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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 23:58

Different ladies and attitude towards crying babies,I suppose. I usually picked mine up and attended to her and preferred her crying in my arms,feeling my protection while trying to hushh her...and note that I'm talking about young babies...not naught tods! But some of you see it different, like Karin B,feeling that tough love will prevent them for clinging forever...I totally disagree,sorry. But we all have the right to disagree...I see it as disagree and not judgment...interesting that that word came out often in the posts.I asked a question! I have three children...one of them were super colicky, by the book!!....for six months she was in my arms,mostly crying.She had 3 pediatricians and no one could cure her...across from where we stayed,a family lived who lost their child from cancer...I knew this lady would give the world to just hold her crying child in her arms for one more day,clean her nappies and see to her needs...it motivated me to carry on.Today that little girl of mine is a star! I rest my case that I disagree with leaving an infant to cry while mom shops and no,she is not on her way to go and feed him while she is simply checking out from shop to shop,what is new! But as I said,I rest my case and thank you all for your opinions...interesting some of them! Well said, I completely agree.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 23:13

Different ladies and attitude towards crying babies,I suppose. I usually picked mine up and attended to her and preferred her crying in my arms,feeling my protection while trying to hushh her...and note that I'm talking about young babies...not naught tods! But some of you see it different, like Karin B,feeling that tough love will prevent them for clinging forever...I totally disagree,sorry. But we all have the right to disagree...I see it as disagree and not judgment...interesting that that word came out often in the posts.I asked a question! I have three children...one of them were super colicky, by the book!!....for six months she was in my arms,mostly crying.She had 3 pediatricians and no one could cure her...across from where we stayed,a family lived who lost their child from cancer...I knew this lady would give the world to just hold her crying child in her arms for one more day,clean her nappies and see to her needs...it motivated me to carry on.Today that little girl of mine is a star! I rest my case that I disagree with leaving an infant to cry while mom shops and no,she is not on her way to go and feed him while she is simply checking out from shop to shop,what is new! But as I said,I rest my case and thank you all for your opinions...interesting some of them!

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 21:10

Noone hears a baby or toddler screaming louder than the mother!!! It feels like it is amplified in my ears 10 times louder than yours.... The reason I might be *trying* to look calm & zen on the outside is often because I'm having a mental meltdown on the inside!!!!! Don't judge a mumma with a crying baby... She is already her biggest critic...

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 20:39

The ONLY time mine didn't cry was when she was in the Baby Bjorn facing OUT which in the last few years has been completely decried and is apparently really bad for spinal (and hip) development of babies. Soooo, something else to beat myself up about lol.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 20:33

Most of us are mothers here, please Don't judge other mothers. My first born cried and had to be carried ALL the time, and he was borderline obese as a baby! So if my back needed a break, that meant he had to sit in stroller and cry for a few minutes, and I hated people judging me and telling me off for that. Yes, it's wrong to ignore a baby if you're just doing it for the heck of it, but no one ever knows what the situation is with another mother. So next time you see a baby crying in stroller, think the best of that mom that you possibly can, because it ain't easy to be a one.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 19:28

It has always been so hard for me to see a poor mom in distress while trying to shop with a crying baby.My first instinct is to offer a hand, but then I have to remind myself 'hey you are a total stranger,who would let a total stranger hold their baby' but you get my meaning. Who are we to judge ? Now little monsters who run around screaming and bumping my table when I am out having a meal now that's another story ( oops no thread drift intended !! Sorry ). <em>edited by Nomad on 06/03/2013</em>

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 18:37

Not all babies are the same, some babies can adjust and are comfortable alone and some babies need the constant attention...its good to show your child some tough love from time to time otherwise they will cling for ever. My little girl sometimes cries as i try and put her to bed, as soon as i lay her down in her cot, she cries for less than a min and puts herself to sleep....this is only because i left her to deal with it by herself and she now prefers to sleep herself, which makes life a whole lot easier for me and my hubby. Nothing is ever as it seems...never judge.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:28

How did you deal with yours though Brigida, or were you really lucky and not get screamy babies?

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:16

Heading in the direction to feed/change etc differs from strolling around,looking at the latest arrivals while baby is crying...come on ladies! :) Also not saying ALL moms are doing this,but why do I see them all too often?I myself have a small one... so not in bracket of 'grandmother having a fit about young moms!' What you *could* be seeing is the experienced Mum knowing, the child is fed, clean and ready to sleep, walking it out til the child does so. It's a normal practise where we come from. Small babies CRY, they are not neccesarily hungry, tired, or in need of a change, or really even in need of too much comfort. Pick them up each time they murmer and be prepared to create a huge rod for your own back! Tiny tiny week to month old littles need you and your skin and your smell and to be wrapped up safe and secure (for the most part) but a 6 month to 8 month old babe knows already that if it squarks it will be either be left so it better get on with sleeping or it will be picked up up and fussed over so why should it sleep? You train it and set the tone for your kiddo and if a mum is getting on with her day out and about, then it is her routine and her training schedule and not for someone else to comment on or shred. lIKE LIKE LIKE.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:15

My son sometimes cried his head off if I didnt carry him nonstop,so in order for my arms to get a bit of rest I had to push him around in his stroller whilst he was crying. It broke my heart but I couldnt help it. You never know what life is going to throw at you and children do not come with a manual. Each one is different and you just have to adapt. Dont judge too quickly. One day it might be you and then you will understand that everything isnt black and white.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:12

srdoucet - my eldest DD was exactly the same. I used to go out to the Mall as the screaming there was a tad more bearable than in the house. It didn't matter whether she was picked up, in her pram or in car seat..she just screamed blue murder.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:07

Up until the age of 6 months our second DS would scream ****** murder. There was nothing we could do. So yes I had to do store runs with him crying.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 17:06

Nicely put Aroha.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 16:37

Heading in the direction to feed/change etc differs from strolling around,looking at the latest arrivals while baby is crying...come on ladies! :) Also not saying ALL moms are doing this,but why do I see them all too often?I myself have a small one... so not in bracket of 'grandmother having a fit about young moms!' What you *could* be seeing is the experienced Mum knowing, the child is fed, clean and ready to sleep, walking it out til the child does so. It's a normal practise where we come from. Small babies CRY, they are not neccesarily hungry, tired, or in need of a change, or really even in need of too much comfort. Pick them up each time they murmer and be prepared to create a huge rod for your own back! Tiny tiny week to month old littles need you and your skin and your smell and to be wrapped up safe and secure (for the most part) but a 6 month to 8 month old babe knows already that if it squarks it will be either be left so it better get on with sleeping or it will be picked up up and fussed over so why should it sleep? You train it and set the tone for your kiddo and if a mum is getting on with her day out and about, then it is her routine and her training schedule and not for someone else to comment on or shred.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 16:26

My pet peeve is parents who take their children out when they are very, very tired. Has anyone noticed 8 year-olds deep asleep in toddler strollers or children who have fallen asleep on shopping cart handles? Why don't they just leave them at home to take a nap or prioritize their time?

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 15:56

Heading in the direction to feed/change etc differs from strolling around,looking at the latest arrivals while baby is crying...come on ladies! :) Also not saying ALL moms are doing this,but why do I see them all too often?I myself have a small one... so not in bracket of 'grandmother having a fit about young moms!'

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 14:52

This is the same as saying a mother who bottle feeds to denying nourishment. Or a working mother is deserting her child. Generalizations are generally too general. only in general....

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:45

Worst case scenario I have had DD in the Baby Bjorn sleeping in Spinneys when she went off on one - I lowered the straps, moved aside my shirt, covered her head with a muslin, and she fed while I pushed the trolley round! Loool! Problem solved! Love it! It's amazing how creative you can get in order to stealth feed a little one.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:23

Just came from the mall again and once again (for the how many times now?) just so upset by moms,leaving their babies to cry their hearts out while they push the pram and make as if they are not hearing.This baby could not have been older than 4 months...other times I see older babies crying their way through the malls in their prams!Just cannot understand why a mother does not attend to the cries of her baby! The only message to this child is:'I'm ALONE! I cry and nobody is hearing me!" [b'>How can a mother allow this!?[/b'>I can understand a two year old being told lots of times 'he/she cannot have another sweet or we are not going home yet,sorry!" to be left to his/her own tears for a while...but a small baby under 6-8 months? No! maybe next time you could ask her and then you will know....

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:23

How do you know they are ignoring their baby? Maybe they are walking to the changing room/feeding room/car/cafe to sit down and console their baby? I'm just back from a trip to the supermarket with my two week old. He started crying in the car just before we arrived, I put him in his buggy, walked through the supermarket to a cafe on the other side (with him screaming in his buggy) and got a snack for my three year old while I feed my baby. If someone had seen me walking through the shop they may have assumed I was ignoring him. I wasn't.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:19

That is what Moms of cryers do......walk around malls with them. ugh

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:18

I imagine the mum is on her way to the rest area, where she can feed, change her baby, or maybe going to the car where she can let her baby sleep.

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Latest post on 06 March 2013 - 13:17

Maybe they read Gina Ford? Jokes aside, sometimes babies cry, doesn't matter what you do. Mine screamed almost non stop for 2 years. Holding, patting, singing shushing did nothing, so sometimes you just get on with things. Is it Thursday?

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