Protect Your Child From Foreign Germs With a Do Not Touch Sign
This is what happens when a person sees a new person. Their hands, which literally a moment before they completely controlled, turn into large magnets that stretch up and out with a primal need to touch this child. It’s bad enough to endure months of indiscriminate stroking of your pregnant belly; now the whole world believes that touching your baby is good and fair. And they don’t just pull on a closed toe. No, they go straight to the face and hands to ensure that any germs they have are passed on in the most efficient way.
So, just as a zoo should put up very sensible signs all over the place not to knock on damn glass, parents also need to remind strangers not to touch their children. Of course, we could do it verbally, but sometimes these magnetic hands move faster than our words, or they wait until we let our guard down long enough to turn and reach for something on the top shelf of the snack aisle.
For moments like this , LittleloveCanada ‘s Etsy store has a solution: the “Please don’t touch” sign that I first discovered on the Kids Activities blog .
Shop owner Tracy Lapointe writes in the product description:
Based on the very first homemade No Germies I made for my own baby, my No Germies were approved and recommended by our pediatrician for use in the first 6 months as your baby’s immune system develops.
Lapointe sells tags in a variety of styles, including message options specifically for premature babies . And they can be especially helpful for all babies at this time of year when everyone is sick, recovering, or about to get sick.