Yesterday my son and daughter-in-law, who live in Chicago, drove to Madison to spend Memorial Day with the family. As they are expecting their first child in Dec., the conversation at lunch naturally turned to raising children. Since both my daughter and I had babies that cried and cried a lot, we proceeded to describe our frustrating experiences.
But later that day after they had driven home, I felt just awful thinking of what a dismal picture we had painted for my son and daughter-in-law. They should be looking forward to this wonderful event, not dreading a possibility that may not even come to pass. And so, I sent her an email describing a better alternative. Although my daughter and I had to deal with lots of crying, I wrote, that doesn’t mean that you will. What we neglected to tell you is that every baby is different and there are lots of mothers who will say they had good babies who didn’t cry very much and were good sleepers.
In the meantime, one thing that is certain is that babies keep changing. When they are about 6-8 weeks old they start smiling. Around 3 months they start sitting up, about 6-7 months they start crawling, about 9 months they start standing and about a year or so they start walking. So if a baby does cry a lot, the good news is that it doesn’t last forever and will be over soon.
By Hannah --www.FunnyPhotosContest.com a photo contest for cute or funny photos and photo captions.
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