[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 95, Issue 5

[Jennifer Bose]

I tend to agree with Jo Elizabeth. I kept the diaper bag with me and
people did give my baby back to me to have a meal or be changed, or
even if she just got very fussy. I also tried my best to keep track of
where she was and from time to time would walk over to where she was
and ask nicely how everything was going. I agree that if you trust the
people in the vicinity, it's all right for the baby to have some time
to interact with others. Even if a baby's not mobile, it's a good idea
to have a bell on his or her clothes because it's another clue to
where the baby is in these situations. The bell will inevitably make
some noise, although not as much as when the baby can move around, of
course.

Jen

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> I used a front carrier and because I checked on how he was holding his head,
> people didn't tend to take him from me.
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> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:58:55 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
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> Hi.  I might get yelled at for saying this, since obviously it goes against
> the majority.  But when I had a small  baby and I was in a group of trusted
> friends or family, I would let her be passed from one person to another, as
> long as she wasn't fussing about it.  I felt that it was a way for her to
> get to be more secure with people, and everybody enjoyed her tremendously.
> I knew that since there were plenty of responsible adults around, she was
> going to be fine.  I kept the diaper bag with me so that nobody could feed
> or change her without coming to me first, and people are usually more than
> ready to give the baby back when she needs a meal or a diapering.  So while
> I didn't know where she was every single second, I could usually keep pretty
> close track because of the sounds she made or the way people would coo and
> sweet talk her--grown-ups truly sound like idiots when there's a baby
> around.  When she got older, she made plenty of noise on her own.  Then I
> felt it was good to let her roam around freely, since there were a lot of
> people keeping an eye on her, and it was a chance for her not to be right by
> my side all the time.  She'd come back often to sort of check in for a hug
> and a kiss, then go off again.
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> So the other option is, if you're among people you trust, sit back and
> relax, take a little break, and let others love on your baby.  A baby can
> never get too much affection, and I don't think mine picked up more germs
> than normal by getting held a lot and passed around.  She was insanely
> healthy till she went to preschool, but that's another story.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
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> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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>> I used a front carrier and because I checked on how he was holding his
>> head, people didn't tend to take him from me.
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