For me, parenting will never be simple as trusting my instincts
When my first son was about a month old, I was at a social gathering and a friend offered to hold him while I ate. Since trying to eat while holding a baby is like trying to focus on playing a board game while someone throws spaghetti at you, I was happy to hand him off for a bit. After a little while, my friend walked over with my son because he had begun to cry and she asked, ?Is this his ?hungry? cry"?
I looked back at her and thought: Your guess is as good as mine.
Some parents and advice books told me that when I became a parent, I would learn what my baby?s different cries meant and therefore it would be easy to tend to my child?s needs. But once I had an actual baby, I couldn?t really tell the difference between a hungry cry, a tired cry, and an ?I am sad because I was enjoying watching the ceiling fan and now, I can no longer see it? cry. I told my friend my son might be hungry, and I took him to a quiet room to feed him. As an introvert, I find alone time recharging, so I figured it was a chance to have a little break from socializing even if I didn?t really know what the crying was about. I changed him, fed him, and then rocked him to sleep, and at some point, he stopped crying. So, it seemed that he was likely crying about one of those things, but I couldn?t say which one.
I?ve heard plenty of other parenting advice about relying on your natural instincts:
?Breastfeeding is natural! You?ll know how to do it.?
?You?ll know how to calm your crying child.?
?Jus...
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