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how do you know if you are ignoring your 6 month old?
I don't know why I feel that I ignore her. She is exclusively breastfed, we co-sleep, she is always on my lap or right next to me playing with her toys, i talk to her but not a lot...i just don't know what to say really, i don't engage in play with her but am always there to make sure she has all her toys around her, she gets tummy time, she spends time on jumperoo, i hug and kiss her a lot, she is always clean, fed, diaper changed. i dont read to her b/c she doesent seem to enjoy it...she ust wants to play with books. i don't know why i feel i could be and should be doing more, but i don't know what. i feel overwhelmed with baby sometimes...this is my first. i feel down sometimes like right now but mostly not.
what is going on with me??
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Funny. I felt the same way with my son. He's about to be 10 months now and I feel like it is getting more fun to actually play with him now that he's walking around and getting into more stuff and is more vocal. I too tried to talk to him as much as possible, and if I brought out some books to read he would just thrash them and not sit still AT ALL. I think that they just like having their parents around. Just make sure to tell her everything you do while you are doing it. You know "mommy is going to do the dishes" or "Ok, time to go in your jumperoo, now you're gonna jump!' It sounds like she is well taken care of you are doing a wonderful job. You're right that there isn't much more you can do. I saw you only got one other answer, so I just wanted to let you know that you aren't the only one(s) that feel like that.
- LalaLv 41 decade ago
You are doing a great job. Really! Every mom feels that way. I just had my second baby and I feel that way even worse than I did the first time because I have less time to focus on just baby and have to take care of my toddler too. But your baby is happy just to be with you. I liked using a baby backpack or sling so that baby could watch what I was doing, like folding clothes or walking around the house. I think that even though babies learn from hearing you talk they are on the same level as you are and you are both so connected that you will comunicate with each other even if you don't blabber constantly. I think it's better to be on the same page than to be babbling nonsense baby words constantly. Good job mama!
