I don't like infants :( - Page 3

[waiting2bemommy]

I loved the newborn stage and then detested the stage form about 7 months to when he became a decent walker around 13 months. He was just frustrated all the time and fussed and wanted to get on the floors at the dirtiest public places. h=the whole introduction to solids thing sucked...messy, frustrated, constantly having to think about choking hazards and babyproofing and all that.

I don't like the infant stage too much myself!

When he started talking and was able to do more by himself it was great. I have enjoyed his toddler stage although I am glad to move on to the more independent preschool stage.

I will say that I'm enjoying it more this time around but dd JUST turned 6 months and isn't crawling well yet. So I may change my mind.

[neonalee]

THANK YOU Mamas!! I finally managed to read through the responses.

Originally Posted by newmamalizzy

.... and looked up to see DD giving me a huge grin, doing that adorable full-body baby wiggle (kick kick kick!), reaching her arms out to me.

The infant stage for me has been a time of intense emotional contradictions that, overall, I haven't really enjoyed much. I want another child some day, but I'm seriously questioning my willingness to ever go through this again. If it's any comfort to you, we're now at the 6 month stage, and my positive feelings about caring for DD have intensified far, far more than my negative ones. We've been dealing with some mysterious ailment for the past month that's turned both feeding and sleeping into nightmares. If it wasn't for this, I think we'd have made it to that state of blissful enjoyment people talk about. Healthy, non-ailing six-month-olds are really great. Curious, happy, engaging, sweet, but still trapped on their cute little bums!

I LOVE the full body wiggle! But yeah, what you wrote really strikes a cord with me.

Originally Posted by thyra

The EXACT same thing happened to me once!!! It's a good thing they're so cute, or none of us would ever make it out alive!

Hehehe - I tell DS often it's a good thing he's so cute! Like during this morning's poop & spitup fest as we were trying to run out the door and he's grinning up at me cuz he got it all out! LOL DP says sometimes "I don't know how you can laugh" and I say "what else can I do?"

Originally Posted by hildare

right there with ya, sister.
not a fan of the baby stage, but dang, my toddler rocks.
you'll be there before you know it.. just hang in there.
also, like birthing, you'll only retain mostly rosy memories of the wee baby times, just enough to encourage you to have another one. sometimes you'll have a vague uncomfortable feeling that babies are no fun but you (if your brain has turned to vanilla pudding like mine) can't quite conjure up real memories of why.

Yes, my brain is definitely pudding. Just today at a work baby shower I had a brief lapse and thought about "when DS has a sibling"! Whoa, what!?

I just realized yesterday he's nearly 3 months and it seems to get fractionally
better daily. Just the other day he started being able to grab things, and it was really fun when he started staring at his feet suddenly!