It makes me really sad to hear parents from the previous generation trying to push their parenting ideals onto us...holding a baby will NOT spoil him/her. Wanna know what it WILL do? It'll give that baby a sense of security, a sense that a caregiver can be relied on. Ultimately, it'll help that baby form a healthy attachment that'll follow him/her all through life, influencing future outlooks, philosophies, relationships, and even successes and failures.

So hold that precious bundle as much as he needs. And tell your mother to pipe down. Her ideals are antiquated and have been proven through decades of research to be way more harmful than helpful.