How To Leave Your Baby

I’ve come to realize, as a new Mama, that a good way to avoid stress is to be smart.

Be smarter than the baby. Sounds simple ? Its not !

My son is very attached to me. If I put him down next to some toys or in his chair and walk a few feet away he’ll start crying.

This makes it pretty much impossible for me to work in the kitchen, or anywhere else unless I carry him around with me.

So I sat down and discussed this with Papa, and we came to the conclusion that we need to be smart. A baby’s attention doesn’t go back more than a few minutes. Or in other words, if you distract the baby’s attention, before you move away, there is a good chance you can get away with it.

I usually sit behind him, with him facing his toys, and play with him. And when his attention is with his toys, I’ll quietly move away.

Next problem was, then when I managed to get away, when he saw me, he would crawl towards me or (if lazy) cry after me.

Again, smart is the key, I would position him in a way, so I could still see him, but he couldn’t see me.

This is of course very important. Never keep your baby out of your eyesight. If you can’t look at him, put him in a enclosed area like the baby bed.

This technique would usually give me 20-30 minutes every time for me to quickly do the dishes or wash the clothes.

PS:
Sorry for the delayed updates, I’ve been busy with a baby who has learned how to crawl. So now he crawls and speaks very short words. His first word was “mama”, but according to Papa his just goes mamamam, which means mama if he sees me, or food if he’s eating or “give me this, I wanna play with it” when he sees something new. So basically the same word for various meanings.