spoiling a newborn

[anaps28]

I think I have PTSD from my first. You could never put him down EVER. Except at night. I wore him all the damn time and would go to bed at 8 pm from sheer exhaustion from constant rocking, walking , wearing etc ...It is SO hard. ((Hugs))

DS2 is only 12 days old so I'm not going to jinx myself but I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[dulcemariamar]

NBs are the worst..... I hope today is better for you. Hugs....

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Hugs @zara. DS was like this and I thought it was. Never. Going. To. End. He's still pretty clingy but much more enjoyable now at a year.

You can't spoil a newborn but give yourself permission to put him down and take a shower, eat, whatever. No kid has ever died from crying.

[smock]

I snuck into the bathroom with my kindle to take a sitz bath every evening loooong after I actually needed to, just because I loved having a break. Hugs.

[winemaker06]

Oct 20, 2014 22:17:15 GMT -5 undecidedowl said:

That was my biggest 'why did no one warn me?!' problem with DS. I remember how truly hard it was that I could never set him down. Hugs.

Only liking this because I agree.
And while going through it, people saying 'my baby never cried that much' is NOT helpful.

Do what you have to to get through it. And know that it gets SO much better by 4 months or so.