Feeling guilty for lack of play

I feel this too. Interested to hear others responses.

My girl is 7.5 months now but I remember feeling like you around that age! To be honest she's still so little that while play is important, feed and sleep is definitely more important right now. She'll soon be more alert, her wake windows will get a little longer and you'll gradually be able to introduce more play and stimulation. For now, take the pressure off yourself a bit and enjoy her being this tiny 🥰

My little is 10 weeks now, and honestly for the first 6-8 weeks all he did was sleep and eat. I also felt incredibly guilty about not playing with him. My midwife basically told me, he is eating and sleeping and growing well. Keep talking to him, right now that is all he needs. Around the 8 week mark his wake windows naturally started to get longer and now I find it has started to get easier to play with him. I do alot of reading and singing with him, still lots of talking and just this week he has started to grasp at things and bring them to his mouth so I’ve been able to introduce new sensory things to him.

I went through this too (not sure why I’m in this group as my baby is 13 weeks but thought I’d share my experience) I felt the exact same way and I still do now. Babies actually need downtime. When they are laying there staring at nothing they are still learning, absorbing and evaluating their environment. A baby doesn’t need to be stimulated all the time. To be honest if I could go back to 6 weeks old I would’ve worried less about it! Baby being 13 weeks he is more alert, smiling, laughing, jumping, sitting up etc. so more entertainment happens around here. At 6 weeks they don’t really need it as much. It’s good for them to be able to just chill and relax on their own (supervision ofcourse). Even just talking and having conversations with them about whatever you’re doing/thinking is good for them. Sometimes if I’m too exhausted I just tell my baby about how tired I am lol Don’t stress too much. Like I said if I could go back to 6 weeks, I wouldn’t worry about it. 🫶🏽

I honestly felt like this especially since I was just recovering from C-section. I honestly played ms rachel for background music and she now loves her. She's 21 months knows her abc by herself, counts to 20 by herself. She can tell you what a cat, dog, cow, lamb, horse, and duck and what sounds they make. She knows how to sing sooo many nursery rhymes by herself. So she learned a lot while listening to it.

It is absolutely fine to do as your described at this age.