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Ok my daughter does not like being put down right now. Everytime I have attempted to set her down to rest today she has been fussy until I pick her up. I put her in the swing and that helped for a few minutes. Everyone keeps telling me I am going to spoil her. Can you really spoil them this early? My Mom said if I continue to carry her around she will get used to it and expect it all the time. I hate to leave her there and hear her cry. Should I let her cry or go ahead and continue to pick her up?

if it was me i would pick her up

Pick her up.

Most experts agree that babies cannot be spoiled until they are around 1 year old. At this age, they need the reassurance of being held by a parent when they cry.

C.

Pick her up.

Edited now that I can type with both hands:
Crying is your baby's only method of communication. By picking her up you are comforting her not spoiling her. Think of it this way, while you were pregnant you carried your baby everywhere you went. Once your baby is born of course they are going to want to becarried all the time .
I can imagine that even if you carried them 16 hours a day it would still feel like a rip off to them, lol.

Quoting Monica♥sMcKenzie:“ Ok my daughter does not like being put down right now. Everytime I have attempted to set her down to ... [snip!] ... it all the time. I hate to leave her there and hear her cry. Should I let her cry or go ahead and continue to pick her up?”

LOL there is no such things as spoiling a baby! LOL, you are giving them what they need, not what they want... there is a difference! besides, she is too young to know that she is being spoiled! But picking her up or letting her cry is your call... Only do what you feel is best.. this is your baby no one elses! Good luck!

that's kind of a hard one...i'm not one to think they need to be held all the time but then again there are those days that you can't do anything else!

My fiancee says you can't spoil them that young but like he would know he was a stay at home dad with his daughter for a while and now if you even make it look like you might leave the room she is in she throws a fit! (she is 16 months now) But that's b/c she hasn't ever been left alone to entertain herself (kinda sad i think....and i pain in my butt when i am trying to clean the kitchen!)

Maybe today is just one of those days where you are going to have to carry her around if it's the only way to calm her down...but if it keeps going then try breaking it gradually that way she won't feel like you are abadoning her=0)

Hope that helps a little bit

What C said. 

I have her right now and let me just say one handed typing is starting to come easily to me. My husband keeps chiming in on how she is going to spoiled and expected to be carried around all the time if I continue this. I guess if that is the case I will be carrying her around as much as she wants. I just wish everyone would get off my back about it.

I thought she was a little older than she was...and ya pick her up...once she hits like a few months or so she should be able to entertain herself and not need you AS much but right now she needs you...

I feel like i sounded mean earlier sorry i thought she was a few months old...preggo brain at work again! lol

Quoting Steff:“ I thought she was a little older than she was...and ya pick her up...once she hits like a few months ... [snip!] ... needs you... I feel like i sounded mean earlier sorry i thought she was a few months old...preggo brain at work again! lol”

No its ok. I understand. I had the most horrible case of pregnancy brain ever! I think it still might be going on at times.

Quoting Monica♥sMcKenzie:“ Ok my daughter does not like being put down right now. Everytime I have attempted to set her down to ... [snip!] ... it all the time. I hate to leave her there and hear her cry. Should I let her cry or go ahead and continue to pick her up?”

uh.

No.

at a week old you cannot spoil them
Tell this person that is telling you you CAN....to shut up.


Poor baby has been carried for NINE months.....it's no wonder she doesn't want to be put down right now.

Try a swing...and swaddling....

you cannot spoil a baby, they don't understand at this age what is going on, once they learn how to get a reaction.. like crying gets them toys and such..that ios spoiling... my son is 51/2 months old and i still hold him if he cry's. trust me you need yoru sanity.. plus keeping them crying raises there heart rate.

at that age they just want comfort...they cant manipulate you at that age. They cry because they want you to comfort them or they need something. So go on girl, keep pickin that sweetie up!  

At that age, go a head and do it. Babies do need the reassurance. Especially premature babies and such.

But I know it gets annoying too. My daughter at 2 months wants to be held constantly and won't let me put her down unless shes asleep. Rarely will she sit in her swing. Do you have a swing? Most babies love them and my baby kinda does. If she cries, I still pick her up, but also crying does help their lungs too.