Protecting Your Newborn from Touchy People

Some Tips on How to Keep Adults and Children from Touching Your Newborn

As a new mother you constantly worry about your newborn and how to keep them safe and healthy. Often times mothers worry about going out in public because the one thing you can't control is whether or not a person is sick or keeps clean. Often times when going out mothers are working hard to keep adults and children from touching their babies. Here are some tips to keep your newborn safe without having to stay in your home for eight weeks.

1. Keep them covered up.


People when they see a baby want to automatically touch a baby. This is especially true for smaller children. Small children do not understand that they should not touch and it seems that some adults don't understand this as well.

So keep your newborn out of sight. If you have an infant carrier keep the baby in the carrier and under the shade so she can't be seen. If someone approaches and asks about the baby, be polite and answer any questions but don't offer to show the baby to the person. If the person asks to see, politely decline to do so. It's okay to say no.

If you don't have an infant carrier and instead are deciding to use a wrap, keep the baby covered as best you can. Using a wrap actually makes it easier to say no to people and you don't have to worry about children at all because most aren't tall enough to even reach the baby. Once again if a person asks to see the baby, just politely decline to allow it, you can make up any excuse why if you wish, and turn the baby away from the stranger.

If you have neither a carrier or wrap and are just holding the baby, make sure to have the baby in some sort of blanket. This allows you to cover their head and gives less touchable area should an offending adult get through and touch your child.

In a stroller it becomes a little harder to keep hands off your child, especially smaller hands of a child. You can cover the stroller with a light weight blanket and just decline to allow anyone to see the baby.

2. Post a sign.


Some may believe it to be rude to post a sign that says "Do Not Touch" but as a mother you aren't supposed to worry about whether or not you are offending someone, you are supposed to be protecting your child.