That is the question !?

This newborn baby thing is almost a first time experience for me ... Alex was an exception to the rule and because he was poorly and was in hospital and had an operation etc we had to treat him differently to how you would a normal baby.

The operation he had was on his stomach and part of the aftercare was not letting him really cry for 6 weeks in case he developed a hernia ... so leaving Elinor to cry for even 30 seconds seems really alien to me.

My mum assures me that me and my sisters were left for hours at a time (checked on every 15 minutes) in the pram in the garden or in our cribs and we are all fine ... but it just seems so strange to even leave her for a minute.

But if she is clean and dry ... and snuggly warm ... and fed ... and winded ... and isn't settling whilst I'm cuddling her ... is there any point in me cuddling her ?! And does 10 minutes crying really do little ones any harm ?

Hmmmmmmmm