Hi Missizzy. My local hospital finally started the "purple program." However, you only get the purple program if you have a normal delivery experience. With my youngest (6 weeks yesterday), we weren't offered the option of viewing the video or any other components of the program because my son was in NICU for two weeks following his birth.
If you ask me, that's a little backwards. My son came home with colic, a huge surgical incision, and an intolerance to formula. He went from a very quiet hospital unit where the lights were kept dim and he was allowed to sleep as much as he wanted, to a home with three adults and three other kids under the age of 6...you better believe he cried. A lot.
I wonder in this case if baby was crying or not. Not that it is excusable if baby was crying, because come on, we all know, YOU NEVER SHAKE A BABY. But, for some reason that I will never understand, the reflex or instinct with some people seems to be that if an infant is crying, shaking them painfully and violently will make them stop. It's not logical or rational, but there it is. I've begun to wonder if there is any real way to get people to stop shaking babies. The awareness campaigns seem to have helped a little, but not as much as they should have, IMO, since it still happens every day.
I wish he was mature enough to realize he could just walk away and take a breather with the baby in the crib.
