Post by ClassyMrsA on Dec 23, 2016 10:10:16 GMT -5
waitwhat I agree with everyone that your H should be supportive. I believe I wrote something about having a glass of wine on Facebook when I was breastfeeding Lillian and one of DH's aunts berated me over it. Everyone else defended me and DH told me to ignore her and do what I wanted. That's how it should be. I'd almost just bring some articles or websites with me in case someone was being judgy. I don't think people really care as much as we think though, and those who really do aren't going to stop caring just because of science (in my experience).
kleigh I often kick DH when we snores. He's a really sound sleeper so he never remembers it. Sometimes his snoring sounds like Lillian crying through the wall which is freaky. I've told him about having to kick him and other weird noises (he also talks in his sleep sometimes). He thinks it's funny.
sophiegrace Lilah definitely prefers me and cries a ton when DH is holding her. Sometimes she'll sleep on him, but mostly she cries. I apparently was like that as a baby, too. I only wanted my mom for months. That said, dh still will hold her if I need a break. He leaves the decision of who will hold her to me (usually...sometimes he needs a break from chasing Lillian). I think it's because we already went through the "dad strike" with Lillian and we've been through several rounds of her switching preference for one or the other of us. It's hard to hold a crying baby and feel like they don't like you/you can't comfort them. Sometimes it's just like that. The strike will eventually end and there will come a day when you go to pick her up for snuggles or ask for a hug and she will tell you no and run to her daddy.
kleigh I often kick DH when we snores. He's a really sound sleeper so he never remembers it. Sometimes his snoring sounds like Lillian crying through the wall which is freaky. I've told him about having to kick him and other weird noises (he also talks in his sleep sometimes). He thinks it's funny.
sophiegrace Lilah definitely prefers me and cries a ton when DH is holding her. Sometimes she'll sleep on him, but mostly she cries. I apparently was like that as a baby, too. I only wanted my mom for months. That said, dh still will hold her if I need a break. He leaves the decision of who will hold her to me (usually...sometimes he needs a break from chasing Lillian). I think it's because we already went through the "dad strike" with Lillian and we've been through several rounds of her switching preference for one or the other of us. It's hard to hold a crying baby and feel like they don't like you/you can't comfort them. Sometimes it's just like that. The strike will eventually end and there will come a day when you go to pick her up for snuggles or ask for a hug and she will tell you no and run to her daddy.