A mum has divided the nation after revealing the reason why she refuses to let her mum-in-law hold or kiss her seven week old baby daughter. Some say she's being precious - while others think she's doing the right thing We have more newsletters We have more newsletters A mum has sparked fiery debate after admitting she won't let her mum-in-law hold her baby. The woman recently attended a lunch date with her husband's parents with their seven week old daughter, who has already been introduce to the family a couple of times.
However, cuddles and kisses were quickly off the table. "Mum-in-law gets cold sores," the woman explained on Mumsnet . "I discusses it with [my husband' in the car and asked him to be on the look out for if she has one.
" While the mum-in-law didn't appear to have any visible sores, the woman feared she might have a cold as she 'sounded hoarse' had a 'red' nose and kept 'popping cough sweets'. READ MORE: 'Locals will judge you' if you wear these clothes in popular tourist destination "My husband is oblivious so either hans't noticed or hasn't put two and two together," the post reads. "I've managed to escape the room that they're having lunch as baby needs fed.
I want out of here asap and don't want her to hold baby. What do I do?!" Straight away, hundreds of fellow parent rushed to the comments section to express their thoughts. An overwhelming majority sided with the mum, arguing her in-laws should have informed her if they weren't feeling very well.
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