Our 4 day old baby is generally very good, she's our first baby and it's all quite new to us. Everyone is fussing around her, we live with MIL and she wants lots of cuddles and to wind her and so on, she turns up at 6 in the morning with mugs of tea (whilst appreciated -its just an excuse to see baby etc), dh is keen to show her off. we had an episode today where she just started crying (we had visitors) and I had to take her up to our room. After a good few minutes of wailing - she was refusing the breast, her little arms were flailing around, I stripped her down to her nappy and cuddled her, she calmed down, fed and has been fast asleep on my chest since.
Am I right in thinking she's still so little and even though she's generally good when being passed around etc, we need to take it a bit easier, we both need rest and peace and less stimulation for her?
I know mil is excited, first grandchild and all but I find it all a bit overbearing - I'm still healing from my not so easy birth so I'm feeling a bit fragile - I just want to spend peaceful time with my baby not wait until she is passed back to me because she is fussing and I'm the one with the boobs..