Parent: “You won’t”
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What if? WHAT IF?!
Submitted 6 days ago by sidebro@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
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sundray@lemmus.org 6 days ago
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This aint my dad its a cell phone!
socsa@piefed.social 6 days ago
YOURE NOT MY SUPERVISOR
spacegoat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I hate holding babies. I don’t want to hold your baby
cass80@programming.dev 6 days ago
I refuse as well. When asked why I say it’s too much of a liability. The unspoken part is I don’t care enough to take the chance.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 6 days ago
Seriously I absolutely do not understand putting your child’s safety into someone else’s hands for shits and giggles. Like I’m honored you trust me that much, but…maybe don’t trust my feeble body lol 😆
socsa@piefed.social 6 days ago
It’s a trap. The moment you hold the baby on your own, it steals your soul and gives you brain chemicals to make new babies.
tomatoisaberry@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I always reply with, “No, thanks, I’ve already eaten.”
rumba@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Parents are projecting when they do this. I hold this thing and it brings me such joy, here, you must feel this joy.
Many people without kids who have never held a kid at most feel a little curiosity at the new experience, but don’t feel that mass of endorphins that the parent or previous parent gets when holding a newborn.
Until I had my own, holding someone else’s kid was to appease them, not because it made me overflow with joy.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve got a kid and had that nervousness. I remember when we left the hospital, it felt like it was too easy, like “we just made this kid, an actual person, and you’re just letting us leave and take it home with us!? Isn’t that irresponsible??”
rumba@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
imposter syndrome with new parents is TOTALLY a thing
WanakaTree@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I have a baby now and I try really hard to make clear to people that if you’d like to hold her you’re welcome to but it’s also totally fine if you don’t want to. Some people are so excited to, others want nothing to do with it. I get it either way
notnowimbatin@fedinsfw.app 6 days ago
What if he knows I used to be a giant piece of shit?
PM_ME_SOMETHING@fedinsfw.app 6 days ago
People can change
StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
They still are a giant piece of shit, but they used to be too.
fearlessseraphim@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
I don’t like holding babies or even small dogs. I dropped someone’s baby once as a kid, but from a short distance, and when no one was looking too. She hit her head (not too hard either, but caused a thud) on the web of an office chair, where the wheels are. I tried letting her down slowly but she kept squirming all over trying to get off. She then started to cry as she went to where my mom was and I lied that she was getting emotional of wanting to see her mom. Never once again I held a baby. They squirm so much! 😩 I’ll hold some dogs bc they have a bit more resilience and instinct when falling. So it’s kinda her fault, but mostly mine because I wasn’t being careful or how to hold a baby properly 😩.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Dropped one once. Was mid transfer with his sister and he decided to start squirming. Reflexes kicked in and I caught him mid fall, over 20 years ago and I’m still terrified.
Snapz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
“You won’t” is a thing bad parents say right before their friend who was nervous or disinterested in holding their baby, drops it.
TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s not as scary as it seems, and quite a bit of fun.
Don’t be afraid to try.
Source: Am dad. But, it’s been a long time since I held a baby.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yeah, I’m good.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
“You’re right. Spiking the kid like a football player who just scored a touchdown isn’t technically ‘dropping.’”
socsa@piefed.social 6 days ago
Just a little drop. Just to see how it feels.
Scuzzm0nkey@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Everyone drops a baby, it’s how you react afterward that’s important. I’m a fan of scooping them back up before anyone notices personally.
“Hey can you hold my baby?” “Sure… for a bit”
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
Actually happened to me. Not a full drop, just head on table. I was never offered a baby to hold again.
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
*takes notes*
jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
If it was just head, they never would have had the baby in the first place.
socsa@piefed.social 6 days ago
Are you looking for an apprentice?