discoveringyou
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I have two girls - 5 years & 10 months. My eldest was a loaf of bread (easiest baby on the planet.) She was agreeable, rarely cried, was fine with any caretaker, etc.
My youngest is throwing me for a LOOP. She’s incredibly healthy & hitting milestones early - but she’s unbelievably clingy.
It’s confusing to me because I work full time, so she’s at daycare 9 hours a day. They have no issues with her bottle feeding. But at night, she wants nothing to do with my husband.
My in-laws moved to town last year to be close to the girls. They’ve watched the baby twice - for an 8 hour span and a 6 hour span. She REFUSED to take a bottle - no matter how tried, or how tired/awake she was, or how she was positioned. Absolutely refused. And was fussy the vast majority of the time. Aside from this, we’ve gone on 2 weeklong vacations with them, and go over there weekly, so she definitely is familiar with them.
My MiL (gently, but firmly) thinks I need start weaning her so that she can get used to other people. I refuse - our nursing relationship is so strong, I nurse on-demand throughout the night, and she’s never been sick (not once.) It feels wrong to stop when so many signals are screaming at me to continue.
Am I off base here? How can I navigate this, help her to not be so clingy, etc.? It’s jarring how different two babies can be!
My youngest is throwing me for a LOOP. She’s incredibly healthy & hitting milestones early - but she’s unbelievably clingy.
It’s confusing to me because I work full time, so she’s at daycare 9 hours a day. They have no issues with her bottle feeding. But at night, she wants nothing to do with my husband.
My in-laws moved to town last year to be close to the girls. They’ve watched the baby twice - for an 8 hour span and a 6 hour span. She REFUSED to take a bottle - no matter how tried, or how tired/awake she was, or how she was positioned. Absolutely refused. And was fussy the vast majority of the time. Aside from this, we’ve gone on 2 weeklong vacations with them, and go over there weekly, so she definitely is familiar with them.
My MiL (gently, but firmly) thinks I need start weaning her so that she can get used to other people. I refuse - our nursing relationship is so strong, I nurse on-demand throughout the night, and she’s never been sick (not once.) It feels wrong to stop when so many signals are screaming at me to continue.
Am I off base here? How can I navigate this, help her to not be so clingy, etc.? It’s jarring how different two babies can be!
