Understanding Your Child

Mother’s Day Series – Friday

It doesn’t take long to begin to decipher what your baby’s cries mean. Lamb-like quivering cries mean, “I’m hungry.” Sudden red-faced squawking means, “My diaper’s wet.” Relentless screaming with tight fists means, “I have colic cramps.” Thankfully, as babies grow, it becomes much easier to understand the messages. Cries are replaced by noises, sounds, reaching for objects and food, and then eventually — verbal communication.

I think God planned it this way because parents wouldn’t be able to take it if crying were the only form of communication for years on end. We would go crazy and eventually pack up and leave our children with no forwarding address. As babies grow