my son doesnt settle very well but in the day he loves his swing, he is only 15wks old, but people say that swings are for lazy mums, but its the only way i can get housework done with him happy. i dont put him in it all the time, just when i need to or if he has a nap. What do you all think on the subject? am i being lazy?
2007-05-31 05:17:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I cannot believe that anyone would have the audacity to call a mother lazy for putting her baby in a swing. If he likes it, go for it. Why suffer through hearing him scream while you try to complete a little housework when he could be comfortably swinging. This must be your first child. You have to learn to do what is best for you regardless of what others say or think. Trust your own parenting skills.
2007-05-31 05:36:01 · answer #1 · answered by hnh573 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we'll i must be a lazy mom too. I have to cook and clean. I will put my daughter in the swing when I start to see her drowsy and go about my chores. She wakes up and i feed her and play with her and I'll spred a blanket on the floor with some toys and start dinner or put her in her playpen. I am a good mom and im sure you are too but we cant be holding baby 24 hrs a day. My daughter likes her swing and she likes to lay in floor.
2007-05-31 13:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Mom to Isobelle 2, & Gavyn 8mths 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to what they say....Usually these are people who have never spent a full 24/7 week with a baby and try to get the household chores done.
So long as they aren't in it all day long. I usually move my girl around every hour or so....put her in her swing, do a chore, come back play with her on the floor, feed her. Then put her in her vibrating chair, do another chore, come back, and have tummy time on the floor, then feed her. Keeps her active and each of her activity areas are in different places around the room so her view changes.
2007-05-31 13:59:33 · answer #3 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an attachment parent and was a leader with Attachment Parenting International. API would say that it is always best to hold your baby. OF course, we want to get our houseworkd done. I think we need to be conscious of how much time we put our baby in those things. I would put my son in one, when I had to cook or shower. But I actually did not have to clean that much. I would hold him in my sling or Bjorn when I vaccumed, etc.
One doctor told my sister that having her son in the swing was gettinig him used to sleeping with motion and that is why he wouldn't sleep without it...falling alseep in the car, etc.
Holding baby is always best..but you are not lazy!
2007-05-31 12:23:46 · answer #4 · answered by Bellydgreen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your not lazy. You can't do everything with him on our hip. It's okay to use the swing as long as it's in sight or you can hear him if he wakes up.
2007-05-31 12:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by shorty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, as long as you aren't leaving him in there for extended periods of time. my son loved being in his swing but i tried to just limit the time he was in there. would they make them if they were that bad anyway? there might be some people on here who try to make you feel guilty, but just ignore them.
2007-05-31 12:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by a_bad_fish_2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋