Hey there strange person....let's have a conversation.

What is it about having a baby that makes other people think that they should talk to you and comment extensively about your offspring, or that you are interested in their lives/children, etc.?
I am not trying to b a scrooge here, but it makes me uncomfortable sometimes just how much attention my child draws to me. I like NYC because we are all rather inconspicuous and no one is particularly interested in what anyone else is doing (so long as that something isn't interfering with your day), but my relative obscurity has dissaeared since I had the little monster. Husband has noticed this as well and we are both somewhat disturbed by it. Sometimes I feel like I am wearing a sign that says, "hey there, please come over here and leer at my child while you talk to us about whatever is on your mind, especially if you are weird! Oh, and by the way, feel free to touch my infant if you want." What is it? Does my having a child give you the instant freedom to bother me and touch my baby, something that gets me every time. It's the same thing that happens to pregnant women....so because I am growing a human in my belly, it's ok for you to touch me in a way that could be considred assault if I weren't knocked up? I mean really would you go up to a stange woman and touch her stomach if there wasn't a baby in there....NO OF COURSE NOT! So why is it suddenly ok? Women often feel like they lose ownership of parts of their bodies when they are pregnat/mothers so please don't make that worse.

Anyway, I digress. I don't need you to tell me that my child is going to be a boy-magnet when she is older (that's a little creepy), yes I know she is attractive, but given that she is only 4 months old, why don't we wait a little while before we sexualize her...thnaks. Also I know it doesn't seem like it at the time, but making jokes about stealing someone's baby aren't funny, neither are jokes about eating her toes or biting her butt ( I swear to god, perfet strangers). Maybe I am just being a bitch about this, but c'mon, I didn't have a baby so that other people would bother me 24/7. For instance, if I am sitting somewhere eating with husband and the littl monster, please don't hand out and hover over our table while we chew so you can fawn over the baby. She might smile at you, but that doesn't mean you're special...she smiles at everyone.
Sorry, I went on a little rant there, but jesus! My friend has informed me that she has the same thing happen to her when she walkes her little french bulldog...I guess having a dog or a baby makes you fair game.