Baby not close to the mother

Mil is the caregiver of my baby , she not close to me at all . She tend to cry for my mil very often . It’s normal ? It’s very upsetting for me … due to working can’t take care of her #pleasehelp #1stimemom

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Hi! It’s very normal that baby is close to main caregiver. And the fact that she cry for ur mil means ur mil is doing a good job & she likes her, which is a good thing. On the other hand, what you can do is to spend more time with her after work, (bathe, play, feed, put to bed) & during the weekend (whole 2 days). They will know who’s the mother and wants you. My girl is in Ifc and she love her teacher & gg to sch. But whenever we fetch her home, she will be very happy and stick to us a lot. So I think bonding really helps a lot! Even with the short amount of “awake” time u have with ur baby during weekdays

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