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Coping with a crying baby
Michelle Ang, Careline Supervisor
Growing children have growing needs, this section will guide you through your children’s cognitive, emotional and physical development.  It is also full of useful nutrition advice for your child’s ever increasing energy and nutritional requirements and growth. This is a great stage in your child’s life as they become more interactive and engaging, but with their increased language and curiosity there may be some questions you can’t answer;  remember we’re always here to support you.
Michelle Ang, Careline Supervisor

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Coping with a crying baby
"First of all new parents do begin to recognise the different cries the baby makes - baby will have different cries for being hungry for example to being colicky - which is a very distressed high pitched cry. A tired cry is also quite different from a hungry cry. Parents from the birth of their baby will begin to recognize the various cries of their own child. Parents very quickly become the experts on their own child and it's needs.

Parents should also look at the following reasons for crying and may be able to use some of the techniques suggested:

• Check that baby is dry and comfortable - including comfortable clothes
• Check that the baby is not hungry
• Check that the baby is getting adequate sleep and rest. Most newborns have three to four hours sleep between feeds. If waking between this then the baby may be still hungry or have a wet or soiled nappy or have wind.
• Check that the baby is not showing signs of illness - for example a rash other than a heat rash, temperature and very flushed face.
• Check that the baby is not too cold or too hot. Many babies are overheated by anxious parents.
• Wrap the baby in a fine rug(not one that makes baby too warm) Also keep in mind that some babies prefer to be wrapped only from the waist down.
• Check that the baby is having enough sucking time at the breast and is feeling comforted by holding close, rocking gently. Singing or talking gently.
• Check that the baby is not suffering from wind or colic and if so perhaps massage gently, put gently on shoulder and pat or bathe gently if the baby is not too upset.
• Check that the baby is stimulated by talking to him/her, smiling at him/her, making eye contact with him/her, watching mobiles ,play music, sway, dance to music, take them for a walk in the pram etc.
• Check that the baby is not lonely - talk gently, pat gently, sing to him/her
• Be aware of over stimulation - sometimes the baby just needs somewhere quiet alone with mother.
• Reduce the number of people handling the baby - for this period babies prefer one or two main caregivers.

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