (and cringed) about the hair thing. Strangers have touched my hair and commented on its softness....uuuuuh, thanks? *creeper* I was an adult and they thought this was perfectly normal?!
I don't think I'd do a baby sign, and I think it's a good thing to expose your kids to a few germs, but as my hair-petting experience shows, there are some weird freaking people out there - but they're probably not the kind to obey the baby signs anyway :-)
Words can't describe how ridiculous I think these signs are. Kind of passive-aggressive IMO. Isn't it a parent's job to tell people not to touch their kid/s?
I don't know if I would put up a sign or not, I guess it depends on how many times I have to tell people to back off.
I worked in a grocery store in college and was apalled by some people. People [total strangers to the mother] would come up and start touching the baby's hands/feet/face as "mom" was trying to get money out of her purse to pay the cashier. It's like they had no idea what was appropriate. Sometimes the baby would even be asleep and they would start messing with it.
There's a difference between "germs are good for the immune system" and people randomly touching kids. In my opinion, you NEVER lay a hand on a stranger's kid, whether it be a baby or older child. It's weird/creepy. (Obiviously some situations it's okay, like when a kid is going to bump you and you put a hand down to soften the blow. But not just touching because they want to touch a cute kid.)
I know it's not the same, but I had my dog at the petstore one time and was distracted comparing 2 products; I felt the leash move and looked down, the leash was now going into the air. A stranger had actually PICKED UP my dog without asking! I was apalled by that as well.
I can't say I would use one 100%, but if it became a problem, I definitely would. I hate it when people touch babies without washing. I know almost nothing about babies, but even I know that they're tiny and don't have the greatest immune systems yet!
Babies need to put crap in their mouth and be exposed to tons of germs as kids so that they can build up strong immune systems for when they are adults. That's why some diseases in kids are just like a cold but in adults they can kill.
I have read that kids are supposed to get 4-10 colds a year every year before the age of 4.
I think people are going germ crazy in our society and it is going to cause problems with the spread of disease!
ETA: on the touching thing - I would never just randomly touch a strangers baby - that's weird!
@Future Mrs. Martin: So true. My daughter had a temperature of 104.4 and I asked her pediatrician if a trip to the ER was in order. She said "No, just keep giving her liquids and Tylenol every 4 hours. Kids handle illness much better than adults."
I had to bring her to the drugstore after that and she sat in the cart while I shopped, no sign necessary. Never needed one when she was a baby either. People stopped to coo at her all the time, but no one touched her (actually once a much older lady touched her hand, didn't bother me at all).
This stuff bugs me for some reason. We as a society have become so impersonal. We dump people over Facebook, can't get a live person to help us with customer service questions, and now instead of keeping an eye on our baby and asking someone not to touch them we put up signs? It's just a little too much.
I would never touch a strangers baby.
But when you put a sign up saying I can't touch it sorta makes me wanna touch it, It's kinda like a wet paint sign.
I think if I were in public I'd hope my baby would be within arms reach of me, which means if any random person tried to touch him I wouldn't need a sign...I could just slap them.
I don't really think there's much of a market for this sign...any person who would be ballsy or clueless enough to touch a stranger's baby without permission probably wouldn't bother to adhere to a sign anyways.
I don't understand why people feel the need to touch other people without invitation. A baby is not a dog, it's a person. Just because it can't tell you if it wants to be touched, doesn't mean that it's okay to just go ahead and touch them.
PS - I never touch animals without asking the owner if it is okay too.
@panterapeach: The wet paint sign is totally what I thought of when I first saw this post. When you say don't do something, I immediately want to do it. lol
Our pastor and his wife had a baby back in July and they had one of those signs on the carrier and I thought it was awful. She would get really rude with little kids who didn't understand the not touching thing and I felt so bad for them. I mean she is a pastors wife....she could've handled it a lot better in my opinion without being rude. But once I saw the sign, I wasn't even gonna ask to hold the baby and we are good friends, it just turned me off. I did notice the other day that they still have it on the carrier. I just find it strange, but I guess it depends on how you were brought up and what you feel. I would never not let a family member or friend not touch my baby! Now a stranger is something completely different, but they shouldn't be anywhere near my baby without me being there anyway! I personally just find the signs to be rude!
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