my newborn cries more with me than strangers

Re: my newborn cries more with me than strangers

• hurricanenellie member

  December 2014

  I felt like my baby hated me. She cried when I held her at 3 weeks unless I was feeding her. Are you by chance breastfeeding? If so then it's probably because your LO associates you with food. It took a little patience and not long at all and now I am without a doubt her favorite person in the world. You're doing great, hang in there!

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• PrimRoseMama member

  December 2014

  To this day both kids are more drama llama with me than anyone else. It's not a knock on you. They just know that cry = mommy will tend to me. They don't necessarily associate that with others at this stage.
  
  So they are communicating with the person they feel will do what they need.

  
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• TeeJ526 member

  December 2014

  I agree with everyone else. When I first brought my LO home, I used to be able to have her sleep on my chest, but now, all she sees me is as a food source. I can't even hold her to my chest most times for rocking and babywearing without her trying to feed. Meanwhile, with my husband, she'll lay on him for hours and sometimes I get a little jealous. I wouldn't take it personally, even though I know it's difficult not to. It'll pass.

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• wieb67 member

  December 2014

  Yessss! My LO falls asleep instantly in my husband's arms but I have to nurse him to get him to sleep! So annoying!

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• serenbach member

  December 2014

  I find this sometimes is the case with DS and I can't help but get jealous sometimes, but as previous posts have said as their mothers they associate us differently to others as we provide them with what they need. Your LO is still very young and new to you so if course motherhood takes some getting used to, our mums and MILs have more experience than us.

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