Babies: 0 - 3 Months

Favorite grandchild

Ftm201309Ftm201309 member
edited November 2013 in Babies: 0 - 3 Months
My little girl is 2 months old. My DH's nephew is 6 months older than her and was the first grandchild. Of course when he was born DH's family was crazy about him. I understood that because of him being the first grandchild, but now that my baby is here it's like everyone favors him over her. It's all about "Oh look what HES doing now", "Look at him do this and that!" Even my DH seems more excited over the things his nephew does and says he can't wait until our LO can do all those things (sit up by herself, walk when holding their hands, etc), and asks when she will be able to do all those things. He even compares her size to him. He thinks our LO is getting too "chunky" because his nephew has never been chunky, he has always been long and skinny. I can just see the favoritism towards him from DHS entire family over my LO. Oh and last but not least his whole family SWEARS his nephew is an exact spitting image of my DH. They claim he looks "just like him!", which gets so annoying hearing ALL the time! Is/has anybody else experienced this? How did it make you feel? How did you handle it?
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  • For sure @BelhurstBride  Your kid isn't interesting right now.  It doesn't mean they don't love her.  My 3.5 year old is waaay cooler than my 5 month old :)  And I think it's biological that everyone thinks a baby looks like their side of the family.  It's not a personal slight.  Don't read into it.
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  • I think you're being a little over-sensitive. As pp's have said, 8 month olds are a lot more fun than 2 month olds - they actually do stuff besides be cute and want to be cuddled (as awesome as that is too!).  And, don't worry about your husband - I think it's a guy thing to be more excited about all the things they'll get to do with their child.  I think that's how they bond so it's natural for them to look forward to when they can make their LO laugh or throw a ball with him/her.  I know that was the case for my husband.  He's been a great dad since day 1 but watching him with DS now and how they interact and play off each other is so cool.
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  • Thanks everyone! :) Hopefully it will get better the older she gets when she is more playful/active

  • Nicb13 said:
    For real. Grow a pair and learn to take comments that you might not like. You can certainly dish it on other threads and have no problems calling names (that you did NOT get flagged for) but when someone tells you that you are being a baby they get flagged? Interesting.


    Seriously?! Get over yourself!
  • Y'all are worse than a bunch of jr high girls! Drama drama drama. Obviously you have nothing better to do. Pretty sad.
  • Yes it is more fun to play!! Just adds more fuel to my fire to give out all the "bad" advice I give :)
  • It's fun to watch all of you squirm at the stuff I say! I can just imagine the look on your faces!
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  • Hmmmm... I never thought about that. Maybe that's the problem! Give you a cookie. U figured it out!
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  • Oh how I HATE chocolate chip cookies!
  • Mmm cookies...

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  • You people have too much time on your hands. Guess that's what's wrong with you. Or maybe it's the no cereal in the bottle is where you went wrong. Smh
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    my star...and my love will find you,
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  • Ftm201309 said:
    You people have too much time on your hands. Guess that's what's wrong with you. Or maybe it's the no cereal in the bottle is where you went wrong. Smh

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    or you're all the way grown,
    my promise to you
    is you're never alone.
    You are my angel, my darling,
    my star...and my love will find you,
    wherever you are."
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  • Jill9288 said:


    Ftm201309 said:

    You people have too much time on your hands. Guess that's what's wrong with you. Or maybe it's the no cereal in the bottle is where you went wrong. Smh


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    Lol. Obviously. Guess I should spend all my time on here and figure out how to do these. So who are the neglectful mothers now? Shouldn't you be feeding your baby instead?
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  • WildRumpusWildRumpus member
    edited November 2013
    I've got him propped up with a bottle of cereal, duh. I've got shit to do
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    or you're all the way grown,
    my promise to you
    is you're never alone.
    You are my angel, my darling,
    my star...and my love will find you,
    wherever you are."
  • Jill9288 said:

    I've got him propped up with a bottle of cereal, duh. I've got shit to do
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    Good for you! I see you've gained some knowledge from me

  • Man you all are amateurs. My baby eats her cereal from a spoon. We ditched that bottle at 3 weeks.

             

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  • crazed178 said:
    You know what else goes good with milk and chocolate chip cookies?

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    Which is also what my child is eating while I play.  Mom needs time to herself dammit!

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    07/03/2012
    08/08/2015

    "If you're still my small babe
    or you're all the way grown,
    my promise to you
    is you're never alone.
    You are my angel, my darling,
    my star...and my love will find you,
    wherever you are."
  • Man you all are amateurs. My baby eats her cereal from a spoon. We ditched that bottle at 3 weeks.

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    Ezra James 08/22/2013  <3
    Nora Grace Due 12/26/2016  <3

    Two Angel Babies 
    07/03/2012
    08/08/2015

    "If you're still my small babe
    or you're all the way grown,
    my promise to you
    is you're never alone.
    You are my angel, my darling,
    my star...and my love will find you,
    wherever you are."
  • Holy shit, guize! I bet if we put cookies in our babies' bottles then they'll not only STTN, they'll wake up and make us coffee, too!

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    Two Angel Babies 
    07/03/2012
    08/08/2015

    "If you're still my small babe
    or you're all the way grown,
    my promise to you
    is you're never alone.
    You are my angel, my darling,
    my star...and my love will find you,
    wherever you are."
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  • Wait, wrong cake?
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  • Ftm201309Ftm201309 member
    edited November 2013
  • Any cake will do
  • Ftm201309Ftm201309 member
    edited November 2013
    Let's see if this works so I can join in on the fun with u gals
  • Not quite. But don't worry I'll figure it out. Y'all will never get rid of me now. Hehehehehe
  • rczamora said:

    Maybe your baby is boring and "chunky" (your words, not mine) because you feed her filler to make her sleep.

    Actually she isn't. Checkup today and is in 50% percentile for height and weight. So my baby is perfectly normal thank you!
  • I guess cereal isn't so bad after all huh?
  • My body produces cereal. I breastfeed my LO that shit. THAT is the secret to STTN, duh.

    If breast milk is "liquid gold", then why does my paper from doctor today CLEARLY state under nutrition "Breastfed babies should be on vitamins." Please tell me that!
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