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re: My 6 month old has me wrapped around his finger...

posted 6th Aug '12

Quoting Mason'sMommy;:" he tries to feed him, mason won't let him.."

Can you swap from you to him half way through the feeding? Maybe he'd be more relaxed and accepting if he's sleepy, half full, and has had some mommy love already.

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Chelsie Marie ™

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posted 6th Aug '12

DS is the same way, my family says he is spoiled and i believe t at times, no matter what other people say. Infants are smarter than we think.

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I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Mineralwells, West Virginia

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Mason'sMommy;

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posted 6th Aug '12

Quoting Venus Penis Trap.™:" DS is the same way, my family says he is spoiled and i believe t at times, no matter what other people say. Infants are smarter than we think."

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I have 1 child & live in Welland, Ontario

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*Stix*

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posted 6th Aug '12

I hope my son wants and needs me his entire life. I hope he's the biggest Mama's boy on the planet.

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I have 1 child & live in Kentucky

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Ma Belle

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posted 7th Aug '12

Good luck to everyone who thinks a baby can't be spoiled.
You think they don't know? My 5 month old is smart. He fake coughs if we arent paying attention to him and then when we look at him he starts smiling. Stop paying attention and another fake cough. Babies DO understand to an extent.
If he throws his toys on the floor over and over I'm not going to keep giving them to him and let him feel like I'm his slave. He'll learn pretty quick that if he throws them he won't get them back.

I would keep doing what you're doing, give him to SO as often as you can. Vaughn went through a slight Mommy stage and I instantly had my DH doing almost everything until he stopped. You know that you aren't torturing him by leaving him with his Dad so I wouldnt let the crying affect you too much.

Also to the person who posted above me, I definitely DONT want my son to 'need' me my entire life. What a selfish thing to want - that mentality is entirely for you and not for your sons benefit at ALL. Loving & respecting your Mom and NEEDING your mother are totally different things.. the goal of being a parent is to raise an independent, smart, polite and succesful adult. Its not your job to make your kid happy, its your job to teach your kid how to make HIMSELF happy. My God, if my kid needed me his whole life I would feel like a failure.

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I'm due November 10th, have 1 child & live in Toronto, Ontario

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*Stix*

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posted 7th Aug '12

Simmer down, princess.

Stop taking everything you read on the Internet so serious.

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I have 1 child & live in Kentucky

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Mason'sMommy;

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posted 9th Aug '12

Quoting Ma Belle:" Good luck to everyone who thinks a baby can't be spoiled. You think they don't know? My 5 month old ... [snip!] ... your job to teach your kid how to make HIMSELF happy. My God, if my kid needed me his whole life I would feel like a failure."

So.
I think I pretty much love you now for this.

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I have 1 child & live in Welland, Ontario

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Lady Anon

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posted 10th Aug '12

Quoting Ma Belle:" Good luck to everyone who thinks a baby can't be spoiled. You think they don't know? My 5 month old ... [snip!] ... your job to teach your kid how to make HIMSELF happy. My God, if my kid needed me his whole life I would feel like a failure."

Sounds like hes playing with you, not manipulating you.

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I have 1 child & live in Davenport, Iowa

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Ma Belle

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posted 10th Aug '12

Quoting Laurnabeth:" Sounds like hes playing with you, not manipulating you."

I'm sure he is - but what starts out as playing or fun in the beginning turns into them expecting and demanding and manipulating if you let it get out of hand. My son and I play, all the time. Pretty much all we do is play all day. But that? That doesn't fly with Mama. He will know the difference between playing a game and being a brat.

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I'm due November 10th, have 1 child & live in Toronto, Ontario

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posted 10th Aug '12

Quoting Mason'sMommy;:" So, today should I just let my husband do everything no matter how loud he screams? As if I was gone?"

Take it as a good thing. Go grocery shopping or just go for a walk. Let your hubby try to figure out how to get him to stop screaming. My son is sorta like that, if my husband has him and then gives him to me and leaves the room my son screams and throws a fit but that gives me a chance to divert his attention to toys or sing to him, play patty cake etc. to get him to forget his daddy is gone. Hope this helps

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*Stix*

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posted 10th Aug '12

If your kid is exhibiting attention seeking behavior at such a young age maybe you should pay more attention to him?

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I have 1 child & live in Kentucky

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andthesenights

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posted 10th Aug '12

I'm going to be in the minority here but I don't see the big deal. He isn't some master manipulator. My son tolerated, and that's being generous, my husband for the first 8-10 months of his life. He would cry and scream most times when he held him. Then one day he just got over it. He now loves my husband. I didn't do anything to fix it. I didn't worry about it or think he's being some kind of brat for it.

Did it upset my husband? Yes but he's a big boy and he can understand these things.

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I have 1 child & live in Virginia

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Lady Anon

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posted 11th Aug '12

Quoting andthesenights:" I'm going to be in the minority here but I don't see the big deal. He isn't some master manipulator. ... [snip!] ... he's being some kind of brat for it. Did it upset my husband? Yes but he's a big boy and he can understand these things. "

Thats what most of us said. But OP isnt really listening to us.

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I have 1 child & live in Davenport, Iowa

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Mason'sMommy;

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posted 11th Aug '12

Quoting Mrs. Ali:" If your kid is exhibiting attention seeking behavior at such a young age maybe you should pay more attention to him?"

We pay lots of attention to him thanks.
Just not at 2 in the damn morning at 6 months old!

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I have 1 child & live in Welland, Ontario

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