Help with Crying

lauralew

First, I want to put out a disclaimer.  Our babies do not scream/cry very much.  My heart goes out to the women who have babies who cry most of the day.  I read your posts and say a prayer for you (and a prayer of thanks for my babies).  Justin had the best idea, so I thought I would pass it on.

Inspired by the ladies who suggest ear plugs...EAR PHONES/BUDS!!  (Attached to an iPod, of course.) Walter screams for a few hours every night and is inconsolable.  The only thing that sometimes works is singing, but the family lullaby that I sang to them while pregnant has gotten REALLY old.  Thinking of a different song while a baby is screaming in your face isn't easy, either. It took the edge off, plus I had a whole iPod worth of songs to sing to him while we walked/danced around the house.

Hope it helps someone out there!! 

jertie

I think that's an awesome idea!  DH started using them a couple of weeks back and some other ladies suggested the same thing.  I popped in some cotton balls earlier this week after I noticed that my ears were really ringing after a couple of rounds with Pip and it was sweet relief!

biddy53178

I do the same thing- I did an Aiden's mix on my iphone except that I don't use the earbuds- I just sing along- figure it exposes him to different types of music AND i can hope it drowns out my awful voice to anyone but him!