anxious when out
Does anyone feel on edge when they're out and about? Ive always got one eye on the clock counting down the 2 hours until the next feed and when he starts grizzling in his pram i can feel myself getting stressed. Today for example, i had to pop to the garden centre-he was fed, clean, burped so should have been ok but the second i got in he started to scream-i hate the looks people give you!
Im fine if hubbie's with me, it's when im on my own i don't like it-im hoping i get more confident as time goes on!xx
Im fine if hubbie's with me, it's when im on my own i don't like it-im hoping i get more confident as time goes on!xx
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and as im a young mom i get the worst looks ever it like they think i cant look after him cause im young
its mainly the older women
an when they sit in the buggy zone on a bus an huff a tut when i get on with my buggy
ITS A BUGGY ZONE NOT AN OLD PEOPLE ZONE THERES PLENTY OF SEATS ON THE BUS
lol im just moanin now haha
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Danielle and Bradley
6weeks today
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Danielle-what is it with old people?! They can be so rude, i love my nana to bits but she can be really obnoxious sometimes, my mum's standard reply is 'well, she is 93' xx
No practical suggestions, really, except to let it all roll off you. As their mum, you know best what your lo wants/needs and to hell with everyone else!
My oh really hates it. The first time we went to the supermarket he suddenly started crying and he was pushing him in the trolley. He started to get all agitated and wanted to walk out lol but I was saying he's fine he's not hungry or anything and he stopped after about 10 seconds!
Babies cry all the time anyway but it is horrible when its our own.
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I was at the doctors last monday and he started crying because we had to wait an hour to see the doctor. I was soo embarrassed and i got all flustered, i just about managed to calm him but i felt so relieved when my mum met me in there.
I also pack so much stuff and keep loads of spare things in the car. We went to norwich to visit my brother for the day and i took two change bags and a bag for the car.
gem gem
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We went out for a meal last night with my family. i was so nervous before we went as weve never taken him out in the evening and he's sometimes very unsettled.
we got there and he was abit grizzly-i could feel myself getting hotter and hotter, by the time the starters arrived i had a right sweat on and was bright red!! he really started crying then so i took him to the change room, bless him, he had a huge dirty nappy, i stripped my top and shoes off, ran cold water over my wrists and fed him. the rest of the evening went really well-he sat quietly watching us but i was so glad to get home!!xx
Problem is he is a really hungry baby and also a bit (or a lot) of a comfort suckler, and sometimes as soon as I have put him down he is crying to be back on the breast!! Luckily the motion of the pram usually lulls him to sleep, but there have been a few times he has woken up and cried... I got so stressed, I just rushed to the til to pay, and left the shop with nothing I had gone for!
I am hoping this will get easier in a few weeks when I start to express, angiving a pre made bottle in public is obviously more convenient than breastfeeding.
I must admit we don't go far on our own, if we need a big shop or pop to town OH or mum is usually with me - It is easier then.
If people stare when she cries, I jusr smile at them - They then feel awkward not me!!!
I found going out more and more help build on the confidence
Good luck everyone
Lucretia, the sling is also really good for discreet bf too once you get the hang of it, just in case your interested it's a Murrons pouch from freedom slings.