Comments on: Weekly Roundup: Another Baby Edition

By: Mike A

Mike A — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:46:20 +0000

Have you ever met new parents? They are desperate for a break. Your friends’ aversion to staying in your house has nothing to do with being self conscious or about parenting in front of you. It has everything to do with the never-ending battle to get babies to sleep. You’ll see someday.

By: zh

zh — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:18:09 +0000

Babies are just people … some are laid-back and will sleep anywhere, and some are uptight and won’t or can’t sleep in any bed but their own. 6 months is the time when parents try to get the baby to sleep thru the night instead of waking up every two hours, & a lot of times this involves a whole lot of crying as baby learns to soothe him/herself to sleep. Add in a stranger’s house (that is, a stranger to the baby) and unfamiliar lights, noises, voices, an unfamiliar crib … baby might be up half the night bawling. Perhaps instead you should thank your lucky stars that you have such considerate friends.

By: deepali

deepali — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:13:17 +0000

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By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:29:23 +0000

Not to be a pain, but not everyone believes in letting babies cry, especially babies 6 months and younger. If your friends subscribe to attachment parenting, it makes perfect sense that they pick the baby up right away. I’m sure there is more to the story, but again, I would encourage you to offer them more grace than criticism. They are no doubt doing the best they can for their baby.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:13:32 +0000

YO, thanks for the shout out! While i still can’t say exactly how much we got, i can surely tell you that it wasn’t close to $50k although that would be nice. On the flip side, it was fairly higher than $1.00.

Also, maybe you should open up a baby sitting side gig. i bet you’d love that! haha…happy Monday my man.

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:18:33 +0000

Yeah, a crying baby wouldn’t have been a problem because it’s on the other side of the house. I simply think the parents don’t know how to let the baby just cry. They picked her up at every sound she made.

Honestly, there’s more to the story than I wrote, which is why I kept mum about it. Thanks for your input though!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:11:43 +0000

As other commenters have suggested, it may well be that the parents are trying to avoid inflicting a crying baby all night on a couple that doesn’t have children. I have two and we definitely try not to traumatize our child-free friends too much.

Also, all kids are different. My 4.5 year old was the most flexible baby ever; I could’ve handed her off to anyone and taken her anywhere. My 10 month old is much more sensitive to her environment and I can understand what the parents are saying about the baby not liking strange places. Babies just don’t always do what you want them to do.

Please try to give the parents a break. If you and your wife decide to have kids, you may someday be in their position and I imagine that future you would want to have extended more grace to your friends than your post implies.

By: Sara - pension comparison

Sara - pension comparison — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:18:21 +0000

Maybe they are not confident with their parenting skills in front of others, they will get used to it I am sure :+)

By: Sassy

Sassy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:49:26 +0000

Re the screaming baby: my thoughts exactly. One of ours screamed from 8:30pm until 1:30am every single night for months….I can’t think of anything worse than inflicting that on friends in their own home….they may be trying to save you. And if not that, well, first time parents tend to be a bit overprotective and nervous in new situations — cut them some slack if you can.

Enjoy your blog immensely.
S

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:13:52 +0000

Thanks for the link! Have a great weekend.