Showing posts with label crying baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crying baby. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

And while we're at it...

Why not offer frazzled parents a place to hold and comfort their babies? Like a chair in every restroom. I'm talking about for the sake of sanity. Many times, just leaving a noisy space was enough to calm my son during a crying jag. I'd take him to the restroom, and the relative quiet had a silencing effect on him. If he needed to nurse, he had a much easier time when the room was hushed. My dear husband could've used a quiet place to sit during the times he was on comfort-the-crying-kid duty, too.

Disclaimer: No, I'm not suggesting that breastfeeding, or feeding of any kind, be relegated to the toilet zone. I'm just saying that a break from the noise worked for us.