Why You Can't Hold My Newborn

People love babies. I get it. But that doesn't mean that everyone gets to hold every baby whenever they want to. 

I've been hearing a lot of this lately: "I need to hold your baby!" 

No, you don't. I need to hold my baby. If you want to invade our bonding time, you'd better be prepared to do something useful. Dishes, laundry, sweeping, cooking, etc. 

To repeat: Just because you know someone who has a baby DOES NOT mean that you are entitled to hold the baby.