Hey everyone!
First time mum to our 4 week old baby! I feel everything is going really well, and I feel like I'm coping. I have a good relationship with my parents, but would like to know how you all handle advice/opinions from them?
We are bottle feeding on demand, putting our baby in his sling (which he loves!) or holding him when he is fussing and wants to be held. He sleeps in our room in his own cot. My mum thinks this is making a rod for my own back and we are spoiling him. That if I don't move him to his own room soon, and start a proper routine, he will never want to. Also, that when he cries we should just put him in his cot and leave him to cry it out. Do people really do this?! When did everyone start a routine? I'm the first of my group of friends to have a baby, and haven't gone out to any of the mums and baby groups yet, so don't have anything to compare against, or anyone to really ask.
I'm really struggling to say "thanks for your advice, but we just want to do what we think is best for us and our baby!"