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Is anyone else’s husband/boyfriend terrible at soothing the baby? I keep feeling like I need to let them work it out but at the same time I can see they are both having an awful time and it’s hard not to intervene. I hate seeing baby crying and he instantly stops when I grab him, but I also know I need to let my husband learn to deal with it so it is really hard to know what to do.
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Is he open for advice? I feel it helps my husband if I let him know what works for me so he can try the same. Also maybe he can do some research on how to soothe a baby?
Yes I feel like I could have written this myself! I’m in this exact situation and it’s so difficult, I don’t want it to feel like I’m undermining him by taking the baby, but it also feels like torture listening to him cry.
I am yet to find a solution so I’m just hoping he grows out of it to be honest 😩
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Partners
Is anyone else’s husband/boyfriend terrible at soothing the baby? I keep feeling like I need to let them work it out but at the same time I can see they are both having an awful time and it’s hard not to intervene. I hate seeing baby crying and he instantly stops when I grab him, but I also know I need to let my husband learn to deal with it so it is really hard to know what to do.
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