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Feeling a bit down

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Firsttimemum777 · 15/12/2017 19:28

My DS is 8 months and lately I’ve been feeling a little down about parenthood. It’s not as rewarding as I thought it would be so far. He just doesn’t seem to care much for me at all and doesn’t interact with me much. I guess I just thought by now, I would be feeling the love back which I think is/will be the best thing about being a parent.

He’s just happy playing by himself and doesn’t need me to keep him entertained at all. Feel a bit useless. Then when I just let him play with his toys, I feel guilty I’m not playing with him. It’s hard to try and interact with him when he’s just not bothered and wriggles to play with his toys. I do try my best and talk to him all the time when changing nappy, feeding, reading books etc. Is it ok for him to just play by himself? I worry he likes his toys too much (rather than human interaction).

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CharlieWork · 15/12/2017 19:56

It's fine. Babies are fairly boring. They come into their own as toddlers

MaryLizzie · 17/12/2017 17:50

Agree with above. Try not to worry!

Imaginosity · 17/12/2017 22:44

Don't feel bad about this. I have an 8 year old, 6 year old and 1 year old. I'm not ashamed to say I find the baby years very boring. I don't play with my baby as I get bored after about 1 minute but I bring her to a few baby groups so she plays there. And I chat to her about nonsense so she can learn to talk. She's happy enough crawling about playing with toys at home. I don't think most parents in the last generation spent too much time playing with small babies or feelig any guilt about it- and most of us turned out ok.

They get much more interesting as they get older and you can have proper converations with them, watch movies together and things like that.

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