Skin-on-skin time is not only beneficial for the baby. Parents need bonding time (read: oxytocin) with the infant so they dont smother it when the little asshole wakes them up for the 500th time, screaming for no apparent reason.
My wife and I theorize that babies start smiling at around 2-3 months because that’s about the time that new parent adrenaline wears off, and if they didn’t start smiling the human race would’ve been collectively dropped off at the nearest bear’s den.
I dont think that is especially controversial.
Skin-on-skin time is not only beneficial for the baby. Parents need bonding time (read: oxytocin) with the infant so they dont smother it when the little asshole wakes them up for the 500th time, screaming for no apparent reason.
My wife and I theorize that babies start smiling at around 2-3 months because that’s about the time that new parent adrenaline wears off, and if they didn’t start smiling the human race would’ve been collectively dropped off at the nearest bear’s den.
Hahaha, absolutely the same theory here. Every time you are at the breaking point they do something new and cute.
Until puberty hits. Then god has mercy on one’s soul.
Then they’re big enough to fight back.