Anxiety over baby passed around
Does anyone else ever get anxiety when you’re at a social gathering and your baby gets passed around from person to person?? I have a 2 month old and last weekend we had a family gathering and I noticed myself getting anxious and even a little edgy / irritated that my baby was getting passed around… I feel guilty bc I know different family members wanna have their turn holding and seeing him but for some reason I still feel anxiety. My baby is pretty chill about it- he doesn’t seem to mind but a part of me just wonders if he gets confused or anxiety seeing new, different faces every few mins… we have another family gathering this weekend where we’re having some of my husbands family from out of state meet him for the first time and I just feel myself already a little anxious over this. Is this a normal feeling? Lol
Yes this is 100% normal. I absolutely hate it and I can feel my anxiety shoot up. It’s so hard to learn but I just say “okay, baby needs to come back to mum now.” I’m breastfeeding and use that as my excuse that it’s “time for babies feed.” It’s so hard to say no to people, but your sanity is worth it. I’ve had people hold onto my sleeping baby for hours and actually not give him back when asked - that was the final straw for me to learn I have to speak up. The anxiety is actually a chemical reaction that happens in mums - like a protection mechanism, little babies aren’t supposed to be away from their mums for long