I have a DSS (6 nearly 7)
DD (nearly 3 months)
DSS holds DD a lot. DSS is very confident and I'm constantly having to tell him to sit down with DD, to stop changing what position DD is in, not to walk around with her etc etc.
Me and DH need to come up with some strict rules about how DD is to be held. I say DSS needs to be sat down, with an adult in the room, and he doesn't move DD around when he's say with her as he gets over confident. (When I say he shouldn't move her about, I mean from facing forwards to backwards etc, not things like bouncing his knee a bit. That's fine).
I feel extremely nervous watching him with DD and DH had to tell him off the other day as the doorbell went and DSS stood up with DD and ran for the door. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest.
What were your rules?
This all sounds very militant. We aren't. We're a pretty chilled family but DD is so precious and little and we need set some ground rules...