DH's giant (30+ people) family Christmas is next Saturday and I have to go alone because he is working. Many of the women in his family (including MIL) fight tol hold DS whenever we see them. DS is a very easy going baby, but I can just tell that he hates being passed around. What are your tips/best lines for avoiding this at such a function?
Miscarriage 10/25/2009
Re: getting "passed around" at holiday functions
Of course there is. You say 'no'. If he doesn't handle it well, she needs to speak up. They aren't going home with her DS, she is. DH and I have a 'no pass the baby' rule for the holidays--and it goes for both sets of families, so there is no playing favorites, and no crabby baby at home in the middle of the night.
"When it comes to sleeping, whatever your baby does is normal. If one thing has damaged parents enjoyment of their babies, it's rigid expectations about how and when the baby should sleep." ~ James McKenna, Ph.D., Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Center, University of Notre Dame
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I say he has to eat a lot more often than he does, and excuse myself to a private room (where we just hang out for a bit).