g4int@ihlpl.UUCP (Gezik) (11/05/85)
I've recently become a new father to a perky baby boy and have some questions for you more experienced parents. First of all my little guy seems to cry more than I think is the norm, if there is a norm for this type of beahaviour. My wife is nursing so we really don't know how much he is eating so the first course of action is trying to feed him. He's 3 weeks old and has gained about 1.5 lbs since coming home from the hospital. I would guess that this increase inweight is good indication that he is not crying due to hunger. Diaper changes seem to invoke a his crying as does bath time. We've also been wondering why hiscord has not fallen off since every book we read mentions that this should occurat about 10-14 days. We have called the pediatrician a couple times and he has assured us that this is pretty normal behaviour. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. As most of you can guess, this is our first child. Thanks in advance. -- ANDY G at ihlpl!g4int
hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (h.cohen) (11/06/85)
Here's a hint we found helpful when our son was an infant: When the kid starts crying, start a stopwatch. We found that we were overestimating his crying time by at least 10x. One minor point. Kids seem to keep themselves going when crying indoors, especially in acoustically "live" rooms. If possible, try stepping outside. (Don't forget to bring the baby!) Enjoy, Harvey S. Cohen
todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones) (11/07/85)
> I've recently become a new father to a perky baby boy and have some questions > for you more experienced parents. First of all my little guy seems to cry more > than I think is the norm, if there is a norm for this type of beahaviour. My experiences (5 year old & 16 month old) indicate there is no such thing as a norm. My 5 year old was a Mommy-parasite who cried more often than not about anything and nothing. It was hell, but as he grew up he became very independent and generally quite happy. My 16 month old is exhibiting the same tendencies. The kids both attend "school" in the mornings, but spend the afternoon with their Mom. We have convinced ourselves that they are exhibiting "learned domination" (as opposed to learned helplessness) and are testing us to see just how high we will jump at their insistence. > My wife is nursing so we really don't know how much he is eating so the first > course of action is trying to feed him. He's 3 weeks old and has gained about > 1.5 lbs since coming home from the hospital. 1.5 lbs. seems to indicate you've got quite a thriving baby on your hands. > I would guess that this increase > inweight is good indication that he is not crying due to hunger. Diaper > changes seem to invoke a his crying as does bath time. We've also been > wondering why hiscord has not fallen off since every book we read mentions > that this should occurat about 10-14 days. Check with your pediatrician about this. ||||||| You dropped an entire yougurt down the heating vent?!!?!? || || / [ O O ]/ Todd "Daddy" Jones \ ^ / {decvax,akgua}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!todd | o | |___| SCI Systems Inc. doesn't necessarily agree with Todd.
avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) (11/09/85)
In article <388@ihlpl.UUCP>, g4int@ihlpl.UUCP (Gezik) writes: > I've recently become a new father to a perky baby boy and have some questions > for you more experienced parents. First of all my little guy seems to cry more > than I think is the norm, if there is a norm for this type of beahaviour. No. There is no norm. Perhaps he has colic. If so, just grin and bear it. Lots of kids do (seems to be a digestive disorder which is a *normal* occurrence). My son (now 4) cried every night from 6 until 10 or so. On and off. Mostly on. For 3 months. Then we sold him. (NO!! JUST KIDDING!!!) He also wet his diaper -- during the firt month? -- about once every 30 minutes and cried to be changed. (Read a book -- tells you kids don't mind sitting in wet diapers. He did!) Then he went through a phase were he screamed every time his diaper was changed. Nice. You're up to your elbows in yuck and he's not even grateful! ("OK, kid. Change it yourself...") He got over it and dosn't do any of that anymore. (Well, he *is* 4 now...) Our daughter did none of the above (now 2.5). In almost all cases, if he is nursing he is getting enough to eat. Some say that baby's crying helps them grow. (My grandmother says this. But I bet the pediatrician says soemthing sounding more profound, but meanig the same thing.) When things get tough, read Psalms 127 and 128 and see that God regards children as a blessing -- a reward form him. (I agree!) God is never wrong. He does have a sense of humor though.... Hang in there, Fred
g4int@ihlpl.UUCP (Gezik) (11/22/85)
I would like to send out a heart felt note of thanks to all those people who responded to the questions I had about my new son Matthew. Matt is now six weeks old and doing fantastic. He's almost 11 pounds and healthy as a horse according to our pediatrician. The crying seems to have tapered off and he seems really happy. It's absolutely amazing how much he has changed since my initial posting. Once again , thank you to all you netter's for your words of encouragement and experience. Andy Gezik -- ANDY @ g4int!ihlpl