Re: High Maintenance Babies

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There is a great book called Raising your Spirited Child that talks about

that. I have found it to be very true with my daughter who was overly

sensitive and didn't sleep. She does have close to perfect pitch and she

is shining academically. She is still high maintainence and I suspect,

always will be. She is, however, the brightest light in my life. Sparkle

she does. It is well worth the time and energy spent on a fussy baby as

they often grow into the most amazing children.

Wendi

High Maintenance Babies

Someone who has had " high-need " or high-maintenance babies once pointed

out that as her children grew older, she realized that their " need " was

a result of another gift that was revealed as the child grew older. She

compared her information with several friends who also had high-need

babies. The anecdotal information she found was impressive:

A baby boy who was overly sensitive to sounds and distraction and fussed

inconsolably when he was around crowds or noisy environments, would only

nurse in total quiet and in the dark, turned out to have perfect pitch

as an older child/adult.

A baby girl who wanted to only be held as an infant, and would not sleep

on her own for years, turned out to be highly developed academically.

The list she found was quite long. She now calls " high-need " babies

" Sparklers " as she has found that babies who demand so much attention

early in life grow up to sparkle as older children and adults. Be happy

you have a sparkler.

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