The reason for the crying baby

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The reason for the crying baby For the purpose of recap, the likely causes include wet or dirty nappy, too hot or too cold temperature, hunger, wind, colic, environmental stress, reflux oesophagitis, teething etc Your baby’s doctor may consider an acute illness, otitis media then in severe cases intussusception, strangulated inguinal hernia if sudden severe crying.

Worthy of note are sleeping problems which includes difficulty getting to sleep, waking during the night, sleeping in parents bed, nightmares and night terrors. Eating problems in toddlers such as food refusal, faddy eating—only eating one or two types of food, overeating, battles over eating and mealtimes, snacking and excessive drinking of juice. Temper tantrums are normal but peaks at 18–36 months. This includes screaming, hitting and biting other children, destroying furniture, destroying toys etc. Noted to be Common in boys and in larger families.

This is a common source of anger and aggression on toddlers. Por contrario, it requires a calm, consistent approach. Have you ever heard of terrible two’s? If No, then now you know. Be sure to apply calm and wisdom if best results are expected. Parents should always avoid precipitants such as hunger and tiredness. To learn how to divert the tantrum by distraction. Never forget to stay calm to teach control. Always reward good behavior. Try to ignore bad behavior until calm ensues. To enforce time-out and avoid countering with aggression if need be. Other unwanted habits are thumb sucking, nail biting, head banging, hair pulling, encopresis (passing faeces in inappropriate places)In most cases the parents should be reassured that the behaviour is very common, often normal and that with time and common sense it can be controlled. Parents must try hard not to be angry or aggressive as this may reinforce the bad behaviour in the child.

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