https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 13:49:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-740927 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:10:29 +0000 MrsStar 740927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh had only ever held his nephew (who is now 2 years old) but he was pretty awkward doing it! He was ALOT more comfortable holding lo when she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739122 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:52:07 +0000 Mrs.Someone 739122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I handed him his first a few years ago! Visiting our niece at 1 week old helped too :) Hes held a handful or so now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739120 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:50:58 +0000 LazyLightning 739120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - my husband is an oldest with siblings much younger than him, and also has many younger cousins (and those cousins now have kids). So he has a lot of baby experience. Me, I've never changed a diaper before, and only held my first newborn a couple of years ago when my best friend had her baby. Glad to have at least one of us with some experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739092 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:43:31 +0000 BelugaBean 739092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a nephew so he had held him before. He was super nervous with him but he seemed more relaxed with LO. Our nephew was also the first newborn I had held as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739087 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:42:08 +0000 .twist. 739087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! He's so good with babies and kids. Before his two boys were born he babysat for a family friend all the time. &lt;3 &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739079 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:39:52 +0000 Grace 739079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I think the youngest was 4 mo. For that matter, I've never held a newborn except for a few minutes. Should be interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739062 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:36:09 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 739062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: Aww so cute! </p> <p>We were opposite - I had never been around newborns until I started dating DH. But he has tons of nephews and nieces, so he was a pro. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-739037 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:29:49 +0000 ShootingStar 739037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738986 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:15:56 +0000 Cherrybee 738986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: Yeah, he's very cute. The baby's not bad, either! Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738962 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:06:45 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 738962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH has held only one baby, who was 9 months old. He doesn't like holding babies because he feels like everyone is staring at him and he gets nervous. The only reason he held the one is because I placed him in his arms without asking. The baby had been staring at him and reached for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738955 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:04:38 +0000 ShootingStar 738955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due in November, and DH held a newborn for the first time a week ago. My friend just had a baby and we all made DH hold him, lol. He actually really liked it for a while. Then got kind of panicked because the baby was laying in his arms one direction and he needed to set him back in his bassinet and it was facing the opposite direction and DH didn't know how to turn him around, lol.</p> <p>ETA: isn't he cute? </p> [attach=2504/13/mlrjar.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738937 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:59:09 +0000 Ash 738937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has 6 nieces and nephews so he's had his share of baby holding. :) But he isn't comfortable holding them.<br /> Although.... he's never changed a diaper!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738936 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:59:01 +0000 bunnylove08 738936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a csection and while I was waiting to be taken out of the OR he was able to go to the NICU and he held and fed her before I did. I wasnt able to hold her until the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738929 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:57:03 +0000 pui 738929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm probably not pregnant yet, but my DH has not held a baby or even been around babies at all. Should be interesting one day when he has his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738927 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:56:06 +0000 Alivoo01 738927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby has held his nephew when he was a newborn and maybe his lil cousins when they were born. He refuses to hold other people's baby's until their older like 6 months! I'm confident hubby will hold his own just fine with our LO in August! I'm already smiling from ear to ear just thinking about it and how cute it'll be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738634 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:49:50 +0000 Koolbreeze 738634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He held his nieces, both born a few months before our first child. He was scared though haha. But when our son was born he had no problem holding him, he'd scoop him up and hog him. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738617 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:51:09 +0000 Dandelion 738617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope...he just hasn't been around them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738613 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:44:06 +0000 Cherrybee 738613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never mind my DH, I've only held one newborn before - and it was for about 5 minutes!!! The baby in question (my BFF's baby) was about 5 weeks old when DH held him and he held him like a rugby ball (lol) - but he had the biggest grin on his face, it was so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738574 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:07:38 +0000 illumina 738574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, he has held babies, changed diapers etc. he has less fear than me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738564 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:32:35 +0000 Smurfette 738564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He held his nephews. Never changed a diaper before though till he changed R's first one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738513 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:30:01 +0000 googly-eyes 738513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think he held my friend's newborn so I voted yes but I can't really remember. We did visit them in the hospital and I think he did briefly. Don't worry about it..there's lots you'll both have to learn and it's fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738502 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:20:21 +0000 lemondrop 738502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nephews were born a year before our son, so we both got some good practice in before his arrival. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738457 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:04:52 +0000 fancyfunction 738457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband had held his nephews when they were babies, but Lady M was the first baby I ever held, EVER!! Now at 4 months, it's like old hat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738453 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:03:29 +0000 lovehoneybee 738453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, he loves holding babies. He has 4 nephews. He held the oldest in NICU (born at 30 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738381 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:23:42 +0000 Sapphiresun 738381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is obsessed with holding babies. Baby meet and greets soon after the birth are fairly common in our circle, and if he gets a hold of that baby, he's hanging onto it. Even when people come up and are trying to be polite about also wanting to hold the baby and say "Oh, I can take him/her from you", he'll just be like "No, I'm ok" until I have to tell him that he needs to share... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738364 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:15:59 +0000 Pepper 738364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He hasn't held any newborns. I think the youngest baby he has held was 6 months. I've held probably 4 newborns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738358 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:11:57 +0000 blackbird 738358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He held his niece a little but pretty minimally! He's a pro now :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738355 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:10:18 +0000 nana87 738355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm he didn't meet our older niece until she was 3 months old...interesting question, I don't think he has!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738354 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:09:48 +0000 travelgirl1 738354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He used to hate holding babies, but was absolutely great with A from day one! He said she seemed much sturdier than other babies, but I think it's just because she's his. Your DH will be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/had-your-dhso-held-a-newborn-baby-before-you-had-your-first#post-738352 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:08:20 +0000 heffalump 738352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He held his niece. I only held one newborn too before lo. It was a friend of dhs baby but he was too nervous to hold her. </p>