Babysitting was a normal weekend activity in my life but I always watched kids at the ages where they could tell me what I wanted until a family had a new born and desired me to babysit their month old baby. The first night babysitting was very difficult because all the baby did was cry constantly. I felt anxious because I felt like there was none thing I could do to comfort this baby but after trial and error all the sudden the baby stopped crying. This baby didn’t cry the rest of the night and after a few more baby sittings I knew mostly what each cry meant so that I could address the baby’s needs. Babysitting taught how to sooth, respond to distress, and how to care in colic situations.
Crying is an essential part of a baby’s survival. New parents commonly complain about over excessive crying when the baby is crying the actual expected amount. This crying is to stimulate a response for the parent to address some needs such as hunger, thirst, and sleep. As time goes by and the parent spend more time with their baby, the crying changes from pain and frustration, to a form of commu...
There is no greater feeling a new mother can have than a smiling baby. Every new mother struggles with making their babies happy, because they cannot speak just yet. The first form of communication they have is crying, but parent are not able to always able to figure out what the baby wants at first. When I read “The Happiest Baby on the Block” by Harvey Karp I was very intrigued. The step to making your baby happy was not only helpful, but simple as well. This book takes a psychological approach because it is so similar to the Erickson’s Trust vs. mistrust stage. I will begin by introducing the books theory, and then I will explain why it relates to Erickson’s trust vs. mistrust stage.
According to Klaus and Kennell, there are specific events, including skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant that must occur directly following the birth of a primate infant. This maximizes the chances of survival for the newborn not only because their mother is a source of food, but also because they will learn the culture they need to be successful in their environment. In the study, Klaus and Kennell test how much time a baby spends crying when they are separated from their mother. They concluded the increased time in babies that were separated was due to the anxiety that separation caused. The difficulty in this is that the cause of the baby’s distress is subjective. Also the notion of critical period proposed that the bonds and lessons taught during that time could not be developed later.
Emotionally the infant will need love, warmth & care. The baby will need to feel safe and have healthy emotion responses. When the baby is hungry or tired, they cry to express themselves.
From the moment a child is brought into this world the first thing the parent is waiting to hear is the child cry. That cry is one of the most precious thing a parent craves for upon the birth of their child. So how can something so valuable become as discouraged in society as that child gets older? Crying is a natural survival instinct which human being do to remove all the sadness, anger, frustration and pain inside them. It is a technique which has the same impact of a supercharged, calm down cocktail. The pressure on your diaphragm is lifted and your heart slows back to normal. This biological instinct releases endorphins which protects one’s eyes and calms one down [1]. But many people disagree with this scientifically proven fact.
Often frustrated parents or other persons responsible for a child’s care feel that shaking a baby is a harmless way to make a child stop crying. The number one reason why a baby is shaken is because of inconsolable crying. (National Exchange Club Foundation, 1998) An infant may spend two to three hours a day crying. (The Epilepsy Association of Central Florida) A caregiver momentarily gives in to the frustration of responding to a crying baby by shaking. Caregivers may be inadequately prepared for children.
The main purpose for this article was to examine the physical and mental health of children who are 5-8 years of age who participated in a randomized trial of treatments for persistent crying during infancy. The key question researchers looked to answer was: whether there was a high prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems, prevalence of physical health problems, to predict which vari...
Emotional along with physical domain in prenatal stage is necessary for the growth of the baby (Watson & McDonald, 2007). Pregnancy is the time from contraception prior to after birth, is established to be a major part of a person’s life which will carry a great deal of challenges not just for ...
The Human being is a most intriguing subject of study. From their impressive communication skills to their problem solving ability, time and time again they stand out as being an intelligent species that is diverse and responsive to their environment. One particular aspect that makes them most attractive is their ability to adapt to change and stress. Pregnancy is a great example that displays how the woman’s body adapts to major physical, psychological, and emotional changes that occur almost concurrently. These changes trigger an untidy heap of powerful emotions. From excitement and joy to fear and anxiety for both the expecting mom and her ...
Caring for a baby the whole weekend taught me a lot about how it is to actually have a real baby. Not only did the baby cry periodically but often at times like a real baby she would cry for no reason. I had to wake up at different times in the middle of the night just to tend to the baby needs and plenty times was very tired but I couldn't just let her cry. It got very frustrating when she would constantly cry back to back it didn't give me the time to do anything. Like when I took her out to eat with me on day I got her i couldn't even barely eat because she kept crying. People kept looking at me and the waiter table even thought it was a real baby when she saw the car seat. I learned that you have to be patient because at times the crying
NIPS is a validated scale used to assess procedural pain in babies. This scale is described by the authors as being judged based on the observation of six indicators of pain: movement of arms, movement of legs, breathing batterns, crying, facial expression, and arousal. The final record is a number between zero and seven, with seven indicating severe pain (Zhu et al, 2015, p. 367). Additionally, during review of the videos, the research assistants recorded latency to first cry and duration of first cry. Latency of first cry was defined by the authors as the duration between heel puncture and start of crying, and duration of first cry was defined as being from the start of crying until the infant had stopped crying for greater than five seconds (Zhu et al, p. 367). Overall, the instruments and data collection methods used in this study are adequately described and appropriate for the interventions being
Because of my early interest in children, I developed a strong desire to teach; consequently, I sought out jobs that allowed me varied experiences with children. My first experience was baby-sitting. Here I quickly learned that children must be told precisely what to do. For example, "Go wash your hands with soap and dry them right now." Or, "You must take your shoes off and then you may get into the bathtub." From the many baby-sitting jobs I had, I soon discovered that if I did not have a plan the day would be total chaos. As early as thirteen I became familiar with the need for structure and creativity when dealing with younger children and found myself loving every minute of it.
As a child, I loved being babysat. Hanging out with older kids and having some independence from my parents for a few hours was a blast for me. I always knew that I would want to babysit when the time came, but I was always skeptical as to why it was considered a job, because it seemed easy to me. When I was around 8 or 9, I had two main babysitters. Babysitter A put on a movie for us and texted her friends on her phone. Babysitter B played games with us and made us fun dinners. Whenever my mom asked me which babysitter I wanted I always asked for Babysitter B. From that experience of always choosing one girl over the other I learned that being a babysitter is not as easy as it seems.
Some of them used to cry all day and there was some that cried from the time they can to the time they left. I remember when I had my son I was so frustrated because he kept crying and whining so I became frustrated. My mother told me you know he can sense when your angry, mad, or upset I shock like what I don't understand. So I listen to her to see will it ever work and it did work. The infant/toddler classes have taught me a lot about what she was telling me and it actually is true I saw it in one of my school book. When dealing with families you have to be respectful on how they want you to care for their child. For example, if a baby has been sleeping for numerous hours some parents want you to wake the baby up to feed him/her; then you have other parents who don't want their child to be woke from their sleep they rather you feed them when they wake up. When In was working in an infant room I used to have a co-worker that yell at the infants and say why are you crying for no reason . I used to have to tell her that she has to be calm and relax and that the babies are crying for a reason. During my years as an educator I notice a lot of people have a hard time with infants and/or prefer not to work with
The first time I started babysitting I was fourteen and I only babysat one kid at a time and I made about fifty dollars each day that i babysat. One day i was babysitting two kids and my sister was there to help me watch them when they asked us if we wanted to play Hide N’ Go Seek in the dark so we said yes then split into two groups one went to hide while the other two went to hide. I have a lot of fun while I’m babysitting we did a lot of fun things like going on picnics, bike rides,and going to parks. One of my favorite things that I did with the kids was baking cupcakes they loved to help mix the ingredients up and put them in their cupcake holders and while we waited for the cupcakes we either played card games or watch t.v until they
Being a GOOD babysitter could be hard sometimes epically wahen you are babysitting more then one kid and it fels like when the kids are runing around and not listing to you you feel what their parents feel every day living with them.But, if you wont to know how to oporaate the kid/kids you are babysitting then that is where I come to help.These are the basics,you will need to know to be a successful babysitter.To be a good babysitter you have to always be on time,keep an eye on the kids so that nothing bad happens to them or that they don’t do anything bad to him/herself or to one another. You must also keep the kids entertained.