Do you want to hold the baby?

I vote A. I love babies and would hold them all day. People always told me that my kids wouldn’t separate from me because I wore them in a sling for most of the day. It was quite the opposite. I used an hourly care room at their preschool and they used to run away from me when I’d come to pick them up.

I wait until they ask if I want to hold the baby and then accept.

Neither of my kids want children so the possibility of me getting to be a grandma is slim to none. It makes me sad, but I don't tell them about it. It's their choice not mine.

I do work at a children's hospital, so I will hold the babies when I have time at work. Or offer to hold them while the nurse changes the bed sheets.

Now that I have a toddler who runs all over the place I love to hold a newborn that’s not in constant motion. But I have no desire to have another baby.

ETA : since I had my baby during Covid I was not eager to hand him over. So when he was little I wasn’t one of those moms who was offering him up to anyone and everyone.

A. In fact I hope random strangers will hand me the baby! Love holding babies

A, but I wouldn’t grasp the baby. But, I will happily hold any baby.

I'd say I'm generally A.  However not so much with newborns.  Mostly because that scenario doesn't happen often, but also because they often still look pretty delicate and pinched up etc.  Now once they are a bit sturdier and have squishable cheeks, watch out!

I will be an A when my niece gives birth in October, the rest of the time I'm between a B and C, depending on whose baby it is. Now if you get a new puppy, I will get every bit of puppy breath I can and may try to stash it in my purse on my way out.

I LOVE holding babies -- put me on Team Eager.  I'm sad to be in a part of my life where few people around me have them (my friends are too old, and my students generally are literally old enough but not in that life phase) -- one of the things I'm happy about with the fact that we're doing a lot of hiring of new faculty members is that, hopefully, one of them will have a baby and bring it in .

When I was in my book club a decade and a half ago...all the members except me were having their babies. One right after another. Pregnancy after pregnancy. Of course the little babies came to book club meetings for several months after their birth with their moms. It was part of the meeting to pass those babies around. I was never comfortable with it. And despite them all insisting that I needed to hold the baby, I always passed. I told them there was a weight minimum the babies had to meet before I was comfortable holding them. Usually somewhere around the six month mark.

My nieces and nephews - I held when I could when they were little, but I lived far away and the opportunities were few and far between. I didn't even meet some of the younger ones until they were officially toddlers.

I had no problem "spoiling" my own baby by holding him as much as I could when I was on maternity leave though.

I’m totally A. However I would never dare ask to hold someone’s baby.

I love holding babies but only when offered. Even with grandchildren and great-grands I wait for the invitation but then hate to give the baby back. My husband is the baby stealer. He will hold for hours if the parents don't ask for the baby back. He gets his share of "turns" to hold the baby way more than anyone else.

I’m a D.   Holding other babies just doesn’t do it for me.  Come back when they are walking and talking.  My favorite ages are about 18 months to about 4 years.    

I love babies and love holding them but I don’t ask. Some parents are a little anxious about it so I wait until they offer.
I don’t ask my kids about when they’ll have babies and don’t have any desire for them to do so. It’s too weighty of a responsibility to put my two cents into.

As someone who is 31 weeks pregnant, my hope is that you wouldn’t ask, and if I ask you, you wash your hands, wear a mask, and don’t kiss the baby under any circumstances. Most of the rest of those responses aren’t it. I have enough to worry about with RSV, other respiratory viruses, monkey pox, and of course the Rona, that I would hope nobody would pressure any mom to want to hold their baby. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Our anxiety in 2022 is very valid.