Just wondering how often your extended family members (ie. other than your significant other and any other children) hold your LO. When you see your parents or your SOs parents, do they expect to hold your baby each and every time you all get together? Do you feel an obligation to offer for others to hold him/her?
I only ask because DHs family still likes to play "pass the baby" whenever they see her (which I consider to be pretty often at twice a week), and become uncharacteristically grabby. I'd like to know if this is a little excessive? We're among the first of our friends and family members to have a baby and I have nothing to compare our recent experience to! Not sure if I have unrealistic expectations in this regard.
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Oh yes. Pass the baby is quite a common occurrence whenever we are visiting DH's family. Usually we only see his immediate family, and his mom and sister are the only ones interested in holding her. So it's not too bad there. But when we are at a large
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I think it partially depends on who you are referring to- we see our parents on average once a week, and they always hold LO (I will say my MIL is a lot better about abstaining if he's asleep whereas my mom seems to not care...). My sister is a lot les
We see my family and ILs probably once a week. They love to hold my baby and I am glad to give my arms a break and let her be around other people besides myself. They always ask before picking her up though- even if she is starting to fuss in the swing
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My immediate family (MIL, mother, SIL, sister) always hold her if they are visiting. I enjoy the break and it allows me to zip around the house and do some things. DH had the flu last week so my MIL came over to help one night and all I wan