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Renowned pediatrician Dr. Marc Weissbluth knows firsthand how stressful life can be for a sensitive, fussy newbornnot to mention the childs frantic, exhausted parents. His own firstborn, like more than a fifth of all babies, was a colicky child, causing him and his wife to suffer many sleepless nights. Your Fussy Baby is Dr. Weissbluths gift to other sorely tired mothers and fathers, written to help them comfort their newborns without disrupting their own lives. Even extreme fussiness, he says, is not dangerous and usually stops when the child is about four months old. In the meanwhile, however, life can be tough for the whole family. But whether your baby cries for as long as eight hours a day, suffers from gas, refuses to sleep, or all of the above, Your Fussy Baby will gently guide your little oneand youthrough this mysterious phase of infant growth. Inside you will discover
Why your baby cries so much: The most up-to-date research, including some fascinating possibilities that researchers are just beginning to explore.
Dangerous myths about fussiness: Facts and fiction about diet, mothering, proper medications, and much more that even your pediatrician may not know.
The emotional effects: Avoiding the guilt, anxiety, and frustration that having a fussy baby so often stirs up.
What to do when your baby fusses: Specific recommendations for what parents can do to minimize the distress that prolonged crying causes the whole family.
Expert, step-by-step advice on establishing healthy sleep habits for your baby.
With this reassuring, down-to-earth guidance, you can help your fretful, fussy newborn to become the sweet, happy baby he or she was meant to be.
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ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
Crybabies
Sweet Baby: How to Soothe Your Newborn
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
This book is dedicated
to Linda Weissbluth
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE NOT YET
DELIVERED YOUR BABY
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE ALREADY
DELIVERED YOUR BABY
Chapter 1.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN COMMON FUSSINESS/
CRYING AND EXTREME FUSSINESS/COLIC
2. Some Crying Cannot Be Attributed
to an Obvious Cause
3. Two to Three Hours of Crying Per Day
Is Average
4. Many Babies Have Evening Crying
Spells
EXTREME FUSSINESS/COLIC MAY JUST BE A LOT OF
COMMON FUSSINESS
Chapter 2.
IS EXTREME FUSSINESS/ COLIC A DISEASE ?
Extreme Fussiness/Colic Is Not the
Sort of Problem Doctors Like
ELEVEN MYTHS ABOUT EXTREME FUSSINESS/COLIC
(AND WHY YOU SHOULDN T BELIEVE THEM)
Fallacy No. 1: There Is No Such
Thing as Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Fallacy No. 2: Maternal Anxiety
Causes Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Fallacy No. 3: Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Is a Gastrointestinal Problem
Fallacy No. 4: Something the Baby
Has Eaten Disagrees with Her
Fallacy No. 6: Breast-fed Babies
Have Less Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Fallacy No. 7: Firstborn Children Have
Extreme Fussiness/Colic More Often
Fallacy No. 8: Fresh Air Causes
Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Fallacy No. 10: Better-Educated Mothers
Have More Extremely Fussy/
Colicky Babies
Fallacy No. 11: Extremely Fussy/Colicky
Babies Are More Intelligent
WHAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT EXTREME
FUSSINESS/COLIC
Dr. Illingworth: Its Not Allergy, Gas,
or Spoiling
Dr. Wessel: Its Not Allergy and Its
Not the Family
Dr. Paradise: Its Not the Mothers
Personality
Dr. Schnall and Dr. Shaver: It Is
Not Maternal Anxiety
Naturally Occurring Substances
May Cause Extreme Fussiness/Colic
Chapter 3. Birth to Four Months of Age: How to
Soothe and Help Your Baby to Sleep
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR EXTREMELY
FUSSY/COLICKY BABY
Caring for a Family with an
Extremely Fussy/Colicky Newborn
Father Care: Our Secret Weapon
for Soothing
Respect Your Babys Need to Sleep:
The One- to Two-Hour Window
of Wakefulness
Drowsy Cues
Breast-feeding the Fussy Baby
(Nancy Nelson, R.N., IBCLC)
Chapter 4. Temperament at Four Months
of Age
Threshold (Sensitivity)
DIFFICULT TEMPERAMENT AND EXTREME
FUSSINESS/ COLIC
Chapter 5. After Four Months of Age: How to
Prevent Sleep Problems
INTRODUCTION: SLEEP BEFORE AND AFTER
FOUR MONTHS
Newborns Have a Unique Sleep
Pattern for Three to Four Months
Possibility No. 1: Extreme Fussiness/Colic is
Connected with Disorganized Sleep
Possibility No. 2: Extreme Fussiness/
Colic Is an Acted-Out REM Period
Extreme Fussiness/Colic May Be
Part of a Larger Problem
MOTHERS DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR BABIES
AT AGE FOUR MONTHS
WHAT MOTHERS SAY ABOUT FIRST BABIES
AFTER EXTREME FUSSINESS/COLIC ENDS
SECOND-BORN INFANTS ARE LIKE FIRST
BORNS AFTER EXTREME FUSSINESS/COLIC ENDS
EXPERIENCED MOTHERS AND EXTREMELY
FUSSY/COLICKY BABIES
Solid Foods
BREAST-FEEDING VERSUS BOTTLE-FEEDING
AND FAMILY BED VERSUS CRIB
Common Fussiness (80 Percent):
Low Risk for Sleep Problems
After Four Months
Check and Console or Graduated
Extinction (Controlled Crying)
Extreme Fussiness/Colic (20 Percent):
High Risk for Sleep Problems
After Four Months
The One- to Two-Hour Window of
Wakefulness
Do I Have to Put My Baby Down
While She Is Still Awake?
And Then Do It
Chapter 6.
Chapter 7. Summary and Action Plans
for Exhausted Parents
WATCH FOR DROWSY SIGNS
SLEEP TRAINING SUMMARY
I am grateful to those parents who contributed their stories and to Mrs. Clare K. Rothschild for her editorial assistance.
You Have Not Yet Delivered Your Baby
Are you a mother reading this book before you have delivered your baby? If so, I strongly suggest that you read Chapters 1, 2, and 3, which explain what we know about fussy babies, so that you will better understand how to soothe your baby after your baby is born.
You Have Already Delivered Your Baby
If you have already delivered your baby and are exhausted or worried or both, turn to Chapter 7 immediately for a quick summary of the background and plan of action. Then turn to Chapter 3 for more details.
If you are a father reading this book, you will not suffer from baby brainthe confused mental state caused by the fatigue, stress, and sleep deprivation from not sleeping well for many months before and after the baby is born. Therefore, read the entire book as quickly as you can to coach your wife through this wonderful, marvelous, and chaotic time.
Giving birth to a new baby unleashes unique and powerful forces within both mother and baby. The experience of childbirth is an event unlike all others. Furthermore, the job of having a baby is different from the more ordinary pleasures women experience. Caressing her, holding her warm skin to your cheek, feeding her, gazing into her eyes your heart melts. Could there be a more beautiful and graceful creation?
During the first few days, your child is so peaceful and calm, you may wonder if you have to wake her to feed her. You may notice that she does not suck with very much strength or interest before she snoozes off into deep slumber again. It is even normal for your baby to lose weight during these first few days. In fact, if your baby was born early, this quiet and sleepy state may last longer than a few days.
After a few days, or around the due date for babies born early, however, you may notice that things begin to change. Your baby becomes more wakeful and alert and sucks with more strength. She has a more wide-open-eyed look. It is as if her sleepy brain has begun to wake up-just in time to catch the breast milk if you are nursing your baby. The weight loss that is normal in babies during the few days after birth slows down, stops, and then reverses itself.
As your baby becomes more wakeful, she moves her arms and legs around more, and her eyes study and follow you about; sometimes she may even fuss for several minutes. To fuss is to become upset, to fret, to be less settled, or to get stirred up. During a fussy spell, your baby appears nervous, agitated, and unable to fall asleep or stay awake. Sometimes she appears irritableexcitable, easily upset, and unhappily sensitive to stimuli such as loud noises. She may melt down into a crying state easily if not soothed by her parents. It is not clear what is irritating, annoying, or exasperating her. This behavior may irritate a mother or father as well. Parents feel sympathy for their baby and might also feel displeasure that she requires so much attention. When extra soothing seems not to help, the baby may provoke in her parents feelings of impatience or even anger.
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