http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/crying-baby-stressed-mother-singing-voice/ Adventures in post-partum recovery. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/crying-baby-stressed-mother-singing-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Babylune Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:20:19 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/crying-baby-stressed-mother-singing-voice/#comment-1060 [...] Yesterday, I popped in to see a friend who was babysitting an 8 month-old who had an especially despondent cry. The kind of keening that triggered my let down reflex and demanded that I pick this child up. She imediately sniffed me and assumed the nursing position. I almost nursed her out of sympathy, but it was a physical reflex before it was an emotional one. Now, I don’t breastfeed strangers’ babies but I was surprised that my body responded so quickly to a child I’d never met before. [...] [...] Yesterday, I popped in to see a friend who was babysitting an 8 month-old who had an especially despondent cry. The kind of keening that triggered my let down reflex and demanded that I pick this child up. She imediately sniffed me and assumed the nursing position. I almost nursed her out of sympathy, but it was a physical reflex before it was an emotional one. Now, I don’t breastfeed strangers’ babies but I was surprised that my body responded so quickly to a child I’d never met before. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/crying-baby-stressed-mother-singing-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Babylune » The Long Dark Night Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:22:41 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/crying-baby-stressed-mother-singing-voice/#comment-685 [...] These days I, too, find myself making a deep query of my soul and the universe when I should be resting in preparation for the next day’s work. Will I survive teething? How long can a woman go with so little sleep for so long? Why do babies cry so much louder, so much more inconsolably, at 3 a.m.? Why do teething gels and soothing homeopathic remedies from Europe work for about 15 minutes? [...] [...] These days I, too, find myself making a deep query of my soul and the universe when I should be resting in preparation for the next day’s work. Will I survive teething? How long can a woman go with so little sleep for so long? Why do babies cry so much louder, so much more inconsolably, at 3 a.m.? Why do teething gels and soothing homeopathic remedies from Europe work for about 15 minutes? [...]

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