crying baby Archives

How To Respond When a Baby Cries

Thursday, May 24 2018

Babies cry.

It’s hard to listen when all you want to do is find a way to make your baby stop crying. As a parent you’re hard-wired to care when a baby cries, after all. But sometimes, it feels like babies cry for no reason.

Unexplained Crying May Come from an Emotional Need

Monday, May 8 2017

With Laura Minnigerode You thought you’d covered everything. It’s late in the day, your baby is fed, healthy, and her diaper is changed, you’ve jiggled and jostled her until you are exhausted, and she is still

How Listening to a Micro-Preemie Helped Relieve Her Fear

Wednesday, September 28 2016

By Laura Minnigerode Emma was born so early that she identified as a “Micro-Preemie.” That is, she weighed less than 800 grams and was born before 26 weeks. When I first met her, she was about 9