Yes, kissing on the face even from someone who’s not sick is not great. They develop rashes because an adult face has many oils and babies. Skin is so clean and pure still. Start a conversation with telling her how much we love her and appreciate everything she’s done . Maybe that might help and try not to get upset or offended during the conversation.. tell her it’s really an issue for new baby’s and it’s not just her. Tell her you want to kiss her all day too, but you can’t because of these things . Maybe that makes her feel better. hopefully that helps a little bit. Good luck and congrats on the new baby.
Other people already commenting on what you can do, I just want to add you are NOT BEING A BAD MOTHER. These things are tough. Everything has changed now you have a newborn and there is definitely an adjustment period for everyone. It sounds like you've been doing wonderful things for your child by letting your mother help YOU be a better mother by her doing cleaning, etc, and you keeping the peace with her. The grandma relationship is a special one. I can barely stop myself from kissing my baby as well though tbh haha. But i just wanter to say I think you are being a great mom already, you're concerned for your baby and you're working to figure out how best to protect them, but i can tell from what you wrote that you're appreciative of what your mom did. It is clear you are a decent and lovely human being and your kiddo is really lucky to have you as a mom! You'll figure out your boundary
Have your husband to tell her to stop. My mom wouldn’t listen to me either and my husband needed to step up. My mother in law doesn’t listen to my husband and I needed to step up. I truly understand your frustration because I was huge in NO ONE kissing my baby and my baby now is 15 months and I still stick to it. Its a hard spot to be in for sure
girl i’m sorry but-stand up for yourself and baby-you said yourself she has a infection-and is actively complaining about it-and she’s ALSO kissing your baby after you’ve told her MULTIPLE times to not kiss your baby and she knows about the rules. you need to tell her to back tf up fr, she’s don’t deserve it…you grew that human, you went through the pain and tired days-then delivered that baby-and are now raising them. AND mama-if she wants to help she MUST respect your rules. if she explodes then never mind it-she needs to be a mature adult about this conversation, if she can’t be ask her to leave of stay out of the way. put your foot down now so she’s doesn’t get comfortable and end up controlling in the end-this is causing you stress it seems like and you just delivered that sweet baby-and she’s stressing you😭im sorry but don’t care about your mamas feelings rn-she doesn’t seem to care about yours when you tell her to not kiss your child🤷🏽♀️don’t let her guilt trip you.