Popped over to my neighbour's house this morning to give them a parcel that I had signed for earlier. A few mums were having a coffee morning and I was invited in for a cuppa. There was a small baby, maybe 6 months old, crying in a maxi cosy car seat but the dc's mum was not in the room so one of the my neighbour's friends took baby out of the seat to give him a cuddle. However baby was frantic and didn't calm down so I offered to hold him. Luckily baby calmed down and I held him until his dm came into the room when I handed him over immediately.
However now I am second guessing myself wondering if I acted out of turn as I had never met mum or her baby before so she might have thought who the hell is that stranger cuddling my baby? Am a bit mortified so please tell me gently if I was bu. I would never have taken the baby out of the car ( maybe she thinks that I did??) seat but as he didn't seem to calm down when the other lady held him I wanted to help. 
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AIBU?
Not sure if I was bu
Snowflakesonmynose · 22/10/2014 14:06
Yanbu.
If she was a pfb type of mum she wouldn't have left the room with him strapped in to the car seat.
Deep breath. Don't worry. 
I genuinely can't believe the things people worry about
Forget it. Most people would have done what you did.
"I genuinely can't believe the things people worry about."
That made me smile, it's true. I think it might be a sign of spending too much time on MN reading all those aibu....... Makes me second guess myself a lot! 
[ grin]
Saying that I just got a 'vibe' that I had done something wrong or unexpected which made me feel a bit embarrassed... Especially as the mum had never met me before so I wondered if she might have thought who the hell is that holding stealing snuggles from my pfb? 
Oh well, it's not like she caught you breast feeding the baby
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