One of my "fondest" memories is when Bobby was an infant and very fussy and I was so exhausted that DH sent me to nap and took him into the bedroom with him. Instead of settling down he got louder and louder until I couldn't take it anymore and went to check. Found the baby on DH's chest whaling while he snored away. Sigh.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
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Laura - Aug 21, 2016 8:17:54 am PDT #25865 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
SuziQ - Aug 21, 2016 8:29:18 am PDT #25866 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Hasn't there been a study (or five) about how women's brains are especially wired to pick up the nuances of a baby's cries? I would research and cite a source, but my brain is breaking on doing that for my current paper.
Anyone here work for Lear Corporation? I'm doing a paper on thier corporate culture. Finding peer reviewed resources is having my head spin in circles, hence the current break.
sj - Aug 21, 2016 8:39:05 am PDT #25867 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I am the only one who could tell the difference between her cries when she was smaller, including people like my mother. TCG is a really good dad, but if he is reading, even if he is in the room with her he can tune out most of her babbling (she doesn't really cry much). Where I hear the slightest sound she makes even when I'm fast asleep in the middle of the night.
Zenkitty - Aug 21, 2016 9:41:28 am PDT #25868 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hasn't there been a study (or five) about how women's brains are especially wired to pick up the nuances of a baby's cries?
This woman's brain does no such thing, I'm afraid. Although I can pick up the nuances of my cats' cries, so maybe it's just a matter of exposure.
I am the only one who could tell the difference between her cries when she was smaller, including people like my mother.
Maybe it's more that the MOTHER'S brain is wired to pick up the nuances of her own baby's cries.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2016 10:03:25 am PDT #25869 of 30002
brillig
The only thing a baby's cry triggers in this woman's brain is "Oh dear god, no, I cannot deal with that." Which is why it's good I'm not a mother. I wouldn't be surprised if motherhood didn't make profound brain chemistry changes.
Kitten cries to trigger me differently. Maybe I'm genetically destined to be a crazy cat lady.
SuziQ - Aug 21, 2016 10:22:30 am PDT #25870 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
While lunch is cooking, I did a bit of research. There have been some small scale studies showing that women's brain activity gets interrupted when a baby cries while men's brains don't. So...who knows. I'm just glad I wasn't pulling that completely out of thin air.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2016 11:15:13 am PDT #25871 of 30002
brillig
Maybe it's baby anything cries.
Scrappy - Aug 21, 2016 12:29:08 pm PDT #25872 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So, we are throwing some ideas around Chez Scrappy. Are there any Buffistas in Detroit or that area?
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2016 2:35:02 pm PDT #25873 of 30002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My dad would wake up in the middle of the night if he heard a cow in distress. Which is not loud at all if you're in the house.
Calli - Aug 21, 2016 2:38:03 pm PDT #25874 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My sister lives near Pontiac, Scappy, so I'm in that general area once a year or so.