“I couldn't have asked for a better kid. She's our own little Buddha baby so far. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop to tell you the truth. It's like the calm before the storm.” LittlesKidsWaitingBabyShoesCalmStormBefore The Storm Author:Ana Ortiz
“It's like being a newborn, this sudden sensory overload of noise, color, smells and gravity after months of quietly floating, encased in relative calm and isolation. No wonder babies cry in protest when they're born.” BornWonderCryColorBabyMonthsCalmSmellNoiseIsolationProtestRelativeGravityFloatingSensoryNewbornOverload Book:An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Source: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby.” BabyDown AndCalmBreastsOne TimeFeedingOne On One Author:Isla Fisher
“The best way of thinking of an attachment in my view, is to see it as the outcome of an interaction between two people, each of whom contributes to the quality of the relationship. Most parents can promote a secure relationship with a calm, pleasant, patient baby. Only particularly sensitive and patient parents can promote a secure attachment to a difficult baby.” PeopleThinkingWayTwoParentDifficultViewsQualityBabyPatientCalmBest WaySecureSensitiveOutcomesPleasantAttachmentInteractionWay Of ThinkingBonding Author:Sandra Scarr
“The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious at six all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one's image of a child, say goodbye to the child a parent knows, and get accustomed to this slightly new child inhabiting the known child's body.” KnowsChildrenTwoBodySeemsParentDifficultKnownFourBabyQuietLetting GoSixSurpriseCalmGoodbyeTemperAccustomedInfantSaying GoodbyeTantrumsStudiousTemper TantrumsWild Child Author:Ellen Galinsky
“Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once. Then as fast as we learn to cope--so soon--it is hard to recall why diapers ever seemed so important. The frontiers change, and now perhaps we have a teenager we can't reach.” TryingImportantHardTogetherCryBabyCleanCalmTeenagerRecallsFrontiersPinsDiapersPoop Author:Polly Berrien Berends
“When I was a child and I was upset about something, my mother was not capable of containing that emotion, of letting me be upset but reassuring me, of just being with me in a calming way. She always got in a flap, so I not only had my own baby panics, fears and terrors to deal with, but I had to cope with hers, too. Eventually I taught myself to remain calm when I was panicked, in order not to upset her. In a way, she had managed to put me in charge of her. At 18 months old, I was doing the parenting.” WayChildrenMotherOrderMy OwnDealsEmotionTaughtBabyMonthsCapableCalmTerrorUpsetPanicJust BeingContainingCalmingReassuring Author:John Cleese
“You lay your hand against his skin and just rib his back. Blow into his ear. Press that baby up against your own skin and walk outside with him, where the night air will sourround him, and moonlight fall on his face. Whistle, maybe. Dance. Hum. Pray. (how to calm a crying baby)” HandsFacesNightFallWalksAirCryBabyPrayingSkinsEarsPressesLaysCalmBlowMoonlightRibs Author:Joyce Maynard