How to stop siblings from smothering infant?

baybee07

My two toddlers 3 and 5, want to kiss the baby all day. Any ideas to remedy it? They are being kind, but its excessive.  I don't want to yell at their love for the baby,...it's just too much.

gekeler6

Can you regulate with a playpen?  Keep the baby out of an easy access area and give them their own time to love on the new baby.  I have to let the girls get their own time during the day and that seems to satisfy them enough to leave the baby alone during the other times of the day.  Also, I think when the newness wears off a little they won't want to smother the baby as much all the time.

Luvmy2sons

"I wouldn't kiss her, she just spit up."

JenLiggons

Baby isn't here yet but I have a 3 and 5 year old as well! I'm planning on using the same things I did when the 3 year old was born: keeping baby with me in his sling as much as possible so big brother couldn't get to him, putting a chain on the top of the door to baby's room so no little hands can sneak in there while baby's sleeping, and continuous and consistent rules on where and when they can touch baby.

My 5 year old, who was 2 when he became a big brother, tried to literally smother the baby a few times. I had to make sure he was not out of sight with him for even a second. The lock on the door sat strange with me for some reason but I mean.. it's not like the newborn is gonna get up and crawl out of his crib and be ticked cause he can't open the door. The lock and the sling saved a lot of headaches. I made sure that big brother knew he would NEVER be permitted to touch the baby unless mommy was holding him and we were sitting on the couch. No exceptions. Never in the swing, never on the floor, not with anyone else holding baby..just mommy on the couch. It limited contact without hurting his feelings. I also told him he could talk to the baby a lot, that helped.