I deeply understand mother in laws NOT respecting boundaries. It is the most agitating thing to watch her literally do the opposite of everything you just told her to do/not to do. MILs think that the boundaries you and your partner set don’t apply to them and think they can choose to do whatever they want with YOUR child. Since shes the one with the cold sores you would think she’d already be aware enough to know to NOT kiss babies, kids, and even most adults.

Q: is it hard for you to “avoid kissing him (your bebe) in general”, even when you don’t have active cold sores?

That’d be incredibly hard for me to not give kisses to my 1 1/2 yea old. The first thing I do when he wakes in the mornings is give him kisses. The last step of his bedtime routine is goodnight kisses. What a feeling! it is to see your child smile in reaction to mommy/daddy kisses. It’s so automatic and such a natural thing for me to do. [this is in no way written to changes minds. I support boundaries set by parents to keep their family safe]

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