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Am I being unreasonable for not letting the father take my 2 week old son?

My son was born April 25th. He's 2 weeks old today. I'm not with the father. And he really wasn't there throughout the pregnancy even tho he says he was. I let him in the delivery room but even then he was only there to actually see the end where I pushed him out because he was too bored to stay the whole time. (I had a 20 hour labor)

Well I've said it so many times I'd never keep him or his family from seeing my son but I said it from the beginning before he was even born that it would take me some time before I'm comfortable letting him out of my sight. I said they are welcome to my house and as soon as I wasn't in pain still i said I would bring him to their house.

And now he's only 2 weeks old and I'm getting into a fight with the father and his sister over the fact I won't just let them take him without me.

Meanwhile the father has a 4 month old daughter with a different girl that he's not with either and he hasn't taken her. His sisters only found out about her like a month ago and his parents don't know about her which is why she hasn't gone to his house yet.

I feel like if that mother isn't getting pressured to let them take the daughter then I shouldn't either. Specially where she is older and the mother has had the time to get comfortable being away from the baby.
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I understand you!  Iexclusively breastfeed my daughter,  6 weeks today. Since 2 weeks his mum and his sister (puppet masters) are pressuring me to start bottle feeding so they can take her. I'm like hell no! I have to be there when you see her if coming is a big issue. After 6 weeks I'll start expressing but I still gotta train her and be sure I know her habits around the bottle before I let another person do it in my absence. And over my dead body is she sleeping over until she's at least 3 months and that's still pushing it!  I miss her when she's sleeping for too long so being apart will be a battle and I'll hate for our routine to be broken.
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11133727 tn?1417112793
no not at 2 wks. does he want your son to get sick or something? the normal wait is 6 wks and even then i dont understand why u cant b there.
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Don't not have your baby away from you that early. That baby is way too young to be going anywhere.
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12618772 tn?1445214532
I wouldn't let my 2week old out my sight either!!!they should understand that wtf...
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I wouldn't let him take him either.   Not at 2 weeks old! when he get older Than I would be fair.  
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Thank you! I'm honestly trying to be fair and completely willing to let them see him anytime because of the fact I won't just let them take him. But they have no consideration for me at all. It's all about them and their rights.
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I agree tell them they can visit and thats all
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Completely agree with you. There is no reason he needs to take your two week old son away from you. Stand your ground mama!
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