No offence intended to those posting, but I think that's a total crock.
I don't think any mother enjoys listening to her baby cry and most would feel anxious.
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No offence intended to those posting, but I think that's a total crock.
I don't think any mother enjoys listening to her baby cry and most would feel anxious.
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Oh gosh, I hope my post didn't sound like I actually enjoy listening to my babies cry!!! Just to clarify, I don't get anxiety when I hear a baby crying. Certainly doesn't mean I enjoy it either.
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yeah i don't 'enjoy' hearing a baby cry.. i just don't get upset and flustered by it. It's like saying every person gets anxious when another human being talks to them... crying is a baby's way to communicate. I'm not going to get anxious over completely normal communication.
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Sorry guys, 'enjoy' was a stupid choice of word.
Don't mind me, not in a good head space today and not being very eloquent!
Last edited by Willow; December 19th, 2009 at 06:45 PM.
Mmmm well I know my mother believed that babies were naughty when they cried & I was left to cry all the time.
I had a completley different philosophy in parenting my own babies.
It is known that a babies cry does a little trip on the mamas - that's what it is for. So that the child can be attended to... I got incredibly anxious when DD14 cried & I held her for most of her first 2 years of life!
I also felt agitated & compelled to attend to my other children when they cried. However I didn't feel anxious.
I reckon it's a fairly normal reaction for Mamas to feel agitated, anxious wanting to respond to their crying baby...
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Thank you Inanna, as usual you have said beautifully what I was trying to say.
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