The best tip for women wanting to have it all is: don’t bother
A wave of sympathy broke over the media sisterhood last week when the writer Allison Pearson confessed in her Daily Mail column that she was suffering from depression and was therefore no longer able to carry on; she said goodbye to her readers.
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We have a rather fussy (formerly colic) 5 month old, who already has a lot of stranger anxiety – she is very attached to mom and dad, and often screams after being held by someone else… frequently she is inconsolable…
There are many relatives and friends who seem to insist on holding her even if she is having a melt down. I think they seem to think that surely they can calm her down… when they cannot and I take her away to calm her, I feel really guilty! The comments are always – “it doesn’t bother me if she is crying… but if it bothers you here you go.” It makes me feel really dumb for wanting to help her stop crying, like it shouldn’t bother me. But I know it is a mother’s natural instinct to stop her baby from crying and I see no reason to have her scream incessantly and work herself into a tizzy.
What’s the deal with people not wanting to let go of crying babies after a couple minutes, unless prodded by the mother? Suggestions in dealing with this?
I cant handle babies/toddlers crying, it stresses me right out, i get frustrated & when my 3yr old cries I say to my boyfriend that I dont want another child anymore I dont want to put up with all the crying & getting up in the middle of the night when im tired to feed a newborn, the crying is soooooo annoying & it turns me off from ttc#2 why?