For all babies, any warm comfortable heartbeat will do for being held and any calm reassuring voice will please. Maybe there's an easy fix.
Babies that young haven't developed social senses yet and really only rely on their basic 5. I have 4 kiddos all still young and I noticed a pattern with the babies not feeling comfortable with people who had scratchy hands, smelled like smoke or heavy perfume/coffee or who sounded gruff or whiny. My youngest daughter was terrified of people with white hair, the color was one of the few contrasts that really stood out to her at 2 months and for some reason that was her trigger.
Perhaps you could politely recommend your mom try a new shampoo/perfume or change up her sensory output in a different way to please your baby.
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For all babies, any warm comfortable heartbeat will do for being held and any calm reassuring voice will please. Maybe there's an easy fix.
Babies that young haven't developed social senses yet and really only rely on their basic 5. I have 4 kiddos all still young and I noticed a pattern with the babies not feeling comfortable with people who had scratchy hands, smelled like smoke or heavy perfume/coffee or who sounded gruff or whiny. My youngest daughter was terrified of people with white hair, the color was one of the few contrasts that really stood out to her at 2 months and for some reason that was her trigger.
Perhaps you could politely recommend your mom try a new shampoo/perfume or change up her sensory output in a different way to please your baby.