Originally Posted by RB
Getting up every time a baby whines or cries is over bearing and teaches the child that all they have to do to get what they want is to whine. There is an age where babies that cry needed attending to, and there is an age where babies crying need some tough love to learn they don't always get what they want when they want it. The trick is determining when to do which of these options. It's a tough job.
I kinda agree with RB here, my brother being the older one got pampered as a baby and my parents went to extremes to keep him happy. They'd drive endlessly for hours because he only fell asleep when the car was moving. When I was born they took a slightly different approach, I used to cry a lot and instead of satisfying my every whim they let me cry. By the third day I had lost my voice and shut up.
But, its still a baby and if you can't be a mother and take care of him then there are problems. I don't think you went out of line at all, you are a parent yourself and you had every right to do what you did.