OMG, I was just coming to post a similar post about my neighbor!
She has an 8mos old (? I think) DS, and a month or two ago I had told her that you canNOT "spoil" babies by picking them up, that until a year, their cries are NEEDS, not wants! She still lets her DS "fuss" (her words) until she is willing to pick him up. I can't spend time around them anymore b/c I can't stand to hear her DS cry and watch her not respond!!
In fact, she just called me Friday and told me that her ped had told her that I was wrong (she sounded oddly triumphant when she said this
: ), that at six months, babies can start being spoiled, and that she should let her DS "work it out on his own". She then said she's going to "start trying this" - WTF? She already has been doing this!! Does this mean she's going to let him cry longer?
I just don't know what to do. Right on, mama! We need to snuggle and love our babies when they need it, not just when it's convenient for us mamas.
DS is 14 mos, and I am sort of "mourning" his lack of baby-ness. He's a little boy!! I'm not ready for this, and I really wish I had been more able to just soak in his baby days.
She has an 8mos old (? I think) DS, and a month or two ago I had told her that you canNOT "spoil" babies by picking them up, that until a year, their cries are NEEDS, not wants! She still lets her DS "fuss" (her words) until she is willing to pick him up. I can't spend time around them anymore b/c I can't stand to hear her DS cry and watch her not respond!!
In fact, she just called me Friday and told me that her ped had told her that I was wrong (she sounded oddly triumphant when she said this

I just don't know what to do. Right on, mama! We need to snuggle and love our babies when they need it, not just when it's convenient for us mamas.
DS is 14 mos, and I am sort of "mourning" his lack of baby-ness. He's a little boy!! I'm not ready for this, and I really wish I had been more able to just soak in his baby days.