She said it best

The past few months I have been a patron of a downtown Neenah shoppe called Mom and Pop Place. This shoppe is a parent's boutique, restaurant, and children's place to play freely. I love the Ikea-like atmosphere and welcome-warm faces. This is also the location where my LLL and babywearers groups meets. Mom and Pop place serves us a variety of healthy meal choices, my favorite being the chicken pesto panini. I can't wait to take a big bite out of that sammie again soon!

The owner, Adria, recently started a blog for Mom and Pop place over on WordPress. In her post titled Baby Trust, Adria shares her #1 offer of advice for new parents. In reading this post, I was so thrilled because it is the jist of what I recently read on askdrsears.com. It's about when a baby cries, and the parent comforts...what that means, what it represents, and why we come running to our child. Here's a clip of her post:

A baby is not capable of manipulation, but a second-grader most certainly is. (Let me tell you.) Where do you draw the line? I maintain that, as you learn to trust your baby, you really get to know your child. You get to know what they really need when they are asking for something. If a baby cries to nurse, he needs to eat. As that same baby gets older, he may still cry to nurse, but his needs may change. He still needs milk, but he also needs love and reassurance and comfort. That is what he is truly asking for. He’s telling you what he needs (comfort), by crying for what he wants (milk). Since you got to know you baby so well by responding to his needs, you are able to interpret his needs.

She continues on fast-forwarding to an example with her 7-yr old son crying for a new lego set and what that really means, not that he needs the toy, but that the toy represents things he needs from mom and once you realize what he really wants, you can meet his needs.

I hope you go and read that post, I found it really helpful to share with my family and friends when they claim I pick up my baby and hold him all the time. I do it when I know he needs it because I have gotten to know him and that's our communication-trust we are building for a life full of love and that special mother-son bond I love building with him.

Have a lovely day, all!

*hugs*
Roxanne :)
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