Recently, I was reading through Lisa Belkin’s column, Motherlode , in the New York Times and came across a blog called “Too Much Crying?” It was a guest post from a mother named Lee, who shared her exhausting and demoralizing battle with her infant’s colic, or persistent crying. After reading her heartfelt story and those [...]
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“Your turn.” New parents have uttered this phrase to one another hundreds of times in response to their crying infants. In most households, it’s become second nature for both moms and dads to take turns calming their little ones. There’s no doubt about it: when it comes to pregnancy and birth, mothers are the ones [...]
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To get a deeper understanding of the relationship between colic and breastfeeding, it’s good to take cues from other cultures. For example: the !Kung San (or African bushmen) have lived in isolation on the plains of the Kalahari Desert for thousands of years. Over the past forty years, however, the !Kung have allowed scientists to [...]
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In most traditional cultures around the world, babies like to hang out – literally. Their moms, sisters, aunts and neighbors carry them in baskets and sheets on their fronts, backs, hips, and shoulders for up to twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Few parents across the globe lay infants flat on their backs [...]
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The biggest myth parents have about wrapping is that it’s supposed to quiet their fussy, crying baby. Wrong! Swaddling by itself doesn’t turn on the “calming reflex” (which – when done properly – is like an off-switch for crying and an on-switch for your baby’s sleep). This point often confuses inexperienced parents. In fact, many [...]
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About 1 in 6 of all babies experience colic. And what is colic? It’s usually identified when babies cry for long periods of time, with no identifiable cause, and seem absolutely inconsolable. Many site digestive issues as the main cause of colic, although the real cause of colic remains a medical mystery. One thing is [...]
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In the first year of life, it’s very common for babies to experience some form of colic.Colic is usually defined as a baby who cries and fusses for more than 3 hours a day, 3 days a week for3 weeks (the so-called rule of threes)The nonstop crying and wailing can really take a toll on [...]
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There’s no way around it: All babies cry, and many babies cry a lot. Fortunately, most of the time, even a baby’s most passionate shrieks just mean he’s hungry, wet, soiled or lonely. But, what if your cute little guy keeps wailing even though his diaper is dry and you’re cuddling him in your arms? [...]
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Indigestion – Are garlic and onions risky for your baby or the spices of life? To most people, the advice that breast-feeding moms pass up garlic, onions and beans, seems reasonable. After all, we know that many of these things can make us gassy. The trouble is that even this reasonable advice gets confusing the [...]
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Whenever you ask the parents of babies with colic why they are crying, nine times out of ten, they believe that their infants are suffering from some kind of pain. That’s a reasonable guess for several reasons. Babies with colic: resist the normal comforts of feeding and holding. often writhe and grunt. may start and [...]
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Ahhh…sleep!
What parent doesn't need a little extra snooze time?
But, most parents make their homes so quiet... it actually ruins their baby's sleep! Did you know that the sound your baby heard inside you was louder than a vacuum...24/7. That's why using a rough, whooshy sound can flip on the calming reflex...and immediately boost your baby’s sleep...
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