It sounds like the title of a horror movie: when baby shrieks. But this is no horror movie, this is our current reality. Our baby shrieks. Loudly. And in public.
He has just passed six months of age, so we are hoping that this is just another phase and not a long lasting event. [...]
Tags: crying, crying baby, shrieking, soothe baby, what makes baby cry
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My first child never wanted a pacifier. I tried at times to give her one, mostly because I thought it might calm her down and make my life slightly easier, but she really didn?t care for it.
When my second child was born, she was quite ill. When she was several days old, she [...]
Tags: crying, pacifiers, Tantrums, thumb sucking
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I read an interesting article today about multi-tasking when driving. The bottom line: it’s a bad idea. I’m sure you know that already though!
The study centered on how the brain is able to perform when a person is doing tasks such as driving and talking on the cell phone. Driving, it turns [...]
Tags: brain, cell phone use, crying, driving, fighting, infants, multi-tasking, Parenting, texting
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Today I was remembering – if you can you remember being in a sleep-deprived fog? – my son’s first few weeks.
I was talking with the father of a one-month-old baby yesterday. Experienced moms will recognize when I describe the facial expression of the new parent: the mix of being in shock, exhaustion, and disbelief that [...]
Tags: crying, Fathers, new parents, newborn babies
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Giving birth is a complex process and whilst it can be difficult for the mother it is usually much more traumatic for the baby. The child is pushed about as it comes down the birth canal and this can result in certain bones and other tissues being not quite in the correct place afterwards. Generally [...]
Tags: asperger, birth, cranial, cranium, crying, epilepsy, osteopath, osteopathy, skull
Posted in: Health
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