Does anyone feel like this is wrong?

This may be an insane thought but does anyone else feel 'guilty' when you touch your child - and what I mean is like when they are in the bath and you clean their bum/bits or when they are running around naked and you playfully slap their bottom?

I was talking to DH the other day about how I feel weird - in a society where touching children is such a no-no. I am her Mum - but yet I feel funny about it like I am doing something wrong?

Am I the only one who feels like this? My mum reckons I am bonkers and that I shouldn't feel this way. She is probably right but I do!

Er no I wouldn't, its part of being a mother?

I think I kind of know what you mean.. I often tickle my kids bottoms when they're running around nudie. There is nothing untoward in it, its just because they are such cute little heinies! But then sometimes I wonder if someone outside the family might think its a bit off.
Never really sticks with me though, its just playing and its not like I'll continue to do it when they're older.

I would probably feel a little weird doing it in front of people who don't have kids, because of society's reaction to those things these days, but otherwise nope.

CuriousG
funny that this is what the new legislation(?) has done to good parents..........my boy was being cheeky up town the other day and we were both laughing a tapped him on the bum and said smart arse..........this lady turned around and said 'well i never' you bloody lucky i dont call the cops on you young lady' wat the h"&^ .....and really thinking about your question...i dont as such fell quality but then when im in public after i do something im concerned if someone is going to phone the cops and with them over reacting.........we take foster kids in and for some it was left and no one called for help so its a catch 22. My hubby at the start refused to bath my boy...he said when he was changing baby nappy up town (no rooms) in the back of the car this lady stood ther and watched him. Prob didnt help that my hubby is brown :(

Funnily enough I dont feel wierd at all and I totally overthink most things. I am lucky (I think) that I have a boy as I wouldnt want to be cleaning"in there" when they have the big poo explosions. I guess with everything external it doesnt seem wrong. And when you are cleaning up sh*t....it would hardly be enjoyable   

But I do wonder about the fact that sometimes I blow (from a distance) when he has a wet bum as it tickles him and makes him giggle....now THAT sounds dodge.......did it at first to dry a very wet wash (without thinking of what I was doing)....he giggles so much.

OMG Emma last night we had 3 boys and a girl in the bath together last night and we had no problems with that. Its like when you came down here and we had 5 of them in the bath together .

But I can see how you feel that way G, I do the same things with Andrew and Josh and I can see how someone looking in on it would thing its strange, but people these days are becoming some damn PC.