My Mama stumbled upon this baby quiz and tried to recall her experience with me when I was a baby. She said it very true about me!
Result: I was a touchy baby!! (Wonder what that means)http://quiz.ivillage.com/parenting/tests/knowyourbaby.htm
The Touchy Baby. For an ultrasensitive baby such as yours, the world is an endless array of sensory challenges. She flinches at the sound of a motorcycle revving outside her window, the TV blaring or a dog barking in the house next door. She blinks or turns her head away from bright light. She sometimes cries, even at her mother, for no apparent reason. At these moments, she's shouting (in her baby language), "I've had enough -- I need some peace and quiet." She often gets fussy after a number of people have held her or after outings. She will play on her own for a few minutes, but she needs the reassurance that someone she knows well -- Mom, Dad, a nanny -- is close by. Because this type of baby likes to suck a lot, mom may misread her cues and think she's hungry when she'd do just as well being calmed in another way. She also nurses erratically, sometimes acting as if she has forgotten how. At naptime and at night, your baby often has difficulty falling asleep. Touchy babies like her easily get off schedule, because their systems are so fragile. An extra-long nap, a skipped meal, an unexpected visitor, a trip, a change in formula -- any of these things can throw your baby for a loop. To calm the touchy baby, you have to recreate the womb. Swaddle her tightly, snuggle her into your shoulder and whisper a rhythmic sh ... sh ... sh ... (like the splashing of fluid in the womb) close to her ear, and pat her back gently, mimicking a heartbeat. (This, by the way, will calm most babies, but it works especially well with a touchy baby.) When you have a touchy baby, the quicker you learn her cues and her cries, the simpler life is. Your baby loves structure and predictability -- no hidden surprises, thank you.
