Is wearing your LO ignoring them?

NewMummyx · Jan 6th, 2012, 06:33 AM

I still wear LO quite a bit in and out and OH has commented that its like Im ignoring him when he is in it instead of interacting with him

I chatter away to him, show him things and he looks about etc but he is making me feel quilty! We play on the floor, he is in his walker 5-10 minutes, we go walks in the pram so am I doing wrong by wearing him? He is always really content in his Ergo. Aarrggghh, men! Go back to work OH!

lau86 · Jan 6th, 2012, 06:58 AM

Erm.... No!! Shutting the door on your baby for hours is ignoring them. You can't play 24 hours a day!

Dragonfly · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:03 AM

No?? how odd to even say that. As above said ignoring would be not with you at all. Its ok to wear baby while doing house work. They really just want mums after all. You cant play all day.

RainbowGift · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:07 AM

I think they probably learn a lot when you are busying around getting stuff done and wearing them, I think it's probably very good for them.

moomin_troll · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:10 AM

having cuddles isnt ignoring ur baby so why the hell would wearing hem be ignoring them

ignor him the idiot lol

XJessicaX · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:32 AM

um..no. Regardless of any interaction, your baby is still feeling your warmth and knowing that mummy is holding him. Its a wonderful snug happy time for your baby!

Lilli · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:36 AM

Not at all, if you are chatting to him and showing him things anyway, that is interacting!
I wish Adrian wasnt so heavy so i could put him in his more!
As the others have said, he'll love just being with you. If he was bored, he'd grumble

NewMummyx · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:42 AM

Thank you all for the reassurance!

I think its because Im not in LOs face all the time that OH seems to think this way iykwim? Im not shaking toys at him or bouncing him on my knee so apparently that equates to ignoring him

JZW · Jan 6th, 2012, 07:47 AM

To a baby, toys and playing aren't the only ways to learn. Just being around you, hearing your voice and seeing you doing things can teach them a lot about the world.

Elmo5 · Jan 6th, 2012, 08:40 AM

I chuck her on my back when I need to get some house work done. It is better than leaving her to whinge on the floor and if she is tired she goes to sleep.

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NewMummyx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Glasgow x Posts: 2,686	Is wearing your LO ignoring them? I still wear LO quite a bit in and out and OH has commented that its like Im ignoring him when he is in it instead of interacting with him I chatter away to him, show him things and he looks about etc but he is making me feel quilty! We play on the floor, he is in his walker 5-10 minutes, we go walks in the pram so am I doing wrong by wearing him? He is always really content in his Ergo. Aarrggghh, men! Go back to work OH!

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lau86 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Uk Posts: 3,235	Erm.... No!! Shutting the door on your baby for hours is ignoring them. You can't play 24 hours a day!

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Dragonfly Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 17,526	No?? how odd to even say that. As above said ignoring would be not with you at all. Its ok to wear baby while doing house work. They really just want mums after all. You cant play all day.

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RainbowGift Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Hampshire, USA. Posts: 688	I think they probably learn a lot when you are busying around getting stuff done and wearing them, I think it's probably very good for them.

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moomin_troll Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: staffordshire Posts: 15,878	having cuddles isnt ignoring ur baby so why the hell would wearing hem be ignoring them ignor him the idiot lol

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XJessicaX Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cambridgshire UK Posts: 9,095	um..no. Regardless of any interaction, your baby is still feeling your warmth and knowing that mummy is holding him. Its a wonderful snug happy time for your baby!

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Lilli Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 1,836	Not at all, if you are chatting to him and showing him things anyway, that is interacting! I wish Adrian wasnt so heavy so i could put him in his more! As the others have said, he'll love just being with you. If he was bored, he'd grumble

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NewMummyx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Glasgow x Posts: 2,686	Thank you all for the reassurance! I think its because Im not in LOs face all the time that OH seems to think this way iykwim? Im not shaking toys at him or bouncing him on my knee so apparently that equates to ignoring him

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JZW Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London Posts: 1,751	To a baby, toys and playing aren't the only ways to learn. Just being around you, hearing your voice and seeing you doing things can teach them a lot about the world.

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Elmo5 AutoSignup (SAAB) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 403	I chuck her on my back when I need to get some house work done. It is better than leaving her to whinge on the floor and if she is tired she goes to sleep.

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