hi all, my dd2 is 4 weeks old today and, compared with her older sister a real sweetie. by that age dd1 was a colicky fussy insomniac baby (she is still not a good sleeper, but is a great funny energetic toddler now). i tried to do everything by the book (you know which one) needless to say the book didn't work....and almost ended up with pnd in the process, and didn't properly bond with her until she was maybe 5-6 months.
with this one... i co-sleep, bfeed whenever and wherever, and whenever she is fussy i pop her in the sling where she regularly falls asleep. she ends up being on me about 90% of the time. sometimes when i put her down she'll stay asleep, most often she wakes up. so i pick her up again. i simply never ever want to go through the nightmare that was pupd or similar...
the truth? i am loving every minute of it. sometimes it does get tiring but i am loving being so close to her and i feel i am finally getting back some "newborn" time after going through hell with dd1. i figure things will fall into place somehow, but then all those "helpful" people point out to me that i am spoiling her, that i am making a rod for my own back, she must sleep by herself, you can't feed her all the time, a routine is key...etc etc etc.
i guess i would just like some reassurance from people that things will work themselves out...