i know I have said this before, but with young babies, they have just spend all those months growing in your womb, which is a closed in, warm space. Being out in the open is scary for newborns (up to about 12 weeks) and they need to feel secure at all times. Its a scary world out there for a newborn. I say, newborns are meant to be held, hold that baby all you can. When your child is a grown up I can bet money you aren't going to say, Hey, I wish I had spent more time cleaning my house when baby was an newborn. I wish I could get those teensy tiny newborn baby days back. They were wonderful...

So I say, if that baby wants to be held. Hold that baby. Enjoy that baby. Soon enough they wlil be a squirmy, running, climbing, jumping, snotty, man poopy toddler and you will miss those baby days.

I would love to have just one day of Noah as an infant back. They were really wonderful, albeit I had one hand. But so what...