Posts Tagged ‘new mother emotion’
The Bonding
Ahh, yes, that all-important bond. You will probably have mixed feelings when your baby is born. You may think you know this baby, but it’s actually going to take some time before your bond with him is cemented. Bonding is a process, not an event. Don’t feel strange if it’s not love at first when you first hold your baby. When you look back, you’ll be convinced that it was. You will gradually fall in love with him. We’re programmed to love whatever comes out. As your baby starts getting bigger and responding to your face and your voice, your emotions will naturally deepen. All that diapering and feeding and holding and rocking and breastfeeding will strengthen your maternal instincts. (This applies to deepening paternal instincts too—minus the breastfeeding.)