I wish I could share a link here but I was just scrolling Facebook and came across an article about a TikTok video a mom shared listing her boundaries for when her baby is born. I agreed with everything she stated and thought it was awesome.

1. Please don't kiss the baby.

2. No unannounced visitors. (I really don’t think I’m gonna be up for socializing when a baby has literally just come out of me.)

3. Don't announce our baby has arrived until we do, on social media or in person.

4. No photos posted of the baby until we do.

5. Do not come if you're sick. (I don’t care if it’s just, like, a small cough.)

6. Wash your hands before holding them. (You’ve probably touched loads of stuff.)

7. Do not ask to see the baby if you haven't spoken to me or asked how I am throughout my pregnancy. (Just, no.)

8. If our baby cries please hand them back to me or their dad (because I do not want to watch my baby cry from a distance).

Then I went to the comments on Facebook and people were absolutely trashing her for it and I absolutely can not comprehend why anyone would think any of her requests are unreasonable.

I saw comments on this post saying

"Good, I don't want to see the baby that bad anyway." "would you like some fries with that?"

"She acts like she's the only person who's ever had a baby."

"She's entitled"

"Good luck with that, no one wants to follow your "rules" because your baby isn't that important."

Why on earth would anyone feel like THEY are so entitled that they don't have to follow simple requests if they want to meet someone's baby? I'll never understand. No one is entitled to a child that isn't theirs and if they don't want to follow simple requests and show respect then by all means don't come see the baby.

These are the exact same boundaries I set when I had my child and I did deal with some people not wanting to follow but I don't get it. I personally had people mad at me because I made them remove pictures they posted of my baby before I even announced I had given birth. I had people mad at me that I told them they can't just keep holding my baby when she's crying. People were mad at me because I didn't allow visitors whenever they felt like it. Etc.

What do you all think about this? Ridiculous that people don't have any respect for the mother's simple requests or do you think asking for these simple boundaries to be followed is ridiculous?