You can NEVER pick up a baby too much! EVER! So whatever you’ve read before, please disregard that
information.
When a baby cries it stirs something in a parent. It hurts our brains because it’s
supposed to. It’s a call to
action.
Please go to the baby and pick it up and hold it and sway
with it and love it.
You are establishing something VERY important. It’s called attachment/trust.
It is NOT spoiling.
Spoiling comes later.
Do not fret about it during the child’s first year of life.
When a baby cries, it needs something: A diaper change, rocking, feeding,
burping, movement, a change of scenery.
If you meet those needs, you are establishing trust. The baby will trust that you will meet
his needs.
This connection is CRITICAL to a child’s development.
So, enjoy and hug and love and EAT THAT BABY UP!
that is helpful, thanks... does this change when they get in the "whiney" stage? When do you begin a different strategy and what is that strategy?
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Oooops! I'm just NOW seeing these posts! Good grief! Anyway.............I'll answer your AWESOME question in my next blog post, Keith! Thank you, Linda!
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