I have 3 boys. We were at a kids play place indoors. When a grandma type lady asked to hold my baby. I let her but it felt odd. Baby boy was all smiles so I let her hold him for 30 mins.
Would you let a (normal/clean) stranger hold your baby? 231 votes
Re: Would you let a (normal/clean) stranger hold your baby?
ETA I was in the bathroom at a new church that my husband and I were trying out and the lady in there offered to hold DS for me while I went to the bathroom. I actually was just in there to use the mirror so I didn't have to, but if I did need to use the bathroom I totally would've let her hold him.
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She was clean, pretty , and my age.
I wouldn't have if she was gross...
It's just weird people would hand over the most important thing in the world to someone whose name they don't know.
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This reminds me that when I had DS, my grandmother told me I better be careful because he was so cute someone would definitely want to kidnap him. And that they could change his outfit, put a wig on him and disappear with him before anyone even knew what happened.
But anyway to answer your question, in your situation I probably would not have been freaked out by her asking but I don't think I would have let her hold him either. If this was a play place I went to regularly and had chatted with her a couple of times I probably would.
She asked a question clearly she's had conflicting thoughts about it or she wouldn't have cared to ask. I personally would never do it. I don't let strangers even touch my baby. That's me and how I choose to parent my child. End of story.
A friend of a friend, sure, if they seem normal. But randoms, no way.
Yes and no. There are shades of gray here. A complete stranger in a wide open public place? Heck no. An unfamiliar person at church? Sure. A random person in the grocery store? No. Would it change if I was holding her in the store and kiddo made a huge mess that I needed 2 hands to clean up? Maybe.
Not to mention the whole "stranger danger," things is somewhat of a misnomer. Statistics show you need to be worried way more about those you DO know than those you DON'T.
Also, what constitutes a stranger?
Plain and simple I DON'T KNOW THEM. I don't understand why that is such a crazy concept.
Then I peed on a stick...
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I also don't get the obsession with "baby smell." My baby stinks unless he's just been bathed. Baby shampoo smells great. Baby vomit, not so much. I put the women who go on and on about baby smell, ask to hold strangers' babies, and touch/talk at strangers' pregnant bellies all in the same weirdo category. STM+ who fit this category, you might be a lovely person, but I still think you're weird.
I voted no. And I'm actually kind of surprised that "clean" and "pretty" = "normal". I know some pretty creepy clean people.
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Didn't you know? Much like a Disney movie, in real life evil people are all clearly marked out by being fat and ugly? And all pretty people are lovely.... Apparently.....
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Didn't you know? Much like a Disney movie, in real life evil people are all clearly marked out by being fat and ugly? And all pretty people are lovely.... Apparently.....
False. Snow White's stepmother. Gaston. Ursula as Vanessa. Prince Hans.
I voted no. And I'm actually kind of surprised that "clean" and "pretty" = "normal". I know some pretty creepy clean people.
I can't help it I judged her on her appearance as well as the fact that she was helping me rent a car.
I wouldn't just let any pretty woman hold my baby. It was situational.
FFWC... I probably wouldn't have asked had she been ugly ( especially gross teeth !) or smelly.