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NES4EVER posted...

Behaviorism posted...

Anyone who has a newborn knows that it cries 24/7 and lots of people I work with have said they they just want to shake the baby and slap it in the face since it won't actually shut up. But you would never actually do it, though.

When you are stressed out like that and are at your wits end, you gotta give the baby to somebody else for a bit or stuff like this happens. You just can't be doing shit like this. The baby could have died

When you're at your wits end with a newborn or immobile child, just put them in the crib and walk away to cool down.

I could never imagine shaking my son when he was a baby. Now that he's a toddler I throw him all over the place and he thinks it's hilarious. Swing him back and forth like a pendulum by the ankles, throw him up at the ceiling (9 foot ceilings are great).. all sorts of fun!

A lot of parents think that the "put down and walk away method" is abuse too. So, they don't do it and then they snap.