moms to 1 month olds come in!

busywifey

hello ladies,

I am curious during the day, what do you with your LO when he/she is up? i feel like i am boring my son. he hates the baby bjorn so i clearly can not hold in him my arms all day. i have the bouncer and swing, which he likes but i dont want all of his awake time in those. i try to put him in his crib and show him some toys but that doesnt interest him for long. I keep reading in books how mother/child interaction is important and i just want to make sure i am doing enough. TIA.

StephanieBride1

I pretty much hold him all day long. I try to do some sort of activity, whether it be reading to him, singing to him, tummy time etc. I know it's really hard to occupy a whole day with little things when he just wants to be held.

megs042107

they don't do much at that age.... so C would get time on his activity mat (including tummy time), in his swing, bouncy seat, i'd sing to him, dance with him and try to do some reading. ?and he'd take 3 solid naps during the day. ?i mean, even though he would be in all of these "stations" he's still being stimulated with all the music, toys, etc. ?if i am cooking or cleaning, i sit him in the bouncy seat and just talk to him about what i'm doing. ?they're not really interactive...

just now, i'm beginning to notice that he's staying awake in longer stretches.

it's hard, i remember saying to my mom that i feel like i'm boring or that it's the same thing over again, but they don't require much at one month old. ??

busywifey

thank you ladies! i appreciate it.

JessiRaye

My first son was this way! I used to move him from the swing to the bouncer to a play mat....Hold him. Read to him. But he usually hated to be sitting still so I mainly walked him around! My arms and back would be so tired because he was a chunker.

He got MUCH easier when he started rolling over and sitting up and stuff.

GL!

renee

I felt like this a lot when I had #1......I put a lot of pressure on myself to occupy DS a lot.  It took me a while to figure out that babies need down time, too and sometimes they need to just sit and watch you cook, eat dinner, etc.  Also, my son LOVED to watch the ceiling fan.  Who knew?  Now that I have #2, I really CAN'T entertain DD all of the time, since I have to also take care of DS.  And....she won't really know any different. 

I have also struggled with this issue since it is the winter and it's harder to get out for walks, but I did that a lot with #1......once I'm feeling more up to it after my c/s, I will be heading to the mall just to get out of the house and stroll the baby around.  We also go on lots of errands and as a result, DS was pretty good when I'd take him anywhere.  I know a lot of moms feel the way you do!

 HTH--renee

ncbelle

Just talk to him mostly, sing, play with his hands and feet - that sort of thing.  I wear him a fair amount as well.  We go for a walk nearly every day; I also wear him while I'm doing things around the house.  He mostly sleeps when I wear him but is starting to wake up more and look around.

I would suggest a different carrier.  I love my BabyHawk (mei tai style carrier) and I'm also starting to use my ring sling more.  

jay.otter

I hold him and wear him a lot. I talk to him and sing to him while I try to get other things done for school and around the house. He usually gets some time in his crib with the mobile playing when I take my shower. We also do a few minutes of tummy time on my tummy through out the day. DS spends most of his awake time looking around.