Anyone else not "good" with kids?

broomy

I feel so self-conscious interacting with babies and children. I don't know how to do it and I always feel like the baby/kid hates me or is scared of me, LOL. My husband has friends with a one-year-old and a two-year-old, and I don't interact with them much because I don't know how!

I've always assumed interacting with a baby would just come naturally when it was my own, but now that we're so close, I'm beginning to worry that I still won't know how to talk to him, hold him, etc.

Anyone else? Anyone else feel like this before they had kid #1? Does it go away???  

madhatter2003

My confession: I'm still not good with kids that aren't my own. I still feel strange at times around my niece and nephews, and they are the SAME AGES as my kids.

Seriously, at least in my experience, it's totally different when they are *yours*.

konaboomom

My older sister always thought she was "not good with kids". She had my nephew and has been a natural ever since. She is an amazing mother. I remember having this conversation with her before nephew was born. Don't worry, you will be awesome with your LO.

ChristinaD09

I'm good with toddlers but NOT babies, so yes--I know how you feel!! 

destea1

I wasn't comfortable or good with kids *at all* before I had my DD. Don't worry, it's a lot easier to be silly/let loose and just enjoy kids a little more once it's part of your daily ritual. I'm still not super crazy about a lot of kids, but I can have more fun with them in general and definitely feel more comfortable now!

julinejb

I have 2 of my own (11 & 5) and I'm still just not comfortable around other people's children.

Don't worry, it's a completely different feeling of having your own and dealing with someone elses.

~CoCo~

I was fine w/toddlers and older, but hadn't been around infants since I was like, ten years old. I hadn't held a baby in oh, almost two decades, had NEVER changed a diaper, didn't know what to DO with a baby, wasn't comfortable around them...

Once you have YOURS though, it's a different ballgame. At least for me, all the insecurities and anxieties disappeared. I am (humbly) super-mom now, and the day before I had DD I was thinking, "Holy hell. What am **I** supposed to do with a kid? This is insane. I don't even know how to hold one. How do you interact w/them? OMG what are we doing?"

princessjenney

I'm good with babies and toddlers but kids about 5 or 6 and up just get on my nerves. I think when it's my own child it'll be different though. I hope!

Mrs. J

I have a friend or two who I would say are not "kid people".  That being said, they are both wonderful Mom's. 

jojuan

omg.. am so glad am not alone. i feel the same way but everyone tells me that i will be okay i sure hope so

jenirvt

I am about to have #2 and I still am not good with other peoples' kids!  Perfectly fine with my own, but other peoples' kids just make me feel uncomfortable and awkward, I have no idea what to do around them.