I have a 5 month old healthy baby mashAllah and he is happy and loves to play and I am grateful to Allah a million times for that… thing is I am alone at home, hubby works really really late and no help at all except for the hour to two he spends before Jr. goes to bed…
Jr. wants me to hold him constantly through out the day… I can’t even have lunch with him lying on his playmat next to me… he only stops crying after I have picked him up… I try to wash dishes, cut and clean as much as I can with him in the baby carrier but I can’t go to take a shower with him in the baby carrier so what do I do?
is this a phase, when does it get over…he screams bloody murder when I put him down… what do I do… I have tried putting his swing in the kitchen when I am working there…or in the room that I am taking care of or next to me when I am ironing but that hasn’t worked..he WANTS to be PICKED UP CONSTANTLY…pls pls help me…
Re: Losing sanity and frustrated
sometimes you have to let him cry for a while.. i know its hard.. but i had the same prob with my son.. but my friend said.. the first time you do it.. pick him up after lets say 2 minutes.. of crying.. the next day 5 minutes.. and as days go by.. lengthen the time.. and slowly he might get the point that mommy cant pick me up all the time.. back then my mom was with me for the first 3 months and then she left..
Even now my baby is 1 he still has these habits.. but because he can walk.. he just comes after me without the crying ..
having a shower/bath is still extremely hard for me I do it when my husband is at home. either before work or after he comes from work.
When your baby is Fed, Clean nappy and nothing else is wrong health wise then a little bit of crying wont hurt.
My mother always used to tell me that the house chores will never finish but this time of your baby won't come back so enjoy it as much as you can..
ps. for my dishes I'd wake up 6 in the morning make handi or whatever for dinner. wash dishes, hoover/mop the house and then relax all day thats how i did it. Also the dishes that I'd dirty during the day.. I'd wash them in the evening before going to sleep.