Clingy baby / stranger danger?

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Sophie here had a rough time visiting fam 😭 She did not let ANYONE ELSE hold her but me! She didn't even really tolerate her dada holding her 🥲 She would immediately scream/cry and reach for me the entire time anyone held her and would NOT calm down... The other April baby in the family lets everyone hold him and is SO chill... but my girl was only calm when I was holding her or when she was playing right next to me 😅

She seems to have stranger danger too because she even cried when her uncle/godfather just came near to say hi to her... lol I felt so bad 🙃

Is anyone else's baby super clingy with major stranger danger? 🥺

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aww my baby has the same pjs 😍 & my baby doesn’t really like anyone who dont like me family & in laws included 🤷🏽 idont mind tho because there r family members she does like

My baby was the same last Friday when we had a party. She was so clingy. Not sure if that is because we don’t socialise a lot?!

My baby kind of just got overstimulated. I noticed if I held her for like 30 mins when we first get around people so she can scope the area out and observe she does a lot better then when she starts playing or being more vocal I let people hold her

My midwife/pediatrician told me around 6-7 months babies will start to become more aware of their surroundings and that their vision and ability to recognize those who are constantly around them is also getting better at this time.

My son up until he was 5 months would let anyone and everyone hold him but right around 6 months anyone that wasn't me, hubs, and both grandmas he would scream bloody murder. Big time panic, tears and all like he was being kidnapped.

My son was stranger/danger, highly attentive and weary of anyone near him who was not my husband or me. It's ok your daughter doesn't want to be passed around. Less chances of catching a cold and less chances of going with strangers.

My may 2024 baby girl is a different story 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

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