Being a parent provide unique experience that can trigger a pleasant feeling when we deal with our baby. But sometimes it can also be the hardest thing to deal with. One of the first challenges parents face is how to deal with a crying baby. Crying is a normal and a natural part of a baby’s development. In fact, it's one of the first things that doctors and nurses look for as a sign that a newborn is healthy and alert. Crying is a necessary and useful behavior for all babies. The main purpose of a baby's crying, believe it or not, is to talk to you since crying is the only way babies have to communicate that they need or feel something. According to John Bowlby and Margaret Ainsworth, crying is primarily an appeal for the protective presence of a parent. There are many meaning of crying, but one thing that we should realize that crying helps to establish and maintain the attachment tie between babies and their parents.
Crying behavior in baby is activated primarily by separation and is terminated primarily by physical contact, unlike other attachment behaviors of babies, such as smiling and arms up, which are activated by social contact. The many replays of crying and the comforting parental responses it brings—disconnection followed by connection—help to create, maintain, and affirm the tie between the baby and the parent. Usually, crying baby will trigger the parents to right away handle the crying by trying to meet baby’s needs.
I have to inform to you that when your baby starts crying you have to immediately respond it. Many parents are afraid that responding immediately to their baby’s cry will spoil the baby. This belief is a common mistake--and a big one! You are not going to spoil your baby by giving them attention. In fact, if you answer calls for help, your baby will probably cry less overall. Sometimes the longer a baby cries, the more upset he or she becomes, and the more difficult it becomes to calm the baby. Crying too long will also make the baby getting into the stressful condition, and it will change their nervous system due to their brain is flooded by stressing hormones.
When your baby cries, first of all you have to assess the situation and meet the most pressing need. For example, you can change the diaper, feed, burp, or change position of baby. Once the basic needs are covered, there are many ways to help calm your baby, most having to do with providing reassuring contact and a pleasant environment. Sometimes there's nothing more reassuring and nurturing than skin-to-skin contact (tactile stimulation) and a relaxed environment. Following are the ways to soothe a crying baby:
Dealing with a crying baby is one of the great challenges facing you as a parent. However, it's important to recognize that a baby's cries have special meaning to you. Raising a child is a brand new experience filled with expectations and anxiety. Remember that babies were given the ability to cry for a reason. Their moans, shrieks and howls are their first attempts to talk to you. You have to stay calm in the face of their crying and remind yourself that crying is just a part of the healthy development of your child.
Regards
Crying Baby: Don’t Panic
Goodbaby, Thursday, January 8, 2009
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