Lotus Unfolding

Things are much better today. Michael and I had a good talk last night about yesterday and my concerns. He knew he'd screwed up and agreed that he didn't need to run off and ignore everyone when it was only a couple of hours - Ken was disappointed that Michael took off and wasn't around to chat to also. So it won't be happening again.

Apparently, according to Grandma (and probably everyone else) I'm spoiling my baby because I choose not to let him cry when he's distressed. There has been countless research and findings that show babies flourish from attentive parenting rather than the old school "let them cry it out" but the oldies just don't get it. Findings show that children who were left to "cry it out" because they weren't hungry or wet simply learned to not bother crying because their cries for attention (whether it's for physical comfort or something else) weren't addressed.

Anyway, more on that later because I've gotta go feed the bubs :)  IN the meantime, good article here on crying: http://www.evolutionaryparenting.com/?p=360