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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lockridge" data-source="post: 3682294" data-attributes="member: 43850">To add:For god's sake relax.  That goes for both you and your wife.  I see so many young couples yell at each other because they are too stressed and tired.Guess what the baby learns?If you two are both relaxed and easy-going:  Guess what the baby learns?You have to persevere though.  The baby will start off chaotic - anything else she/he will learn from you.Choose your battles carefully - you will win very very few.  A while ago, I almost stopped our 1 year old from digging through the tupperware cupboard.  Until I realized that it was keeping her busy, teaching her spacial relationships and eye-hand coordination, and would only take me a minute to clean up.To add to an earlier point - All babies are different.  Don't gauge your baby's progress by another baby the same age.  Don't be discouraged or for that matter over-encouraged.Read to your baby.  Even if they don't understand the words or pictures they are learning.  Other than wooden blocks, our baby's second favourite toy are books.Get the ones with thick cardstock pages.When your baby is in more of a routine, the reasons that they don't sleep or may cry are that they have done a "number 2" in their pants or that they are teething.  There are a few times that I've let the baby sit, waiting for her to stop crying and all the while the problem was full diapers.  Baby Anbesol is good for teething and so are those soft teethers to chew on.Do not put complete trust in doctors.  Having said that, doctors do try to help but they see dozens of babies a day.  I find that many doctors also (rightly or wrongly) tend to ignore the parents.  Doctors do make mistakes.  You are the one spending all day with your child so don't be afraid to ask questions or seek a second opinion.Having said that, most of the time, whatever is bothering your baby will pass.Sleep in crib or sleep with parents:Some books state that babies should sleep in the parent's room.  Our friends who have done this now cannot make their child sleep in her own room.  We had our little one in our room in a cradle for a few weeks and then moved her into her room in a crib.  Don't leave anything in the crib she/he can smother on by the way.  So no pillows.This is just my personal advice based on my baby and experience by the way.  Results may vary.  Expect the unexpected.</blockquote>

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