Sunday, April 15, 2007

How to calm her when she's seems angry

The one thing I could never understand and that is one moment our new baby would be all quiet and smiles and giggles, and the next moment something completely out of the blue could turn her mood into anger. It might be if we were out, and she wanted to linger at some place, and we needed to move on. It would cause her some distress. It could even happen at home, when there could be something that could change her mood.

What I found helped was to scold the very thing that has caused her to get angry, so if it was that she knocked into a piece of furniture I would scold the chair or table, and treat it just like a person. If we were out, I would try and look for something that was colorful or moving, for her to look at or to catch her attention.

I found if I was out I my own, in a Mall, I would look for things that would amuse her, so I could use these things if she suddently lost her temper.

I found the more I did these kinds of things, the less of a problem her crying became.

I wrote about my first year in a book, that tells of all the challenges, the funny times and the things I had to learn about.

The book is called : 'My First Year as a Dad' and you can locate it at : http://www.1stbaby.info

You can download it and enjoy. I hope this helps you.

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