New mums, some advice please??

Here goes, wy wife and i have a 7mnth old baby girl, my wife has just gone back to work full time after 8 months off, i take care of the baby 3 x 1/2 days and one full day cos im home for 1030am every day.Emma, the baby, i'd say is just about the right age for crawling, say for instance she crawls for the first time when the mrs is in work and i see it;





Do I .a;Ring the mrs and tell her








B; wiat till she gets home for the baby to do it again and let on its the first time???


I know, I have WAY too much time to myself...








your opinion is greatly appreciatedNew mums, some advice please??
i would just tell her when she gets home. my little girl is 7 months and its exciting each time he crawls. she started off just pulling herself along the floor and now is really crawling. now she pulls herself up and walks along the furniture. your baby will start doing so much so fast that your wife will not be missing out by being at work for the first attempt at crawling. she still has so many firsts ahead!New mums, some advice please??
let your wife see it for herself, and pretend its the first time, i know i would prefer it that way, as a mother myself, and little tip to encourage crawling, blow a beach ball up, and rest Emma on it, and gently rock her back and forth, so she puts hands out to stop herself, it builds her upper arm strength up,


(tip from physio, for young children, when i worked in the baby room of a nursery)
i would do the latter one, as she may be feeling bad about leaving her baby and to miss the first of anything, can be heartbreaking. you cannot do this for everything, but crawling and first words can be revealed as your second suggestion. good luck and great idea.
I personally wouldn't want to know, I would want to think my first time was her first time. You should ask your wife what she thinks. I was straight up about it to the caregivers. I don't want to know. Let my first time seeing it be her first time. I already resent that they get to spend the day with my baby.


Especially since, from experience, babies don't always do it again right away.
This is a big deal for mommies, I say let her think she saw it first and tell her the truth when Emma's about 15. :)
i am a child minder and i never announce that i have witnessed any major milestones in a baby's development.





eg. first tooth, first crawl, first steps, first words etc.


i wait for the parent to tell me.





don't let on if you think it will make your wife resentful about being away from baby emma and then witness it together.
you should call and tell her and maybe try to get a video camara to record it but dont just wait till the baby does it when she is around and act like its the first time. more than likely your reaction will not be the same and she will be able to tell something is up and then she will just feel hurt that you lied about it. she has to realize stuff like this might happen with her being back at work now; theres nothing you can do about it.
just for her to know that you are so worried about her is enough!! tell her when baby emma first crawled, there are plenty of ';firsts'; to go around. Some you will miss, some your wfie will miss %26amp; some you'll see together. You can't both be there 24 hrs a day. Its so nice for Dad to see some firsts because they often miss out!!


Congratulations!! My baby girl is a month behind yours at 6 months - can't wait for her to get around, she sooo wants to but can't do it!!
I really think you need to have this discussion with your wife before any major milestones are reached.





Why don't you just find out which she would prefer and then do that? You could choose one but if it's the wrong choice and she finds out then you could end up making her feel worse.





I'm not sure what I would want personally, probably to think I seen it for the first time myself but if I found out someone had seen before me and just pretended not to I would be quite angry.





Good luck
Why don't you ask your wife what she prefers? I know when I go back to work, I won't be able to take personal phone calls during work hours. Better check before you get her in trouble at work by making too many phone calls!
Awww that is such a thoughtful question!! My partner looked after our little boy when I went back to work - he would tell me if he'd done anything major, but not until I got in, and always tried to photograph or video it for me.


Maybe wait till she gets home and she can smother Emma with love for being such a clever girl, rather than sit at work sad that she missed it!
call her as soon as anything happends she will like it
I guess it depends on your wife and where she works. Is it ok to call her? Will she be mad if she didn't see it first? I'd probably not call but tell her when she got home and I would NOT pretend it was the 1st time.
Have you got a video camera...?





If you have to ask this, my guess is no way are you going to be able to sit on the info that your daughter crawled, so you might as well go with (A).
You should get a camera and film it for her that way she can see it too. You dont have to tell her it was her 'first time' but that you got the camera out as soon as you saw her doing it. This was she will be happy as well and won't be upset that she missed it.
LOL! Call her if her work doesn't have a problem with it. If she is still doing it in the time it takes you to snap a picture or videotape it, then by all means, do it. Then let her see it when she gets home for herself!





Congratulations on your baby!
call her. maybe have a cam nearby if possible
call her very excited to share the news. She'll show off some more for your wife when she gets home. There will be lots of firsts for both of you!
I think you should call her and be sure you are video taping it all
A Call her! It would make her day at work to hear her daughter has crawled and she will have something to look forward to when she gets home!
keep a video camera on you to catch it when it happens! or a mobile phone to record it.
I have a son about the same age (I don't have to worry about this because he'll walk before he crawls, he absolutly hates being on his stomach, but loves for you to hold him up and make his feet move), but personally for me (my baby stays and my fiancees mom's all day), I would rather them not tell me about it, and wait until they do it again (I already feel like I'm missing so much, and it's just a wonderful feeling seeing your baby do something new for the first time).
Let her see it when she comes home. I know if I missed a first I'd be pretty bummed about it.