Why can’t I soothe my 6 month old? Doesn’t she like me or something?
She was playing with my phone, she was just holding it and I showed her a balloon popping game - she was quite amused by it but she was holding it way too close to her face, I pulled it away from her face and she had a strong grip on it so it bounced back and hit her in the face. It was no where near hard enough to bruise or anything, but as plenty of you know it does hurt to drop your phone on your face.
She was crying for 10 minutes straight, she definitely was just shocked but it was a different cry to usual. Really bad wailing. I rocked her, shushed her, kissed her, i blew raspberries on her belly, I told the phone off for being “naughty” too but none of it comforted her.
Then her dad came up and she calmed down within minutes once he was holding her. He handed her back to me and she started to wail again.
She’s fine now. this was hours ago, turned out to be over tired and the shock from the phone hitting her was the cherry on top
I feel as though I don’t serve any purpose to her 😔 I hear other moms to 2 month olds, 4 month olds, 6 month olds etc say “I can’t leave my baby alone, she cries for me” & “my baby is comforted in my arms”
she rarely cried as a newborn, only when she was hungry and then she’d just go to sleep by herself in her crib - so I’m wondering if the lack of me comforting her due to the lack of her crying is what caused her to be so distant from me? Or perhaps it’s just her nature, the way she is. Either way I feel rubbish. I wish she was connected to me