Tuned in

My daughter is getting pretty tuned in to the baby. Just 37 days into motherhood and she is quickly picking up the subtle cues that make us the mothers that we are. We are not very conscious about this but I guess being the sole provider and protector of such a tiny infant, we subconsciously look for clues to tell us what is needed for the baby.As our doctor said, any cry of an infant is a means of communication.

Last night like many other nights was a blur. She fed the baby and was holding him upright. He let out a burb and after that he was again wriggling. She told me, he is wriggling means he needs to burp some more, so please hold him upright and help him to burp! I was pretty impressed. For me his wriggle did not appear to be any different from other times when burp was not imminent. And usually it is one burp for this baby. But then within a few minutes the baby let out a huge burp and then quietened down immediately. My daughter let out a sigh and rolled over to catch some sleep. I was busy feeling pretty impressed that she has got under the skin of her new role!

Of course she is able to differentiate the different types of yells/wails/cries. For me most of the time it is crying and my problem solving instinct kicks in and I start trying all options one by one. She eliminates most of the them and zeroes in on the possible cause. Yesterday he was crying for ostensibly no reason.She told me within a short time he is going to pass urine, you watch out! And surely he did. Body language communication at its best!

Like this time early morning.She finished feeding him and said just hold him for a while, he should sleep off soon and should continue sleeping atleast for 2 hours! How does she know that. And as if to prove a brownie point with mommie, the fellow did fall asleep immediately and had solid over 2 hours sleep, without as much as a single stir.No, the baby does not do this deep sleep act after every feed or after every other feed. It is a rare event, so it shows she is pretty tuned in !