January 23, 2012 - Stranger anxiety already?

I didn't think babies got stranger anxiety until they were older.  According to the Baby Center Canada website (http://www.babycenter.ca/), stranger anxiety doesn't normally appear until the baby is 7 months to 12 months old.  But, if it's not fear of strangers I don't know what caused Baby to cry today.  It was a real cry too, with tears and everything. 



The Girl 3.5 mths old



Two of the moms at the Girls kindergarten class peeked into the car seat to see Baby.  Normally he is sleeping when I pick up and drop off the kids, but today he was being stubborn and decided to stay awake.  One of the mom`s peeked into the carseat to see him, and he started to cry.  I calmed him down and assured the mom it wasn`t her fault (he was just tired).  Then another mom did the same thing, and got the same reaction. 



The Boy 3.5 mths old.

People always feel badly when they cause your baby to cry, even if it is not their fault. I can`t blame someone for looking at the baby and smiling, most people love babies.  It is definately not their faulty if the baby cries.  I mean our Baby cries alot.  Sometimes it is for the usual reasons, hungry, tired, needs to be changed, but other times he cries and we don`t know why.  Honestly Baby probably doesn`t even know why he is crying!   Afterall, he is only 3 1/2 months old, he needs to figure these things out for himself.



The Baby 3.5 mths old

I posted several photos today.  I wanted to compare my three kids at the same age, they are all about 3.5 months in the photos.  I was trying to see if they looked alike.  The photo at the top of the page was from today.  He was having fun in the exersaucer while I was doing dishes.  Notice his really dirty bib, please understand that he went through about 5 of them today, so I am not a bad mother leaving her child in dirty clothes all day!