Comments on: How to Get a Baby to Stop Crying

on 4/11/2008 Aye, it's original. From what I've learned and read, babies generally develop separation anxiety between 6 to 8 months. I suspect the best course of action would be to First try soothing baby with gentle rocking, maybe try holding baby facing outward so baby can see the world (my kids prefer this). If this doesn't work after about 5 minutes and baby is still screaming like an air raid siren, I'd move to a different strategy...distracting or confusing the baby: dancing with baby, singing an animated song to baby, making funny goofy unexpected sounds at baby (But never SHAKE the baby...that's life threatening mojo...bad bad bad). Distracting or surprising baby might dislodge baby from his or her crying jag long enough to calm baby down. If this is successful...once baby looks sufficiently befuddled and is no longer crying, then move back to comforting baby.

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on 4/10/2008 Nice article. Sounds like you put a lot of thought into it, is it original? Okay so here's a question..I babysit children for a fitness center. The babies are only there for 1 or 2 hours. I'm allowed to call parents after 10 min of crying, but that makes me feel like I'm robbing the parents of precious relaxation time. They usually cry because of seperation anxiety or hunger, which only the moms can fix. So how should I handle this (besides calling the parents)?