(disclaimer to all editors, writers, english majors: i'm really not a big fan of caps. so please excuse as i write in all lowercase. don't judge!)
yes, they are.
at least with girls, they know what they want but they just don't want to tell you -- you need to figure it out. sorry ladies, but that's kinda true sometimes...isn't it? :p
when it comes to babies, not only can they not communicate clearly with us, but sometimes it seems like they don't even know what they want!
are you tired? ok, take a nap.
still crying? maybe you're hungry? ok, drink up.
no? you want the pacifier instead? ok, here.
no, not that either? back to the bottle? fine.
what?! you just want to suck your fingers instead?
it's sometimes so hard to figure him out!
you think you know, and then he throws a curveball!
i recently started reading the book
"bringing up bebe"
the book is about the author's journey as an american mother in france and observes the way the french raises children.
i started to laugh out loud when she talked about going on the "
is it safe" column on
babycenter.com. i don't know about you, but within a few weeks of finding out that i was pregnant, that column was bookmarked on my computer at work, home, and on my phone! i was constantly looking up "is it safe?"
so far, the book is a fun read with some tips that i think can work for miles. i think the part about understanding your baby's rhythm was a great point. so many times i hear or read about these methods that can work for my baby. sometimes i'm too eager to try them out without observing and figuring out my baby's rhythm first. when amy told me that logan was sleeping on his own early on, i was ready to try it with miles when he was around 8 weeks old. um, FAIL! it did not go well. he cried for over 30 mins, turning purple, tears, snot coming out, and i thought he was going to pop a blood vessel from screaming/crying. i recently tried it again (2 months later), and it's been going great! i now realize that even though
I was ready for him to do it on his own when he was 8 weeks old, he wasn't (lots more on sleep coming up later).
so in some ways, figuring out a baby is like going on a first date with a girl and trying to figure her out.
do you want me to walk you home? you're ok? oh its close by? ok then.
wait, are you really ok or am i supposed to still walk you home?....
you're really, REALLY ok? ok great.
good night.
(we all know the guy should still have walked her home. duh.)
there's a great quote at the end of the
NYTimes book review:
"In the end, do the French do it better than Americans? Giving birth and
raising children is messy and confusing in any society. It’s perpetual
trial and error — whether in France or in the United States. Unlike a
car, a baby doesn’t come with a user’s manual."
this is what amy and i say all the time. why can't there be ONE manual that works for ALL babies?
:)
have you read "bringing up bebe"?
what did you think?
