Alert/ active babies

I am a first time mum and I seem to have a very active/alert baby for 15 weeks, for example she started rolling at 10 weeks. Im so proud of her but I find having an active/alert baby has its challenges, and I find it hard to talk about it with other mums. Eg. Napping/switching off and feeding

I feel I downplay what she can do and get anxious when I have shared her accomplishments in the past. I also feel awkward when she does something advanced infront of other mums, especially when they start saying “ x can’t do that yet”
I really want to be able to celebrate the big milestones as I feel it’s one of the joys of parenthood but instead I get anxiety.
I was just wondering if there are any other mums in the same boat?

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I think us mums know babies develop at completely different paces and would be happy for you and your baby whilst also being incredibly proud of their own baby and what they have achieved. I get it though my babies a great sleeper and feel awkward when people ask so I just say yeah she sleeps through but I know it can change at any moment!

I felt like this ... my first born was standing at 5 months, holding her hed up at 10 weeks, rolling over at 6 weeks, holding her bottle and sitting up unaided at 13 weeks and I felt like I couldn't celebrate cause when I did people would be the same or tell me that it was too early and I genuinely felt like I was doing something wrong but honestly the more she did etc I just learned to switch off the noise and celebrate her and her milestones!! Shes 6 now and her brother is 10 weeks and no where near as advanced as she was and its a nice change of pace I cant lie....

Babies all do there thing at different times, just embrace it! Lean into it and follow her lead🩷🩷

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