Public Service Announcement -- The More You Know

It's generally acceptable to stop and say hello to an unfamiliar baby in a public place if he's with his parents.

But if you don't know the baby or his parents, you may not want to kiss his feet.

For one reason, it may make the parents uncomfortable because they don't know you and may not appreciate your rubbing your lips anywhere on their child.

Also, you don't know the parenting style of strangers. For instance, just a short hour previous to your placing your mouth on those feet, those same feet may have been plunking themselves in a messy diaper during baby's last changing. The deficient mother may have only quickly wiped them thinking "he's getting a bath tomorrow, that'll do for now".

The more you know.