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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Too young to spoil?
Can you hold a baby too often or show them too much attention?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I was holding my baby in a sling for most of church on Sunday and then after for about an hour during a baptismal celebration. A friend at the reception asked me if I was worried about spoiling the baby holding her so much. I told her I wasn’t and at this age I didn’t think you could spoil a baby. (However, I am getting a terrible case of baby elbow — kind of like tennis elbow — from carrying her so much.)
I recently asked at the pediatrician’s office what age a child could become spoiled. The nurses had different answers - one said three months, one four and one six months.
I actually don’t think I agree with any of them. I don’t think even at 6 months a baby’s cries would be out of want instead of need.
At what age can a child become spoiled? Do you think you can hold a baby too much or give a baby too much attention?
