Please don't touch my babies.

I have maxi cosi carseat and these nets and it working great.
but when I am out with my stroller I hate when people are almost jumping inside the bassinet to see the kids so I just use recieving blanket and black papper clips (image) so I just attach the blanket to the hood of the stroller and hide the kids under it. so noone can see them but they still have holes for breathing. if I need I can pull the blanket and look at twins, but usually they are sleeping so I don't disturb them. I start doing that for sun protection and soon realize that it help a lot with strangers.

I remember we went to the zoo at my old DS birthday and it was sunny day so I put the blanket over the stroller and yes 90% of people was trying to look inside the stroller at the zoo, so I was happy that I put that blanket.

 

I am just open my mouth and saying that they need to wash hands before touch the baby and I am staying next to the twins ( they are usually in the stroller) and watching them ( any guests) to go to the restroom to wash their hands.
I even had small funny episod. I am using "Bath and Body work" soap( antibacterial) but it has very nice smell. so my MIL want to take a baby and I asked if she wash her hands so she told me "YES, you can even smell them to make sure that I did", so she gave me great idea how to check

 

I'm not a very outspoken person either so it is hard for me to say anything, but have always made friends/family wash or use hand sanitizer before touching. I never touch strangers babies or even go up to them to look and I LOVE babies! I just think it is rude. This time I'm going to take a bottle of hand sanitizer to the hospital and make all visitors even family, use it before touching my baby. I will also be telling them no kissing the babies face. I'm going to be extra worried because of the stupid swine flu this year.

 

Usually I am up front about this with strangers but I had an occurrence in the mall. A mother was in the dressing room with her two daughters, one was 9, the other looked 3 or 4. They came up and just started "petting" my LOs. The issue is that they did not speak english so I could not communicate verbally and I didn't want them to freak out by me swatting my hands to shoosh them away. In the end though, I did have to gently take both girls wrists, remove them from inside my stroller and shake my head no. The mother gave me a very confused look. Then I had to do it a second time because they came back for more! My DH was trying on jeans and I am cornered with this family. I think I really offended (or confused) the mother but I was so annoyed. I love children of course, but who knows where their hands have been and for them to play with my babies feet or get them to grab on to their finger grosses me out, because since they are teething their hands and feet are always in their mouth. And they contracted H1N1 a couple months ago so my guard is completely up now!!! I SERIOUSLY need to get one of those signs! :gah:

 

if they are Latina the confused look was probably because in Latin cultures it is often considered good luck to to touch a baby...so they probably couldn't understand why you didn't want them touching the baby....

 

An old man the other day tried to adjust one of my twins' sun hat for her because it was over her eyes. I literally thought of this forum and said very firmly, "please don't touch her, I don't know you". He tried to respond and I cut him off and said the same thing. Adding the 'please' I think takes the edge off, but makes it known they are NOT TO TOUCH. What the hell is wrong with everybody? The media is constantly talking about the H1N1 and not shaking hands, etc. and people are still sticking their hands in other babies' strollers!!!
I will get rid of the 'please' if I have to if this continues!

 

You know people could consider some of us paranoid or overly cautious. With many of us having had hospital time or just the fact that having sick multiples is more than a handful you would honestly think people would be smart enough to look but don't touch.

Most people love to comment how it must be a handful to deal with multiples. I looked at one person yesterday and told them it's worse if they get sick. Hence why my kids are off limits for the time being. Should have seen her face! People have been ragging on us for not alowing anyone to see them. That shut some of them up when I started telling them that!

It's a sad comment on people today when they don't understand No means NO! Signs are great but I doubt most people bother to read them if they won't listen even to the mother!