So it "simulates" the experience of an unmarried, abandoned mother with no family or friends. One of the great things about a newborn baby is that he doesn't care whether he's held by mom or dad or brothers, grandparents, a neighbor, or the whole Spanish choir ... unless it's feeding time and the mother is breastfeeding.
Also, the article didn't mention the World's Greatest Invention (discovered it with my 5th child): the electric vibrating baby-bouncer. It's a little sling-chair on a metal frame with a battery-powered motor that makes it vibrate while the baby sleeps peacefully for hours and hours.
Our second son only wanted me to hold him. And he wanted to be held ALL THE TIME. He was the most demanding child. Ugh. Makes me exhausted thinking about that year. Lol He was #4.
My first born (now a Marine) would not sleep unless he was, somehow, in motion. Ride in the car? He slept peacefully, but transfer him into the house and he would wake up immediately.
I would ride the lawn mower with him in my arms so he would sleep. We would put him on the washer or dryer when we did laundry for his siesta. We finally got a vibrating swing chair for him. My wife and I referred to it as, "the neglectomatic".
Baby swing did it for us.
Hi, Tax-chick-!
“ It’s a little sling-chair on a metal frame with a battery-powered motor that makes it vibrate while the baby sleeps peacefully for hours and hours. “
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The first time I saw that on a clip I almost fell out of my chair! It allows the baby to look around if it’s a ‘watcher,’ and that is such a plus!
My older son was such a ‘watcher,’ and we purchased multiple baby seats to get the one he was happy with as he watched the actions of those around him.
My first rational thought was to wonder if they make those for adults!