I have a super easy baby, but when she was cutting her first teeth she was so fussy, nothing would make her happy and niether of us got much sleep. I called her doctor, and he said "Put her some where safe, like her pack n play, and just go step outside for five minutes. Twiddle your thumbs, smoke a cigarette, down a glass of wine, it doesn't matter, just go outside, sit down, and take some deep breaths and five minutes to yourself. You will be amazed at how those five minutes will relax you, and when you go in to pick her up she will pick up on that." Then he mentioned, "crying is good for a babies lungs". But it's true, I set her down, at my wits end it seemed, sat outside and just closed my eyes, felt the sun on my face, then went back in as super mommy!
it's not always easy to satisfy your baby, and those times can be frustrating and trying. But I have come up with a few mantras to help deal with it, one I repeat to her often: being a baby is so hard! And it really is, they can't say what they want or need, and can't even get it for themselves, that would be so frustrating! I also remind myself when there is a moment that won't seem to end, that one day I will miss her being a baby, and all the moments should be treasured, even the difficult times.
That being said, I don't know what kind of short term thinking moron would think that smothering a child would be better than listening to them cry. It's like, couldn't he have just stopped at neglect before proceeding to murder? Did he not think that it would be better to console the child for a bit, then get back to his precious xbox? Because he certainly isn't going to be playing xbox now(please don't tell me they get xbox in jail now).
