• Twylarants said on Oct 05, 2009....

  My God, I hate unasked for advice from everyone in the world who knows how to raise your child better than you do, and it's usually someone without children.
  "You're gonna spoil him picking him up every time he cries."
  "Yeah? You have kids?"
  "Well, not yet but..."
  "Then shut up."
  Anyway, that "good for their lungs" crap is crap.  When you cry do your lungs feel good?
  
  "As for crying being healthy for baby's lungs? Kitzinger and Taubman both agree the advice is "stupid and inappropriate." In her book, Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights, Sandy Jones elaborates, "The real truth is that crying is hard on a baby, and it uses up his limited resources. Although young babies can't help crying, you can tell it is self-punishing behavior. When a baby's cries aren't stopped, his arms and legs tighten, his mouth gets dry, his lips start to turn blue, his lungs probably ache, his blood pressure goes up, the veins in his head may swell and even break, and his blood oxygen level starts to go down, not up."
  Here's the site I got this from.
  
  There's no such thing as a spoiled baby, just a well-loved one.
  
  I noticed Remi standing at the table in the picture and I was really surprised. I thought "Wow, that is one strong little guy!"
  
  
  
  
  

• starchini said on Oct 05, 2009....

  thank you for that Twyla.  I now am armed with a good come back to that.  I hear that one more than any other piece of advice.  "Let em cry, its good for him!"...I usually just say "no"...but now i can say "No, i dont want him to use up his limited resources" or something like that.  I always thought the same thing i dont like to cry so neither does he.  Yay i was hoping  someone would notice, thats his most recent picture well, i mean its not old.  Ive taken atleast 30 more picturees of him just today.  Thanks twyla!

• wombat said on Oct 05, 2009....

  You are making me cry....('sall ok)   but I remember when mine "stood up" and leaned to walk by hanging onto the brass bed rails and falling down over and over at about five months.  I am with you on the proud mama thing.  Nothing, absolutely nothing, better. He walked at 8 months, but wow.....four months standing....yes.  Advanced!  

  (watch out for him crawling out the crib at night to make toast or something!)

• Hegemone said on Oct 05, 2009....

  Oh that's so awesome Star!  I did notice that picture of him standing up and I thought that was so cool, and I too thought that for his age that must mean he's advanced, although I don't have kids, so I don't really know, lol, but I'm with you.  I'd believe he's advanced whole heartedly.  What a strong, amazing little man!  Proud proud proud you should be!

• starchini said on Oct 05, 2009....

  wombie, and hege, i just worry that hes in his prime now! lol...ive heard that before - if they are quick learners as babies it will slow way way down later in life.  Or that was just what the mom of the slow learning baby said...lol i dont know i cant keep all these "sayings" straight.  Wombie, lol about the toast.  Ive told Phil that the idea of a teeny human walking around freaks me out.  Spiders and little people are the only two things in this world im afraid of.  If Remi was to stat walking around before 6 months, omg, i would be a little creeped out.  Its not just advanced, its abnormal.  I dont think he will though.  I was mostly impressed that on saturday he couldnt do anything but babble and kick really hard...totally imobile.  and BAM come sunday he is standing AND rolling over.  Thanks guys, you keeping up with me means a lot. : )

• Twylarants said on Oct 05, 2009....

  No, no, no, Starchy! Don't listen to anyone but us here at Soulcast!
  (LOLOL)
  Babies mature differently, even kids in the same family.  I had one who didn't speak a word other than "ma" and "uh" till he was almost 3. Then he spoke entire sentences like a 5 year old and he hasn't shut up since.  Another one never crawled, he just stood up one day when he was 9 months old and walked.
  
  

• gingersoul said on Oct 05, 2009....

  Star.....oh, stop worrying....lol...
  
  My daughter never, ever crawled........she just didn't like it...:-)
  
  She was rolling from point A to point B instead ....she liked it in that way because she had understood the joy of laziness very soon...why wasting energy when she could have the same result with a lot less effort?.....Smartie pants....
  
  Then one day...at 8 months... she pulled herself up, stood on the side of the couch, wobbled a little and let go...and walked.........just like that....and didn't stop walking since that day.....;-)
  
  
  

• starchini said on Oct 06, 2009....

  oh twyla and ginger, i love those stories!  Your very right, babies are crazy different.  Now, Remi isnt happy unless im susp,ending him in the air letting him stand.  my arms hurt.  I can only walk him around so much before my back and biceps break.  Seriously though, he will scream, he is no longer content sitting on my lap and playing.  He insists on being "walked".  He is very demanding.  Gosh, you dont even know.  There is no whining with him, mild irritation will make him scream bloody murder, but the instant you fix his problem he just turns it off and is happy.  Complete strangers have commented on how demanding my baby is.  They will see me rummaging through my diaper bag hysterically and Remington is bright red with tears rolling down his cheeks gasping for air screaming death cries.  The bystanders think "oh man, this kid is having a full blown tantrum that poor mom"...or, "my God that mom really needs to do something, that crying isnt normal"...Finally iwill find his parrot and hand it to him.  Immediatly the cries stop and hes smiling.  People around me will laugh "wow, he knows what he wants". 
   
  My nephew Tucker is  3 and he is just barely starting to make audible words.  He still isnt potty trained either.

• hairbrushedhubby said on Oct 09, 2009....

  Quick, quick, somebody send starchini a pair of trainers, Rem is standing now, soon he will be walking, and then oh dear, is that Starchini I see trying to keep up with him? he he, now the fun really starts, enjoy.

• starchini said on Oct 10, 2009....

  lol, thanks hairbrushed

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