can 5 weeks old baby be rocked?
angie asked:
My companion in the room had a newborn 5 weeks ago, her husband was very protective of the child. It keeps the room very clean, that I think are nice, until I saw all'io the wipping the wooden floor with alcohol for medical use. Yesterday I was holding the baby in my arms, I was kind of rocking her, I was basically levando standing with my legs apart and turn my upper body from left to right and I left in a very slow motion. But it abruptly stopped and dropped the baby, for example, that the child can not be varied as they are very soft. They are confusing and embarrassing. But to understand it 's his first child and her in her 40' s. I was doing the damage to the child through the rocking her like that?
February 29th, 2008 at 4:39 am
No, he’s just paranoid, he’ll get over it!
March 1st, 2008 at 9:46 am
No,as long as you do it slowly and gently.Tell him to quit being so overprotective.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:16 am
Babies love to be rocked from the time they come out of their mother’s womb. You were doing just fine as long as the baby (especially it’s head) was secure and not moving around. Dad is paranoid.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I say “no harm to baby”. The father is being over protective.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am
no i wouldnt worry hes just overprotective
March 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
uh no. if you were rockin her gently there is no harm that could be done. plus most babies love it. he is just being way over protective and needs to lighten up some. i mean new borns a second old are rocked. and ones still in the nursey at the hospital. you see it all the time.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
As nice as he may be, he is obsessive about who and what he cares about. Do not feel confused or embarrassed. Babies are rocked in the womb and crave that feeling when they are born. You weren’t doing anything wrong. I am not trying to bash him, he sounds like a good guy. He is probably wound up pretty tight since the birth of his first child and is venting by compulsively cleaning and being very careful about his child. In his eyes he is just watching out for his baby.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:55 am
absolutely not! rocking a baby is comforting…after all they spend the first 9 months of their lives in a rocking womb.
this guy MUST have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)…hopefully he will loosen up as this baby gets older.
if that were my husband he’d drive me crazy!
how does your friend feel about this? is he this way w/his wife?
all you really can do is when you visit them, act as if your in VERY expensive china shop…..perhaps not handle the baby around paranoid hubby. if he gets on to you again about something else that is silly, just smile and say..”I’m sorry.” or “I didn’t realize”…and ignore it.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:35 am
No, I think you were fine to be rocking the baby like that I always rocked my babies and they turned out fine. But i would rock the baby if he doesn’t feel comfortable with you doing it.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I’d say it’s good to rock a baby. It calms them down because they love the movement and motion. I have been around a lot of babies, and trust me, rocking is good for babies. Don’t worry. The father just seems a bit overprotective, which is normal for your first child.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Babies love to be rocked, it’s very soothing for them. Whenever my daughter is fussy, I’ll rock her and sing to her, either sitting in the rocking chair, or rocking back and forth on the edge of the bed. She’ll stop fussing and usually go to sleep. Your roommate’s husband is being a bit paranoid. He should know that rocking is soothing for babies. Babies may be soft, but they’re also very tough, if you think about it.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Wow, congrats to him, but…the mom needs to help him lighten up a little bit. Maybe you could buy them a book about babies, preferably with a chapter about developing antibodies too. Give it along with other small baby items if you haven’t already purchased a baby gift.
Good luck.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
No it won’t hurt the baby just rock slow and careful I was scared like that too but everyone that I knew had baby’s and they knew what they where doing I’m a first time mom too of a 1yr old and she is doing fine and once i knew about things more I wasen’t so scared.
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:22 am
no its ok the rock a baby. Its his first child so its all new to him and just worries
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 am
I rocked my baby from day one, calmed them down almost everytime
March 25th, 2008 at 4:46 am
no he is just being overprotected
March 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
he is paranoid!!! I rocked my infants the day they were born… does this guy think the baby didn’t feel any movement when in moms belly?
March 27th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
i rocked my kids like that when they were home from the hospital. It was a way to help get them asleep. he is being overly protective and he will eventually have to get over that
March 31st, 2008 at 2:25 am
you didn’t do anything wrong
April 1st, 2008 at 10:49 am
You were not doing any harm. In fact, that is what people instinctively do when they hold a baby.
The father ( and the mother) should talk to their doctor about what is acceptable with their new baby.
If he is keeping the room extremely clean, he may be obsessive-compulsive –or he may just be over-cautious. In any case, keeping everything spotless and absolutely germ-free may make it hard for the baby’s immune system to develop properly.
Ordinary house cleaning is good enough.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 pm
no you were not. sounds like this guy needs to get a grip! wiping the floor with alcohol??? hes out of his mind. i consider myself a very protective mother but thats over the top. but i wouldnt bother even trying to change him because people never like to be told what to do with their kids. i feel sorry for the baby.