Am I a bad mom?

Just a quick question, when Nolan is awake during the day SOMETIMES he's in a good mood and just wants to look around so I lay him in his moses basket on the couch and he'll lay there perfectly content to just look around and make noises. He doesn't cry, and if he does I go get him. But when my mom stopped by earlier today and saw him laying there she said I was a horrible mother, that newborns should never be left alone that they need to constantly be held by their mothers or someone close to them. Does everyone hold their babies 24/7? Does that make me a bad mom to let him lay by himself?

i think thats fine. As long as its not like all day! sometimes baby get too used to CONSTANT contact and its hard to do anything without holding them

I hold mine 24 - 7 because she won't let me put her down.

As long as you're playing with him some, and not just constantly hang out ob his own, you're just fine.

Also, you're lucky. Gimmie some of that easy baby luck.

i dont think so, every baby is different. My son would have flipped out, I had to hold him constantly. But if he is content to just sit maybe invest in a bouncy seat with a mobile so he has something to focus on. I think you are doing great!

You would be a bad mom if you left him in it all day and just let him scream...  

DONT hold your baby 24/7

YOU WILL GO CRAZY!!!

your not a bad mom; I held Aydin 24/7..I couldn't even lay him down to pee without him crying...he is just now starting to sleep in his own bed and he is 3!

Ethan was a happy and content baby laying down and cooing...and to this day he is fine without me holding him....a big sigh of relief on my part...

I can actally have a empty bed

Ive raised 2 babies and workin on #3 and i was NEVER a fan of holding them constantly. If they were content on their own, i left them and let them look around and explore the world. I was there the second they needed me and if i felt like holding them or they wanted held i did. Your not a bad mom. Both my kids are very independent but they love me and run to me for everything still!!

if he or she is happy laying there u deserve any break u can get

My son loves his swing. He always wants in it.

it does not make you a bad mom. On the contrary,ive heard that carrying babies too much will spoil them and they will always want to be held. I say if she isn't fussy and is content just laying there then it should be fine. (but he should be watched, of course)

I don't hold my son all the time.. Only when he is crying or he just wants to play. But I put him his his swing or he'll play on the floor. I thought of it as How are they going to learn anything when you are constantly holding them. Like how to roll over or try to sit up.. I just dont hold mine all the time

Well, if you're a bad mother for that, than so am I. I would let Cailyn lay in her bassinet awake by herself if she was quiet. It would give me a chance to get things done. She enjoyed being able to just look at things by herself.

I held Hazel 24/7 because I was never ever allowed to put her down but she's too heavy to do so now shes fine for 10 mins,it doesnt make you a bad mother,I have no idea where she got that from.

you are sooo not a bad mom. a baby doesnt need held 24/7 . if it was the case i am one bad mommy too.

As long as he's content, I don't see a problem with it. He knows you are around and his security is reinforced in that you respond to him if he cries. I think your mom is overreacting.

Quoting Loving Her Baby Boy:“ Just a quick question, when Nolan is awake during the day SOMETIMES he's in a good mood and just wants ... [snip!] ... mothers or someone close to them. Does everyone hold their babies 24/7? Does that make me a bad mom to let him lay by himself?”

AS LONG AS UR WATCHING HIM UR NOT A BAD MOTHER!
CUDDLE WITH HIM FROM TIME TO TIME
BUT ITS GOOD TO LET HIM LAY THERE BY HIMSELF AT TIMES
TOO! THAT MAKES HIM NOT SO USED TO BEING IN UR ARMS IN HE WONT BECOME A CRY BABY WHEN U NEED TO GET THINGS DONE LATER IN HIS LIFE (MONTHS LATER LOL)
UR AWESOME, GOSH GRANDMAS ALWAYS BRINGING MAMAS DOWN! LOL