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Our kids came to us at two months (#1), newborns (#2 and #3), and at three weeks (#4). None of them had trouble bonding. Children are biologically programmed to bond with their birthmoms; it's a survival thing. They're inside her for nine months (hopefully). They know her voice and her smell, and they generally dig it. However, babies are survivalists. It isn't in favor of the survival of the child not to bond to the primary caretaker. If you're affectionately responding to her or his needs, the baby will respond back. Their brains aren't really "hardwired" until they're a year old and it's pretty easy for them to bond. I wouldn't worry!
Mike
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A-father to four.
"First comes smiles. Then lies. Last is gunfire." Roland Deschain
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