Mom Confessions
CIO..
sorta..
My son would not stop crying. I just couldn't take it anymore. He's 1. Basically I set him down and said if you are going to cry, I'm not going to be in here. So I went to the bathroom and he stopped crying. I finished and looked in his room and he looks at me all innocently and lays his head on the pillow..
of course the moment I sat down to snuggle with him he got upset again, so I walked out again.. He cried for a minute then came out and found me about 20 feet away.. I called my mom to see what the status was on my phone (it's not even a month old and going to crap so she took it in since she was going that way anyway). He was fine. No longer fussy and just started playing.SMH
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It was more of a time out for mommy because I was ready to lose it.
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I think walking away was the right thing to do. :)
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:) thanks.. I felt so bad that I couldn't get him to calm and then felt worse for having to walk away.
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Don't worry about it. Sometimes it's good to let them self-soothe. And you said it yourself, he calmed down when you walked away. AND, he's one. Definitely not too young to do that, IMO.
Quoting Anonymous:
:) thanks.. I felt so bad that I couldn't get him to calm and then felt worse for having to walk away.
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i think at a year old its ok to do that once in a while. dont feel guilty! its better then you getting stressed out and baby getting stressed out along with you.