Had you ever held a new born before becoming a parent?

[~Bec~]

Had you ever held a new born before becoming a parent? (ie under 3 months old)

Another poll coming...

[millymel]

yes ... i have 8 nephews :D

[Chunkydunks]

yup plenty of times. He's the second youngest of 8 grand kids. that and again the creche thing.

[Benji]

Yes. Whenever there is a baby around, I can't help but want to cuddle him / her :laughing: I've held quite a few... soooooooo cute !

[punkbaby]

just the one and i sh!t myself LOL

[mummysangels]

:yes::yes::yes: all the time :D

[Littletreasures]

heaps i come from a family with 20 aunties and uncles so i have heaps of cousins and nieces and nephews.. And if i see a baby i cant help myself i just have to have a cuddle

[MadCatR]

Yep nieces and nephews, most of them from the day they were born. I was still as nervous as anything picking up my own little princess when she first arrived though.
You forget how little they are inbetween.

[musicalmumma]

yes a few times

[Emi]

yep!!! i have a few younger cousins and family friends!!!
im much more comfortable holding my own newborn then other peoples!!!!

[Wondermum]

Yes.. I was one of those 'mini mum's' before before growing up and having my own. Just adored babies and I now have a niece who is very much like I was :D

[declansmum]

Ah ha!!! I have 5 nieces younger to DS:yes:

[SorenLorensen]

yep, when i was younger if there was a baby i was there....
then i cared for 2 kids and the youngest was 8 months when i started.



DP however had only held 1 baby and that was my nephew who was born about a year and a half before DD1....gosh, i could not imagine getting to 31 and never having held a baby.

[munchkins]

never for me, my DD1 was the 1st newborn I held

[studyingECS]

when i was younger if there was a baby i was there....





That's what I am like:o:D

[grass is always greener]

I am the 2nd eldest of 8 children, so i had held my fair share of newbies. However, when i hold a newborn now, i completely forgot how fragile they are. They are soo little.

[neostudded]

Yes lots, they were cousins/brothers sisters ect.

I didnt like holding them to much as I felt that they should be close to there mother, rather than with me, I didnt want to accidentally "break" them as well.

With my own bubba I didnt have that fear.

I still feel nervous holding other peoples babies.Even now.:)

[~Kimba~]

Only one! My nephew was born when I was 5 months pregnant. Before that, no.

[~Emmylou~]

Lots and lots and lots :D
I've been a baby magnet since I was about 5 :laughing:
I think I was about 5 the first time I held a newborn (with help of course).

[onemummmy]

:yes: lots, but I still thought I would break mine :confused::laughing::o

[supa_star323]

Yep I have 2 nephews and used to look after them practically every day.

[cocobambino]

Yes, My sisters are 12 and 7 so I was a pro

[Hokey Pokey]

Yep I held my sisters and brothers :)

[LittleButton]

Plenty of times :yes:

[squiglet]

All 6 of my brothers.

[~*clairesmum*~]

no not a newborn the youngest was like 5mths, then my friend had a baby when i was 37wks with claire n her son was 6wks old n that was the youngest b4 claire

[Rainbowbrite]

I had....heaps of them lol. I have 5 nephews & 2 nieces, the eldest is only 9yrs younger than me. I held all of them within the first 2 days of life :)

[OneBabyBoy]

My DS was the first baby I'd ever really seen close up let alone held.

[WorkingClassMum]

My step-mother started having kids when I was 12, so by the time I was 17, I'd even done the mom at school thing.

[Lilyloo]

Yes, but only once before my Dd arrived!

[Samaras Mummy]

Never :)

[Lil X-men]

My 16 yr old friend who I flatted with for a year and had baby (I was 19 at the time I think ). That was the first baby I ever held. I was lucky to give her baby plenty of cuddles !:cloud9:
I think I held oneother baby ( albeit very nervously and awkwardly) after that and that was it until having my own baby!! Even that was scary for the first few days!!

[kaybee]

Nope! Lots of friends have had babies, but I didn't like kids much, until I had my own.

Wasn't interested in holding a newborn but plenty of opportunities! lol

[pm2e]

Yes i have 3 nephews and sil has had a few bubbas

[the dargonfly faery]

yep got 1 niece and 1 nephew, both bigger then my dd and i ws scared to hold dd as she was so tiny compared to other babies in the nursery and babies i had seen.

[MummaBear03]

There's 9 years between me and my little bro. Also, my mum's sister is a whole lot older than her and starting having kids when my mum was 13, so her kids (who were at our house throughout most of their childhood and are quite close to us) started having kids young, from the time I was around 8, and the youngest of them all is now about 9 or 10, they were all around us when they were first born, but moved to Brisbane so we don't see a lot of them now. But been around lots of babies, knew how to fold and change nappies (no wipes were used then either lol) by the age of 9 when my brother came along.

[Susan Mac]

eldest of seven, was nearly 19 when youngest was born.

[Myztik]

Yep. Both my sisters, nieces and nephews, friends babies..

[Mum&bubs]

Yup plenty! My little sister, my 2 nephews, my niece and friends children :yes:

[Livvey]

Yep, i am the youngest of 5, the oldest being 13 years my senior, so i've had plenty of newborn bubba cuddles with nepwhews and nieces. My DP hadn't help a bubby til our DS and it was lovely that the first baby he ever held was his own son. :yelclap:

[~mia&ryan~]

Yep, I have two older sisters who both had children long before I did.

[kyiethree]

yes my sister had her son a year before me but holding someone elses baby you feel more akward then if it were your own

[ThisIsLiving]

Yes :yes:. I had held my nieces and nephews as babies, but only for small periods of time (til they cried and then back to Mummy!). :laughing:

And I had never ever changed a nappy!

[A Party of Five]

Yes heaps :yes:

[Freya]

Yeah I looked after a little girl from newborn till she was 2. Plus held dozens of babies. I love them.:valentine: