When most people see a baby, their first instinct is to drown them in cuddles and kisses, however, one UK mom is warning everyone that it’s actually the last thing you should ever do to a baby.
Like most parents, Amy Stinton thought it was adorable when people gushed over her 14-month-old baby boy named Oliver, cuddled him, and kissed his chubby cheeks. However, she never realized that it was putting her son at risk of contracting a deadly virus.
When baby Oliver first started breaking out in angry looking red sores all over his body, Amy thought it was chicken pox. But when the small spots grew to raw patches, she took him straight to the doctor, who told her that the sores were actually the herpes virus.
“This is what happens to babies when in contact with a cold sore. Oliver now has the herpes virus and will have this for life,” said Amy, who was devastated after finding out that Oliver contracted the virus, as it will never go away and can be deadly at his age.
“Think before you kiss a baby next time,” Amy explained in a post to Facebook to warn parents and strangers about kissing babies since most adults carry the virus, and many have no clue they even have it. “No point in blaming people, I just wanna make people aware. It could have happened months ago as he was run done when it appeared. Just a shame he will always have it.”
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[Featured image: Facebook/Amy Stinton]
Baby Catches Herpes After Someone Gives Him A Kiss is an article from: LifeDaily