tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post1611010700304357264..comments2023-10-30T08:47:41.006-04:00Comments on Where Your Treasure Is: New Mommy LessonsJonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802543096647270631noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post-71600038465570212472008-06-08T11:14:00.000-04:002008-06-08T11:14:00.000-04:00Girl, I can SOOOOO relate! And I don't want to jus...Girl, I can SOOOOO relate! And I don't want to just jump right in with advice, but it helped me to know that people knew what I was going through. The range of emotions a new mom experiences is crazy: joy, anger, confusion, guilt, love, frustration... and having to deal with the swings on very little sleep.<BR/><BR/>There is a video that really helped us out. It's a book, too, called The Happiest Baby on the Block, but the advantage of the video is you get to SEE demonstrations of how to soothe a fussy baby. The premise is the 5 s's, which you may have heard: swaddling, shooshing/white noise, sucking, swaying/swinging, and side/stomach position. It also calls these first few months the "fourth trimester." And sometimes the baby just cries because, like you said so well, "everyone is adjusting to this new life."KarenDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901472388331907986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post-68007633970035802342008-06-07T20:47:00.000-04:002008-06-07T20:47:00.000-04:00Joni- your honest blogging brings tears to my eyes...Joni- <BR/>your honest blogging brings tears to my eyes- tears of joy for seeing my friend learn and grow as a new mom, and tears for myself at what is to come... Thanks for the realistic slap in my face- but it's a good slap... thank you! See you soon-Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915583174733985651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post-69802312439829941212008-06-06T18:01:00.000-04:002008-06-06T18:01:00.000-04:00Joni - it is so refreshing to hear you say those t...Joni - it is so refreshing to hear you say those things. As you know, Price is 9 months old and for the last 3 nights he has woken up screaming for no reason in the middle of the night. So it was good for me to read what you said, even 9 months down the road.Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117381653559769649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post-77988143560192993072008-06-06T16:58:00.000-04:002008-06-06T16:58:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635437197293278119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23612474.post-87506461273902664152008-06-06T16:00:00.000-04:002008-06-06T16:00:00.000-04:00Persevere!Hopefully soon those nights will get few...Persevere!<BR/><BR/>Hopefully soon those nights will get fewer and less frequent.<BR/><BR/>I have noticed that Noah is calmed in different ways than he was just a few weeks ago.<BR/><BR/>Also I think there are some times where we're just not going to know what is wrong. Sometimes after we've checked everything that we can check, we give him some gas medicine. After that we just have to admit we don't know what's wrong and let him cry for a while.<BR/><BR/>Know that it gets better, and do depend upon others. Sadly, I think early on Noah's crying stressed me out worse than Ashlee, which blew my mind since she had to fight the battle of getting him to nurse well.<BR/><BR/>We heard that if you can get through six weeks of nursing, it gets better. It turned out to be true for us, Noah is pretty efficient now, and it takes less time.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624242333922229172noreply@blogger.com