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This is what frustrated one woman who tried to do right by her close friend by agreeing to babysit her 4-month-old overnight so she could spend some quality time with her 7-year-old son. The mom and older child were going to go trick-or-treating while the woman, who was childless but had a lot of experience with kids, looked after the baby.
Despite the mom asking for this favor, the woman found that she ended up disrupting the night of everyone involved by constantly contacting her for updates on the baby. She thought that her friend didn't trust her to take care of him, so in the end, she sent him back home early. This upset the mom, and she wondered if she had done something wrong.
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AITA for giving my friend her baby back before I was supposed to?
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Woman babysits 4-month-old so friend can trick-or-treat with 7-year-old son, returns baby early when she can't stop calling: 'She continues to FaceTime me every 30 minutes to an hour'
For most new moms, clinginess is second nature.
It makes perfect evolutionary sense for a mother not to want to spend too much time apart from her young baby, even if this is not the most practical way to feel all of the time. When we think of all the effort that it takes to bring a child into the world, it is understandable that a mom wants to keep them close in their earliest stages of life. Add to that the idiosyncrasies of every baby's personal schedule, and it can feel very difficult to let them out of her sight.
Nonetheless, there usually comes a time when a mom cannot justify being with her child 24/7. When this happens is personal to every mother and baby, and it depends on various circumstances. If in doubt, it is better to wait a little longer before entrusting an infant's care to somebody else for a little while.
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