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I'm not a big baby person... I mean I loved DS and was definitely more inclined to him than other kids, but my niece who's 5mths I think I've held her like 5 times (we see her almost weekly)

DH on the other hand LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES babies.. even newborns! He could hold & talk to them ALL day! It's kind of funny to see. lol

So in our case we're the opposite... but I guess we even each other out & atleast I know when LO gets here I'll get some relief when he's home. lol

DS is 7.5 months old and while SO spends a lot of time looking after him, he's still not into him yet. SO is super intellectually-curious, so I think once DS starts asking "why?" all the time, that'll up their bond immensely. (thank goodness, because I want nothing to do with those multi-hour-long "but WHY???" sessions that little kids get into!)

My husband is NOT a baby person, but he adores toddlers on up (and they adore him too - it was so weird when a friend's 3 year old met him. That kid doesn't like ANYONE, and she plopped down in his lap.) He had 4 younger siblings - there were babies around until he was 9. So to him, babies just eat, poop, and scream. I'm sure it'll be different with his own, though. I love kids from day one.

He loves babies, every time we see one, he looks to see my reaction with a grin on his face. I can't wait to see the huge grin on his face when our LO comes!

I don't think he is super interested in other newborns but he bonded with our daughter immediately. We both did, luckily, even though neither of us spent time with any babies beforehand. But having a toddler is definitely more fun. Now I can feel like I am hanging out with my LO vs just meeting her basic needs when she was itty bitty.

My husband always says he can't wait for our LO to grow up because she'll be more fun. He says that b/c I always say I dont' want her to grow up b/c it makes me sad.

But he does love her and have a good bond with her now. She gives her best giggles to him

Neither my husband and I are good with newborns. We both confessed to feeling like our new baby was a "human puppy" that was suddenly foisted on us, needing to be changed and fed and burped. It wasn't until about 10 weeks that I started to feel more of those "in love" feelings. Now I can't imagine what life would be without her! I'm looking forward to the walking/talking stage

It wasn't that Mr. Marbles wasn't into newborns, but he felt that Little M was so fragile and tiny he had trouble making her comfortable when holding her because he's so big (he's 6'5")! He definitely bonded with her right away.

He's been great with her. When she was born and we were still in the delivery room, she calmed down when he went over to her being cleaned off and she heard his voice. I'm pretty sure that melted him and they bonded right away. She's always been very responsive to him, even from a young age when all she could do is communicate with looks and kicks and he was the one to swaddle and sing her to sleep after she nursed so they've found good ways to interact.

Neither my SO or I are huge newborn fans, besides the cuddling part. By no means does that mean we don't take care of or love our LO, but we are definitely players. We love running around with our 1 year old niece, and while I don't want my DD growing up too fast, we cannot wait for that to happen. My SO took a while to get into our LO, but when we started getting smiles and more responses he has definitely started playing with her more. I can guarantee you that when she starts moving, he is going to be all over the place with her and I!

@Maysprout: that totally made me tear up!

This seems pretty normal to me. I mean, newborns can only do so much. I was totally in love with our daughter right away, I only assume my husband felt the same way. I'll have to ask him. He was always great with her, but I wonder if he's still just waiting for her to be more entertaining. I can't help but kinda feel that way too, I want to be able to do fun things with her... aside from sitting on a playmat and watching her do cute things.