How to deal with a baby that has colic

Written by Tina Barraclough


Colic is still a mystery to Doctors. They still do not know what cause colic in babies. They will tell you that there is no known cure for colic. I have always heard of colic, and heard from mothers that have dealt with this problem. I have never had to deal with a colicky baby, until my fourth child Nicholas was born. Colic is hard not just forrepparttar mother, it is hard onrepparttar 111091 whole family.

There is no tried and true method to dealing with a baby who has colic. A crying baby isrepparttar 111092 hardest thing a parent has to deal with. The crying will stop eventually. There are some things that you can do to help with these crying spells your baby is going through. Here are some things you can try that I have found that works with my son Nicholas.

1) Try walking with your baby. This can be tiresome ,but it may berepparttar 111093 only thing that works for your baby. Hold your baby with his/her tummy against your tummy. My son tends to have gas while he is screaming, and I have found that this helps with his gas, as well as his crying. Sometimes he even stops crying for a little while.

2) Push your baby in a stroller. Sometimes this helps with my son. Take a short walk and see if it helps your baby to stop crying. It may not work, but it's worth a try anyway.

3) Rock your baby. I have a rocking chair my baby's bedroom, and when I rock him he stops crying and most ofrepparttar 111094 time falls asleep. I think it isrepparttar 111095 closeness he feels when I rock him.

4) Put your baby in his/her car seat and take a drive somewhere. I have done this many times. This option may not be an option if you do not have a car, or it could become a habit. Look at it this way; which would you rather do; hear a screaming baby, or drive for awhile?

"Sexless Marriage : Does Your Sexless Marriage Have You Thinking About Divorce?"

Written by Karl Augustine


If you are in a sexless marriage and are unhappy because of it, don't worry, it isn't unrecoverable but it is serious cause for concern. You may even be thinking that you need a divorce because of your sexless marriage, that's only natural. But, in order to really decide what to do, some thinking needs to be done so you feel good about your decision, regardless if you stay married or not.

Being stuck in a sexless marriage can have you feeling a wide range of feelings from loneliness, listlessness, confusion, unconfident, etc. These feelings come about for a variety of reasons and they can be overcome if you just figure out why you're in a sexless marriage. You need to get torepparttar root ofrepparttar 111090 problem and uncoverrepparttar 111091 real reasons that you and your spouse are no longer sexually active assuming of course, you once were!

To get torepparttar 111092 heart ofrepparttar 111093 causes for a sexless marriage will take some time. Onrepparttar 111094 surface, you may be thinking thatrepparttar 111095 cause of your sexless marriage may include one or more ofrepparttar 111096 following scenarios:

Sexless Marriage: "We both work too much!":

You both work extremely hard and there just never seems to be enough time to get together, your schedules are skewed. This is true a lot nowadays withrepparttar 111097 'new' economy, lots of couples are married but just live together like roommates if both parties have 'time-consuming' careers. If not managed properly, it is unfortunate but common for people in this type of lifestyle to end up in a sexless marriage.

Sexless Marriage: "You work, I stay home withrepparttar 111098 kid/s!":

One of you works very hard with your career and one of you stays home to raiserepparttar 111099 children (child), which is equally as hard as any career! This situation can lead to a sexless marriage in many cases because ofrepparttar 111100 seemingly disparate priority base of each party. The spouse withrepparttar 111101 career may need to work after hours, travel, or attend "post work" functions andrepparttar 111102 spouse who stays home raisingrepparttar 111103 children (child) may not have any other outlet for relaxation away fromrepparttar 111104 home front. This situation can easily lead to a sexless marriage because there may be underlying feelings from both sides that contribute to an already tough situation based on personal and work related schedules.

The spouse withrepparttar 111105 career may say at times, "Why do you think I work so hard? I do it for you,repparttar 111106 kids, our family, etc.". The spouse who stays home withrepparttar 111107 children (child) may say at times, "You have another release, you have social interaction daily withrepparttar 111108 outside world. I feel stuck here sometimes, I need to get out and have time for myself.". Ifrepparttar 111109 spouse that stays home feels likerepparttar 111110 spouse withrepparttar 111111 career enjoys being out and working more than being home, that calls for a whole different and escalated level of concern! Chances arerepparttar 111112 sexless marriage was bound to be that way beforerepparttar 111113 current situation even arose.

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