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Uhh.. being attached by kids and shoved over to take and touch your baby is NOT okay. You are NOT rude if you ask her to tell her children to be careful and to please not touch the baby.

Yeah, nothing about that is okay. I wouldn't be able to hold anything back. Does their mother realize how they're being at all?

Quoting Mrs. Reynolds:" Uhh.. being attached by kids and shoved over to take and touch your baby is NOT okay. You are NOT rude if you ask her to tell her children to be careful and to please not touch the baby."

 

and even if she does think you're coming off rude, then who cares? i would just tell her in the nicest way possible that you don't want that happening. if she thinks you're rude or bitchy, that's her own fault.

Have some hand sanitizer on hand when they come over and make them use it. That is annoying though, but I have no problem telling anyone to back off when it comes to my kid.

Just explain that just like we don't like people getting in our faces and touching us babies don't either and then redirect them to go play.

I'd just straight up fast "hey now, you need to be very careful with the baby. and no touching." or "settle down"

I've. had to tell some of the little girls in our neighborhood not to touch my daughter's face before. they took it fine and now ask if they can touch or help push her on the swing or whatnot.

Personally I would speak about it directly with the kids. At 4 and 6 they are fully capable of understanding, and as long as you are simple and straight forward about it, they will likely listen. If they do not, you can either put your foot down with them or go through their mother. Honestly, I will instruct anyone's child if I do not appreciate how they are behaving with my own child, but it does require a bit of tact, in case their mother is particularly sensitive about other's trying to teach her kids in her place.

I would address the children when it happens. Just say something like, "please dont touch the baby's face, we have to be careful not to let him get sick" or "we all have to use gentle hands with babies" (for when they are being rough). This should give mom the hint to step in and lets the kids know its not ok...and then if this doesnt work I would just be blunt about it

my friends kids always do that with dd. i lie and say shes sick or say she will get cranky if their in her face. they tend to back off. or i pick her up and take her away from the situation all together

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Quoting 💙Jenny&Boopy:" Yeah, their mother just sits next to me or a few feet away and plays on her phone or says aww that's ... [snip!] ... they love the baby. I'm Ike   are you serious?! I can't imagine letting my oldest do that especially right infront of me."

Depending on her family life background, letting her kids near and around the baby may seem a perfectly normal and acceptable thing to her, so she may not even realize you're uncomfortable with what her kids are doing. It may be as simple as talking to her if that's the case.

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Quoting 💙Jenny&Boopy:" <blockquote><b>Quoting motherofboys:</b>" Depending on her family life background, ... [snip!] ... ridiculous. It seems like it's only them with this behavior, my son and his friends who are boys have no interest in the baby."

That can definitely awkward, I do understand how you feel. The less awkward way might be to make a gentle request of the 4 and 6 year old and see how she reacts. Something along the lines of, "honey, please don't touch his face or hands, thank you." It is likely she is taking her cue's on her kids behavior with the baby from you and if you say this she may help intervene. I've had to do this with my own kids and I've had others do this with me, sometimes we just don't realize we're making someone uncomfortable and it's only natural to want to fix it if we are reminded. I hope this helps. I'll tell you, it's even harder when you go grocery shopping and the little old ladies who may smell kinda funky are just in love with your LO and they just invite themselves in, lol. Talk about awkward, we're supposed to respect our elders, it's like being mobbed, lol. Although, in those cases I'm usually doing a little more picking up and bodily inserting myself in the way, don't want to offend them, as I know babies hold a special place in the elderly woman's heart,