Not connecting with my baby
This is my second child , & my first pregnancy was less than ideal but I felt so connected to my baby. He’s my everything! Here I am newly married , in a way better situation than before & pregnant again and this entire time Ive felt so disconnected from my baby. I’ve even been having terrible dreams and idk what to do. I’m due next week and I’m desperately been praying and trying to talk to him as much as I can trying to find a last minute connection or just emotional honestly because outside of giving my first child a lifelong friend and brother I can’t find any emotion. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is this normal for people with multiple kids, is something wrong.
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I think it’s normal I felt this way about my second and now I feel a lot more connected and they will be 16 months now
Second child, less time to bond with them because you're busy chasing after the first one 😬
It’s normal with any pregnancy. If it takes a while, then it does. My second was born two weeks ago and I’m just now starting to really feel like he’s mine and we’re connected. Bonding fast is not a requirement. Don’t force yourself to feel something or beat yourself up because you’re not meeting your own expectations. Just let it happen. The more you stress about it the harder it gets so just let it be
I think for me I didn't get “attached” until they were out the womb. This is normal to feel how your feeling
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I think it's normal. I was worried about bonding with my second child because i thought he would keep me from continuing to bond with my first. I didn't have any issues bonding with him once he was here, BUT a lot of moms do. It can take some time to bond with a new baby not everyone sees them and is instantly in love. You give them whatever brand of love you can until you feel that same bond with your second, or maybe you feel it just in a different way.