When did you feel like you bonded with baby?

[Tobily]

It took me quite a few weeks with my first. I think she was probably about six weeks old before I realised that her "real" mother wasn't coming to pick her up and I actually felt a strong bond beginning to develop.
With DS it was instant and it caught me off guard just how quickly it happened and how strong it was compared to when I had DD. I think it's easier the second time because you are already comfortable with the concept of yourself as someone's mother. Also, for the all the focus that is put on the type of birth dictating the ease of bonding - DD was a vaginal birth and DS was an emergency caesar. Yet I bonded with him much better at first. So alot of factors come into play, it's never simple.
It's very normal, it takes time to get your head around, and time to get to know eachother.

[~Kim~]

It took me quite a few weeks with my first. I think she was probably about six weeks old before I realised that her "real" mother wasn't coming to pick her up and I actually felt a strong bond beginning to develop.

I was exactly the same. I wasn't sure what it was supposed to feel like. Everyone deals with the lifechange differently. Now i have a little soul mate.