pda in front of the littles? - Page 2

[~Boudicca~]

Originally Posted by Alyantavid

We kiss, hug, hold hands. I grew up without getting or seeing much affection so it's something that I work on. I want my kids to see those things are normal.

Same here.

[kissum]

I think it's really important to kiss around your kids. You don't want them to think it's taboo or that you don't do it.

My dd used to love it when we kissed, now sometimes she says it's icky. But we do hold hands, kiss lightly, and snuggle when she's around. We try to keep things like butt grabbing to when we're private, though!

I grew up with 2 homes, but I never saw affection between the adults in either one, and I think I really missed out on seeing what normal intimacy is all about. My DH's parents are always holding hands and snuggling together, and it really warms my heart to see that. And I want that for myself in 30 years!

[texmati]

Originally Posted by Barbie64g

Why is this bad?

His morning breath is worse than my husbands.

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

Originally Posted by texmati

His morning breath is worse than my husbands.

[Kelly1101]

We all kiss, rotfl. When my husband leaves for work in the morning, I kiss him, he kisses Em, and then I kiss Em, and then we usually repeat once, rotfl.

But yeah, I will definitely hug/kiss my husband in front of the kids, I think it's healthy for them to see. We don't make out or fondle in front of her, because I think that's something that should be done in private, period. But a kiss or hug is fine.

[texmati]

yeah... we do 'triple kiss's' too... I will try to cut back on the groping etc. We typically act like he isn't there/doesn't understand!

Little pitchers have big ears!

Now what can be done about morning breath?

[justKate]

Originally Posted by Barbie64g

And jsyk, both my kids started out kissing with open mouths. They didnt figure out closed mouth kisses until about 20 months.

anything more then PG rated for the movies i would consider inappropriate. Other then that, hug and kiss away!

DD (20 months) just learned how to close her mouth to kiss. Plus its easier to make the MMMMM Mah! sound with a closed mouth....

I think definitely under a certain age, I would keep it PG, but by tween/teen years (I guess), I would expect the kids to understand that mom and dad have a sexual relationship and be able to tolerate joking about it in a clean way. I'm thinking of the EWWW GROSS reaction we gave my parents as tweens when they kissed. Of course by the time we were teenagers we could ignore it. Just my two cents.

[Drummer's Wife]

yes, we kiss and touch and show PDA in front of our children. I think it's really important (not groping, of course).

[meemee]

Originally Posted by limabean

I think babies/toddlers go through a phase of giving those open-mouthed drooly kisses whether or not they see their parents kissing.

yup yup. single mom here. dd has never seen me do any of that but i still got open mouth kisses

[arihillfarm]

Toddler kisses are the best!! Even the super wet, sloppy kind. My kids learned from us and kissing and hugging is big in our family. I watched my parents do it when I was growing up so it seems like no big deal. My DH never leaves for work or anywhere else without giving everyone a hug and kiss goodbye and when he comes home and gives me a hello kiss, my 29 month old son will kiss me too, where ever he can reach, which is usually on the leg, LOL! Kissing is sooo important to my son that he kisses almost anything he likes even a little bit including the cat, my car (which I love too but not enough to give it a big smooch on the tire), favorite movies, stuffed animals and books, you name it, he's smooched it, LOL! In his mind, kisses are magic and smooth over almost any bad situation. If he knows I'm getting short tempered with him or he's been behaving badly, he'll come over and give me a kiss and hug to make up. If he gets a boo-boo (no matter how minor), he brings the hurt body part over and says, "I wanna tiss, pease." and he'll point out exactly what needs kissed. I did draw the line at kissing him on the butt though when he fell down. He doesn't push, hit, scream (unless he's hurt), bite or anything else not pleasant. He looks mad, walks away and then rewards the good in his life with a kiss. I wouldn't want it any other way.

-Astrid

[lyterae]

Originally Posted by hopefulfaith

I miss 12 month olds' open mouth, drooly, mashy kisses where they sort of try to eat your entire face.


Anyway, I do believe in appropriate PDA in front of our kids. I want them to grow up knowing that this is a happy, healthy way to express love to one's spouse. I don't want to get all hot and heavy - that is private - but affectionate wonderfulness....I am a fan.

This, and I miss the mashy kisses as well.

[MusicianDad]

We hug and kiss and cuddle in front of the kids. DS has gotten to the point where he wants to join so we usually end up scooping him up for hugs and kisses too. We consider it a good thing that our kids see two grown ups in love who can show affection in ways other than sex.

Yeah, sometimes we get a "Gross!" from DD, but she over dramatizes it majorly and it's just to get a laugh.