![]() ![]() ![]() Parents Cannot Distinguish Meaning in a Newborn’s Cries (I Disagree) I agree with Hogg and Karp that your baby does not cry in order to manipulate you. I like to point this out because I often hear parents refer to their babies this way (See Combating Babywise Myths #6: BW parents call their kids words like “manipulative”). The Baby Whisperer, Tracy Hogg, discusses this. I have mentioned this a few times in various posts. In Chapter 2, Karp discusses crying and points out that a baby’s cries are not manipulative (page 21). He says that a mildly fussy baby can be soothed by using one of these methods, but a really fussy, or colicky, baby needs all five together in his recipe to create the “Cuddle Cure.” Crying Isn’t Manipulative Karp has 5 S’s to use to calm a fussy baby: He discusses the fourth trimester later on in the book, so I will save more thoughts for then. I have heard the first three months called this before, and I agree that it is a fair lable for those first three months. In chapter 1, Karp mentions the “4 th trimester.” The 4 th trimester refers to the first three months of a baby’s life. Babies Do Not Ever Need to Cry to “Blow Off Steam” (I Disagree). ![]() Parents Cannot Distinguish Meaning in a Newborn’s Cries (I Disagree). ![]()
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