CRYING
Crying usually means that a baby is hungry, needs a clean nappy, or is uncomfortable, tired, or neglected. Once the situation is corrected, most babies ordinarily stop crying. You can also soothe the baby by offering him a “dummy” pacifier, a rubber teat attached to a plastic guard, to suck on. By now, you would understand your baby’s cues rather well and know how to deal with him.
Remember, if a baby is crying he is trying to say something. He would rarely, if ever, cry without a reason. In the first months of life your baby had lived in a very comfortable, trouble-free place. Everything was made to9 order and all comforts were automatic! Now, afterbirth, there is a great deal to adjust to-unfamiliar sights, alien sounds and new sensations, a new way of feeding, people, clothes, nappies, baths. Perhaps crying is not so surprising. Soothing talk, singing, gentle movements like swaying or rocking, and perhaps more than anything closeness to you will all help. Sometimes babies stop crying when pushed in a pram, taken out in a car, or put into a baby carrier. You may want to try a pacifier. Many babies find a pacifier soothing. But never use a sweetened pacifier or bottle to soothe your baby. If your baby develops a taste for sweetness now, it will be difficult to break the baby later.
It can take a great deal of patience to soothe a crying baby. Often, especially if you are tired, it may need more patience than you feel you have got! But never lose your cool with the child .he cannot react to you being unreasonable.
If at any time for any reason you are worried about your baby’s crying, contact your doctor. A change in a baby’s crying, so that it seems different or unusual, may be the first sign of illness, particularly in a baby who is not feeding well or will not be comforted.
Crying usually means that a baby is hungry, needs a clean nappy, or is uncomfortable, tired, or neglected. Once the situation is corrected, most babies ordinarily stop crying. You can also soothe the baby by offering him a “dummy” pacifier, a rubber teat attached to a plastic guard, to suck on. By now, you would understand your baby’s cues rather well and know how to deal with him.
Remember, if a baby is crying he is trying to say something. He would rarely, if ever, cry without a reason. In the first months of life your baby had lived in a very comfortable, trouble-free place. Everything was made to9 order and all comforts were automatic! Now, afterbirth, there is a great deal to adjust to-unfamiliar sights, alien sounds and new sensations, a new way of feeding, people, clothes, nappies, baths. Perhaps crying is not so surprising. Soothing talk, singing, gentle movements like swaying or rocking, and perhaps more than anything closeness to you will all help. Sometimes babies stop crying when pushed in a pram, taken out in a car, or put into a baby carrier. You may want to try a pacifier. Many babies find a pacifier soothing. But never use a sweetened pacifier or bottle to soothe your baby. If your baby develops a taste for sweetness now, it will be difficult to break the baby later.
It can take a great deal of patience to soothe a crying baby. Often, especially if you are tired, it may need more patience than you feel you have got! But never lose your cool with the child .he cannot react to you being unreasonable.
If at any time for any reason you are worried about your baby’s crying, contact your doctor. A change in a baby’s crying, so that it seems different or unusual, may be the first sign of illness, particularly in a baby who is not feeding well or will not be comforted.
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