HElP!! HELP!! HELP!! I need to know if I messed up! Comments that are beneficial and non judgmental…
HElP!! HELP!! HELP!!
I need to know if I messed up! Comments that are beneficial and non judgmental are welcomed.
FYI: my nephew is all over my SIL (who bf) on Sunday’s because he knows she leaves for work the next day; also we have a camera in the living room just in case of any intruders (you know the age we live in)
So I watch my sister in laws son, who’s a month old today. And I have my 3 mos old daughter with me as well. I hear him stirring sound 9, so I go check on him and put a binky in his mouth, and he’s not having it, so he’s hungry,
Around 9:06 I am making his bottle, and he’s crying (mind you she has told me if he cries to let him cry; and if I try to comfort him and I don’t have a bottle, he cries even harder) while the bottle is heating up and he’s crying, I go check on my daughter who’s already whining that she is alone.
Around 9:10 I go pick her up and take her to the kitchen to go and grab his bottle, and it’s perfectly warm. I go set my daughter down in her bouncy chair.
Around 9:14 In the middle of changing his diaper and my SIL calls me and asks me what’s wrong with him? I told her he’s hungry but I’m about to feed him rn. Ok, end of convo right. I feed him, burp him, and I lay him down and he’s fast asleep.
9:41 my SIL calls me to tell me that she saw me on our video camera, that it looked he was crying for 30 mins, and I didn’t go to comfort him. I told her that I can’t comfort him while I’m making his bottle because he cries even worse because I don’t have his bottle ready, so I rather have his bottle ready, change his diaper, and then feed him so he’s not crying so much more than he should. I’m not bf so i can’t just feed him the moment he starts crying. She said she understands but it’s a little harder because it’s Monday.
My question here is: am I in the wrong? How can I better this situation?
Letty ·
Simple just tell her "didn't you tell me I should not comfort him. And even more since the bottle was not ready.... if it starts mess just simply say I love having him around but I can't handle problems so it just better to not do it anymore but if she needed anything to let you know...
kammy·
Мама сына (1 год)
You can baby wear while you're preparing his bottle. At least he'll be with you
Gissele Galvez·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@mrs.letty.luna, lol we live together tho, & I felt I was doing what was best
Gissele Galvez·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@kambam, he only likes the moby when his moms wearing it, he’ll breaks loose if it isn’t his mom, also by the time I got it on and him in it, the bottle should be ready
Letty ·
You did do best she told you not to comfort and just remember that...
Have a nice convo and say you feel bad that she went to the camera to see like if she didn't trust you tell her if she wants that you babysit your way by doing the same that you do with your daughter since it works
Letty ·
And that way she won't feel like he is being left alone
kammy·
Мама сына (1 год)
I mean babies cry without mom. If she can't grasp that then she has a long road ahead of her. Just reassure her you're doing your best and he's perfectly fine, just missing mom and doesn't have any other way of communicating
Rachel·
Don’t doubt yourself you did great!
Victoria ·
No one is wrong here. You’re doing the best you can with two infants, and that’s all you can do.
Gissele Galvez·
Мама двоих (младенец)
Thank you all ladies, we spoke and she agreed with you all, she was just being extra sensitive as a new mom would be, I didn’t hold it against her, I was upset at the fact that upset her