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Touching other people's babies

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BlueBelle Sat 01-Feb-20 20:50:07

I think it’s all nonsense I would never kiss a strangers baby but I would often hold their little hand or stroke their fingers as we have a coo and a chat, still do ...is it so wrong ?

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Beswitched Sat 01-Feb-20 20:42:02

A young colleague of mine with a 10 month old son was complaining recently because her mum's neighbour kept stroking the baby's cheek when she called in to visit.

I've also seen a lot of complaints on line about people touching other people's babies, holding their hands etc and it sounds very strange to me.

It was quite the norm when I was growing up and a young adult for people to be tactile around babies and young children.

When did this become taboo?

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