While shaking the head to fall asleep is considered normal infant behavior in most cases, it can also sometimes qualify as an insomnia sleep disorder. It usually occurs when the child is transitioning to sleep or already asleep and can include head shaking from side to side or other repetitive...
For the majority of people, going to bed routines consist of (depending upon the child’s age, certainly) feeding or breastfeeding, offering your child a nice cozy bath, checking out going-to-bed tales, or vocal singing lullabies, cuddling, as well as shaking. This is an outstanding way ...
⚬ Swinging—to calm a crying child, support baby’s head and neck, and use fast, tiny swinging motions no more than one inch to each side (do this safely, no shaking). ⚬ Sucking—Whether they’re using a pacifier, their thumb, or your pinky finger, sucking soothes babies into sl...
Exploring Mobility: A Deep Dive into the 7 Stages of Crawling and Your Role in It Get this: From their first cry to their first steps, babies achieve various milestones that mark their development journey. While we expect these milestones, it’s always a wonder to see them coo, laugh, gr...
It happened this past Sunday. The day I thought I would finally snap. My body was literally shaking. Question: who told my two year-old he’s still allowed to not sleep through the night? Ever since I started Sam’s bedtime routine in October, his sleep schedule has been perfect. He’...
Stop shaking! You’re strong! You cannot fall into immorality! Oh my body, stop getting aroused! Calm down and behave yourself!Flesh doesn’t hear that rubbish. The only language flesh hears is discipline. I call it the violent taking the flesh by force. Have you noticed that when you ...
Shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, is the condition that describes the symptoms and signs that result from the violent shaking of an infant. These symptoms and signs include bruising, vomiting, poor feeding, seizures, head trauma, and hemorrhages of the retina. Shaken baby syndrome tr...
and/or just wanting to try out her freshly-grown teeth. As she’s got older, she indicates that she doesn’t want to feed by pulling away, shaking her head, and in certain extremely cute moments, waving goodbye to me. I’m optimistic that from now on, biting will remain a thing of...
Soon he was asleep, but Rosemary lay awake beside him, seeing Terry's pulped face and her one eye watching the sky. After a while, though, she was at Our Lady. Sister Agnes was shaking her fist at her, ousting her from leadership of the second-floor monitors. "Sometimes I wonder ...
Instead of trying to adapt my old traditions, then feeling disappointed when they don’t live up to my expectations, I’m shaking up the way I celebrate the holidays. This year Mr. Fab and I are going out of town for Christmas; we’ll be celebrating on Christmas Eve, instead of our ...