My husband and I discovered this secret on a cross-country trip when my daughter was just 5 weeks old. As new parents, we had no tricks, so after she had nursed and had a clean diaper, we had exhaused our parental dazzlings. By accident, we cranked up the heat in the car and WOOOSH! She was asleep within minutes! WoW! Heat. Who Knew? (Besides other, more experienced parents, of course)
Did anyone else see Priscilla Dunstan on Oprah? (I'm a little Oprah shy since I discoved that she believes "All Good Dogs Go to Heaven"...not really dogs, but you know what I mean...) Anyway. This Dunstan woman has done some really cool research on the different sounds that babies make and what they actually mean. I would encourage anyone to read more about it. She says that babies actually have a word for hungar...something like "nah". Apparently the sucking reflex creates this sound when a baby begins to get hungry enough to complain about it. It was very interesting.
Tes-tos-ta-boy strikes again!
He droped a two pound hand weight on his is foot. AHHHHH! Thats about how long he cried. Then I realized that the top of his ring toe (is there such a thing?) had just slid off the end of his foot...nail and all. Of course, then he began pulling at it...and I couldn't stop him. His interest in that dangling toe nail far outweighed his fear of pain. He'll outgrow that.
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Maybe you can give me some advice about over-active boys, given your experience with Testastoboy. Our son has been standing almost since he was born, and pulling himself up with reckless abandon since six months. He's now eight months. My very wise and experienced sister has been assuring me that he won't crawl out of his crib for at least another year because babies lack the necessary upper body strength. Very reassuring. Except yesterday my wife caught him doing a chin up in the pantry using a shelf over his head. His feet were off the floor when she found him. Sooooo...I guess my question, oh Oracle of Motherhood, is whether eight months is too young to start chaining him down. Also, how do you feel about leg weights?
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