Information for parents on
normal infant crying, a parent's story about crying, and research on crying.
The materials describe
normal infant crying, explain the easy - to - remember acronym PURPLE (with each letter standing for various features of infant crying), suggest strategies for comforting a baby, acknowledge caregiver frustration when a baby can not be soothed, explain the dangers of shaking the infant, and outline a positive approach for handling an inconsolable infant.
In this paper, I will focus on our new understanding of
normal infant crying (including colic) in the first few months of life.
Not exact matches
Breast pads: It's
normal for your breasts to leak while you're nursing, and another baby's
cry or the sight of an
infant can bring on a gush of milk when you least expect it.
If your
infant is
crying without tears, It is probably
normal, especially if she has no other symptoms.
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Fussing and
crying are
normal for
infants, and a fussy baby doesn't necessarily have colic.
how to sooth your baby's
cries (from Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D.)
normal crying in
infants.
It is perfectly
normal for an
infant to
cry when hungry, thirsty, tired, lonely, or in pain.
Therefore, it is a
normal situation when a child starts
crying, 70 % of
infants suffers from colic.
According to an article on Seattle Children's Hospital website, the acronym PURPLE is used to help define the
normal pattern of
crying for
infants.
However, when it comes to an
infant who knows nothing except
crying to express his bodily discomfort, even his parents might encounter problem to distinguish his
normal fussiness and placid ailments from graver complications which needs urgent assistance and care.
There is also experimental evidence suggesting that
normal Western
infants cry less when their parents make a special effort to carry their babies more often.
Fussing and
crying are
normal for
infants, especially during the first three months.
Infants cry at loud noises because those sounds are unfamiliar to them and it's a
normal part of their neurological development.
The PURPLE materials reinforce that these are
normal properties, suggest ways to soothe, underline that soothing is not always expected to work, describe why inconsolable
crying is frustrating to parents, and suggest 3 guidelines when caring for a
crying infant.
Feel like your
infant is having more than
normal difficulties with
crying, sleeping and feeding?
It is
normal for us to react to the
cry of our
infant and want to soothe them, but when a parent can't allow them to
cry at all, the
infant doesn't gain the practice of experiencing the stress.
At the clinic, we aim to identify and treat medical causes of
infant crying, discuss
normal infant sleep and
crying patterns, offer parents management strategies to encourage
infant settling, help parents to better cope with
infant crying, mobilise support for parents and screen for postnatal depression.