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It's bad enough when complete strangers touch your baby without even asking! But listen to what happened to 1stTimeMomHolly when a creepy stranger wouldn't leave her baby alone...
1TimeMomHolly tells us about when a creepy stranger in restaurant paid a little too much attention to her baby, Landen:
My husband and I went out to dinner this weekend at a local Italian restaurant. As soon as we were seated, the lady in the booth directly beside us got up and ran over to the stroller to look at Landen...
Immediately, she starts trying to touch him and grab him and play with him...She starts asking me things like, "What hospital was he born in? How much did he weigh? Length? Does he have all of his immunizations? Did he have any problems at birth? Does he still? What kind of formula do you feed him? What bottles? Who is his pediatrician?" I'm sure you get the picture. They were just really personal questions that you normally don't get asked by a total stranger!
By this time, she's still hovering over his stroller and she starts saying things like "Awe, you're so amazing. I love you. I just love you so much. I want to hold you and squeeze you. I'm gonna see if your mommy will let me baby-sit you and keep you for a while."
And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, she says, "Can you just roll him over here to my table so I can talk to him and take him out and play with him?"
Then, as she's leaving she tells me, "Make sure you keep a good eye on him. There are a lot of crazy people out there that steal little babies like him. And he's absolutely perfect so you really need to watch out."
Needless to say, 1stTimeMomHolly was pretty freaked out by this woman's behavior toward her baby.
Do you think the stranger in this situation went too far by being too forward with the baby and talking about creepy things like "stealing babies"? What would you have done in 1stTimeMomHolly's situation?
Comments (31)
Oh my gosh! That was way over the line. I hope you never see that woman again!
I was going to say that maybe the woman was pregnant herself (and not showing yet) hence all the questions, but even so ...yeesh. That's a little creepy.
I try to be nice within reason but I have actually told a few grabby strangers that I'm in a rush because my son had a blowout poop in his diaper. That gets them away pretty quickly.
I'd say something simple like, "Please don't touch him. We're germaphobes, sorry."
For most people, even ONE admonition is enough to make them just stop all behavior... but if she then kept her hands to herself but kept asking questions, it's not rude to say, "Honestly, it's really none of your business and I'd like to be able to eat my meal in peace if you don't mind."
Rude? Actually, no. You'll feel like it is, but then again, you're not the one harassing strangers in public, are you?
Oh, and maybe you guys would be better off not posting pictures of babies in carseats at all? :) That carseat picture is yet another example of a couple no-nos. (3 point harness, baby is too small and needs a receiving blanket between his crotch and the crotch buckle, after market head roll, etc.).
My mom && I are big thirft store shoppers. One time, we entered one && this lady runs up, screams, "Baby!" && grabs him && starts walking around with my son.My eyes were like: O_O. I'm really shy when it comes to bluntness && being rude, so I was like, "Mom, go get Jude. Mom go get him." I followed the lady around, but she seemed to have no itention of handing him back over to me. My mom was just giving me this nervous smile && I had no idea what to do. Obviously, I wouldn't have let her leave the store with him, but I was so relived when a black lady walked up && told her to give that baby back to his momma. Turns out she was a older lady who was a little bit loco. Ugh. Strangers touching my kid makes me extremely nervous too.
I don't mind a few questions, you never know if there has just been (or going to be) a new birth in the family. But from the story above....I would be really nervous about and would have asked her to please stop, we are eating and baby needs a break.
I do not let strangers touch my baby...I know that sounds a little mean but...I don't know you. I don't know where your hands have just been (and I really don't want to), and I don't know what your hygiene is like anyways. I keep one eye always on the LO *when he was itsy-bitsy* to make sure people weren't touching. My friend got accosted in a mall like this and she was really upset how the woman kept touching her baby..
People have no tact, or manners you know? If they don't then when it comes to the health and welfare of my family, I wont either.
That's creepy.I would have asked the person to please leave or I would of got the waiter to ask the person to leave the restaurant.I had something similar happen when I took my son to the dentiste.We were waiting for the cab to come and pick us up.An older grandpa looking guy walked in and checked in.sat down and my son's toy (drop pop) went flying over there.The guy picked it up and asked my son how he did that.My son looked at me and I told him go ahead I'm right here.So my son showed him and the guy said nice.Can I try?So my son let him.The guy asked how old he was.So I said 6.The guy said that he was a new grandpa.I said congratulations. Then he told my son that he used to be a Hemet cop.My son says cool.Then the guy told my son to be careful of strangers.They might kill you.I grabbed my son and went to the other side of the waiting room until our cab got there.That gave me the willies.
that is a little over the top. I think I would have just taken him out of the stroller and held him real close and if the lady tried to touch him again I would have moved the baby away a little and hopefully she would have got the hint lol.
I voted "other" because I had a combination response. I would ask the stranger to back off and stop touching/asking personal questions. If they refuse, I would inform them to leave or I would call the police. I have no problmes calling local authorities to keep my child safe.
I have no issues with being a b$@#^ when it comes to my baby, she's not even born yet and Im already super protective. people just dont think sometimes. Is it really that common for people to just run up and start touching a baby?! No way!!!