A Baby's Cry

[kah]

I swear, when my son cries, most of the time it doesn't bother me, but every once in a while - like RIGHT DAMNED NOW- it seems to lower my iq. Like the unique pitch of his voice in my ear makes my brain stop thinking, and forces instinct to take over. Or perhaps it just makes me crazy. Any thoughts?

[omicron]

Pillow over the face? Ipod jammed all the way up to 10? Bourbon in the baby's bottle?

:o

Omi

[DarkJedi]

Pillow over the face?

:o

Omi


<ripping paper sound>


"And the award for 'Father of the year' goes to......."


:winks:

[kah]

I think ~hope~ he meant pillow over my face.

[DarkJedi]

lol I know he did.

The only thing sinister or evil about good Omi is his drinking ability and even then, I'm more sinister...

[Cncrman]

Please...you are about as sinister as two kittens in a pile of yarn.

Ok, Drunken Kittens, but my point still stands.

[Trazalca]

I swear, when my son cries, most of the time it doesn't bother me, but every once in a while - like RIGHT DAMNED NOW- it seems to lower my iq. Like the unique pitch of his voice in my ear makes my brain stop thinking, and forces instinct to take over. Or perhaps it just makes me crazy. Any thoughts?

How old is he? How many months?

[Btw, I'm a Dad of 3 with one soon to land on planet earth somewhere
between Feb and Mar.]

[neglet]

Give it a couple years, when he starts talking. You'll learn to tune it out, no trouble! :D

Of course, that is when he starts singing nonsense words off-key while you're trying to watch "Lost."

[kah]

He's 6 1/2 months. Yay Traz!! I can't wait till he can tell me what his problem is! Besides, he may not speak yet, but he likes to babble or sing incoherently through all my favorite shows. Loudly! It's usually like "Jack- come to the Yaaaaaaa Hiiiiiiiiiii Bllllll ~insert baby raspberry~ or Locke will Heeeeheee Bahhhh" I have no idea what's going on half the time. :)

[omicron]

yeah...that's what I meant. Pillow over mom's ears.....yeah.....

And instead of bourbon in the baby bottle, how about putting it in Mom's glass instead :)

Omi

[Trazalca]

He's 6 1/2 months. Yay Traz!! I can't wait till he can tell me what his problem is! Besides, he may not speak yet, but he likes to babble or sing incoherently through all my favorite shows. Loudly! It's usually like "Jack- come to the Yaaaaaaa Hiiiiiiiiiii Bllllll ~insert baby raspberry~ or Locke will Heeeeheee Bahhhh" I have no idea what's going on half the time. :)

Six and a half? That's a fun age for a tyke to be.
If crying continues past checking the usual symptoms,
hunger, dirty diaper, rash or fever,
check to be sure his first teeth aren't coming through yet.
You can never know when they'll first start to peek through the gumline.
And if so, give him a frozen waffle to gnaw on. They like that. :)

[kah]

Oh, it's hilarious. I'm just lmao all the time. He is teething, but that doesn't seem to bother him. He's just a little drama king. He only cries when he's super-tired, or if I am not holding him the way he wants to be held. His latest thing- he only wants to be held by someone who is standing. Sit down- he gets hysterical. Stand up- he's belly laughing. He does it just to make me crazy.

[Kaeos]

Hey Kah, father of 4 here, my daughter and your son should get together and go bowling. She's turning 1 in a few weeks and is teething (again)

I've got a lot of what you've got going on as well, just 3 older boys to round out the royal rumble. I don't particularly understand the stand up only thing, but we've got that too. My advice is to try and paste your favorite lyrics over the wailing. If that doesn't work, try to think of it as background noise. Like traffic.

And coffee. LOts of coffee.....calms the nerves. Stops the eye from twitching so much.

Good luck!

[kah]

I just got to start indulging in the coffee again. I just stopped nursing him a couple weeks ago. I swear, I have a whole new respect for(or is it fear of?) parents who have more than one child. I love my boy to death, but no way could I willingly go through giving birth again just to snatch 20 minutes of sleep 6 times a day for three months, all while chasing my overactive boy, who decided to start rolling over at 13 days, and surely has more surprises in store for me. I kneel and cry "I'm not worthy" at Kaeos and Traz's feet.

[Bokchoi Cowboy]

...he likes to babble or sing incoherently...


Sounds like most of the posting that goes on here at Cinescape....

[Kaeos]

I kneel and cry "I'm not worthy" at Kaeos and Traz's feet.


Yup. She's a keeper. :D

[Trazalca]

Sure is. :cool:

[kah]

Gahhhhhh!! Is there any way to trick the little buggers? I swear, the few times I have tried to get out of the house, he pukes his way through all my decent clothes. He's perfect and puke-free when I just want to stay home. Can I trick him into thinking I am not wearing clothes that do not resemble puke-stained sweats?

[Bokchoi Cowboy]

The trick is to only wear clothing that matches the color of baby-puke.

[kah]

But there are so many different shades of baby-puke. It varies from day to day, and sometimes hour to hour.

[Sgt. Awesome]

Maybe if you fed him food colouring it would regulate...

[Jakester]

Just for future reference, Kahlan, my dear....if you swallow, you won't get pregnant.

[southpaw]

It's true, Jakester has never ONCE gotten knocked up.:D

[neglet]

Gahhhhhh!! Is there any way to trick the little buggers? I swear, the few times I have tried to get out of the house, he pukes his way through all my decent clothes. He's perfect and puke-free when I just want to stay home. Can I trick him into thinking I am not wearing clothes that do not resemble puke-stained sweats?

Babies are much too devious to be tricked in such a fashion. You must take preventative measures: eg, the "burp cloth." Take a cloth diaper, rag, or towel, and put it on the shoulder carrying the baby. Then at least your clothes have a fighting chance.

Or, wear an outdoor jacket with water repellent at all times. One time I waited until I was perfectly ready to go out before changing Jr.'s diaper and packing him for transport. I forgot the usual spare diaper over the hose while removing the dirty diaper and the little bugger peed all over me. However, my jacket was water resistent and the pee just rolled right off! Of course, if you live in a warm climate this solution may not work for you.

Your only course of action is to surrender, as millions of parents have before you. You'll have your chance to strike back once they reach adolescence.:D

[Jakester]

So, this one time...at band camp...

Oh, wrong time. Nevermind.

Last night/this am, around 2ish, little boy's got gas and won't go to sleep. Mommy's been up all day and all night w/ him, so I take him downstairs and hang out. He poops, so I wait a few minutes to let him finish. Apparently, not quite enough minutes because as I'm wiping him....

Fortunately, I caught it all with wipes, but it wuz messy. He hasn't peed on me yet, but he did pee on the OB.

[neglet]

Ewww. We had special terms for those kind of diapers in our house:

Three Mile Island: nasty toxic waste
Chernobyl: nasty toxic waste, and you've lost containment! :p

[omicron]

Every time I get slightly emotional and wish I had kids, I read one of those stories and again rejoice at my single-ness :)

Omi

[Cncrman]

Jake, now you understand why my Daughter's nickname is Squirt.

[kah]

He has gotten really good at puking so that he completely misses the burp cloth, himself, the floor, anything but my clothes, or face, or hair. He hasn't peed on me in a few months, so I can be grateful for small favors. Yeah, the poop thing... guh. Once when I was changing his diaper, he wasn't quite finished, and it was during that liquid stage.. I pulled the diaper off him and he smiled at me, right before a half gallon poured out of his tiny little body and all over my friend's couch. We were also at a restaurant one day, and they didn't have a changing table, so I had to take him out to the car, where it was about 40 degrees outside. I laid down a disposable changing pad- (Huggies- BUY THEM- they have saved my sanity), and as I took off his pants, I got poop all over my hands, his back, the changing pad, everywhere! He'd just gotten enough out the back to ruin everything in sight. So here I am, poop on my hands, trying to get him naked so I can change and clean him, before he freezes, and he's trying to jam his head under the car seat base, and roll over at the same time. Needless to say, it took me about 10 minutes and 6 wipes, 2 pairs of clothes, and 3 diapers. We used to rate diapers based on how many wipes it took to clean up. The worst ever was about 8, and the sludge covered him from the back of his neck to his bellybutton.

[Jakester]

Been there when Julia was little, K. Boys take more wipes than girls, I've discovered...

[Trazalca]

Talk about dropping a load on you. What are you feeding that boy?

[Kaeos]

Yeah, the poop thing... guh..........

*snicker*

Yeah, that's great ain't it? What's really great is when it's all just liquid. Just sorta soaks through the diaper edge and the onesie before you smell it.

Keep up the good work Mom, figt the good fight, and take LOTS of pictures as bargaining collateral when he's a teenager. :winks:

[Jakester]

Is that what happened with Tubgirl? She pissed off her parents, so they put up that site?

[KingVoyeur]

Alas, Tubgirl has been sent to her room, and is no longer allowed to play in the tub...

[Space Tycoon]

Thank you very much Jake.

I googled "Tubgirl," and saw one photograph of quite possibly the most disgusting thing imaginable. I will not be able to think about sex--or food-- for weeks. :eek:

Once again, much appreciated! Lemme know if there's some way of returning the favour sometime.

:green:

[Jakester]

God, Space, Slammy hinted about tubgirl about 2 years ago. He warned me in the sternest possible way and yet, sent me the link anyway. I clicked, and it took two weeks before I could see again.

[Space Tycoon]

Was that a kid, or an adult? I didn't look long enough to be sure. Either way, that is truly horrible. I'll never be the same again.

:(

[Bokchoi Cowboy]

You two are just real whimps. It really didn't bother me all that much, but I have seen quite a bit that can overshadow something so...simple...

[Space Tycoon]

I'm no prude. It's just that I find that whole bodily function... a bit icky.

[Bokchoi Cowboy]

Not a comment on the sexual component, but your ability to get grossed out.

[southpaw]

Your posts are like walking into a bathroom after someone before you had explosive diarrhea and didn't flush the toliet.