Are Your Babies Mamma's Boys/girls??? Posted: 09-11-07 09:25am
I am just wondering how many of you have
or had babies that were overly attached to
you?
I ask this because my niece who is 5
months old is super attached to her
mother. If her mom is holding her and you
even think of touching to her (holding her
hand, or foot or something) she starts
screaming. It is annoying most of the
time. She also doesn't let anyone hold
her. If she does, it lasts for all of
about 2 minutes and then she pouts her lip
and starts crying. She doesn't even give
my mom or my husband 2 minutes. Its like
the second they get her. Her dad can hold
her for a while but if she gets upset then
watch out! She is somewhat tolerant of
me, but I think that it is just because I
don't care if she screams, I try to
distract her so she is comfortable with me
holding her. This past weekend, I
actually held her through most of church
service and she just played with her toy.
That was the longest I was able to hold
her.
So is this normal??? Other babies I have
been around could care less who holds
them. I know all babies are different,
but I am just curious how many of you had
babies that did this. Do they grow out of
it? When?
Thanks
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 09-11-07 09:31am
It seems pretty normal to me. When my son
was first born he would let anyone hold
him and that continued for a few months.
I would say at around four months or so he
started to realize that I was mommy and no
one else would do. Your niece will change
again and become interested in other
people. I don't know what the scientific
reasoning is but it seems to me that
around that age they actually become aware
of their surroundings a bit more and are
very wary of anything that is not the
norm.
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Magical Logic
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:12am
thats how Serenity is still right now. if
she cant see me she screams like its the
end of the world. on a good day if she is
playing and does not see me slip away she
is fine untill she notices i am gone
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:19am
Alyvia is a major mommy's girl. She panics
when she's not with me unless she's in a
mega good mood, and that's only if she's
with someone she knows and trusts.
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Bridget
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:44am
i thought finn would be like that because
we spend all our time together, but he's
totally not. he'll go to anyone, even a
complete stranger, and he's always all
smiles. if i'm holding him and someone
else comes up he'll reach out for them so
they take him.
maybe he's sick of me since we're always
together!
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Posted: 09-11-07 11:46am
Bridget, I doubt that little finnis sick
of you. My niece is with my sil all day
long. She doesn't work (must be nice).
That baby was 3 months old before she
spent one hour away from the baby and my
mom babysat while she went to the doctor.
She sometimes lets me hold her, but she
has to be in a good mood, or she will put
out that lip. Which is pretty cute by the
way!!
We have a friend that has a little boy
that is 3 weeks younger than my niece and
he loves going to other people. He opens
his arms like Finn.
I guess all babies are different and have
a different safety net.
