“Babies only cry if they are hungry, need changing, or need to be picked up”
Lies
Babies (and small children) also cry for reasons such as:
1. “I am tired and that makes me angry”
2. “I scared myself with a fart”
3. “You are the wrong parent”
4. “I ran into something with my face”
5. “I’m facing the opposite direction then the one I want to”
6. “I fell asleep in one place and woke up somewhere completely different”
7. “I am a very small person in a very big world”
8. “I got scared because YOU farted”
Babies have more then 3 states of being and sometimes you just have to hold them and bounce them gently while saying solemnly “yes it is very hard to be a baby” because frankly it is
you have to remember that when you’re that tiny… pretty much any bad thing that happens to you is LITERALLY the WORST thing that has ever happened in your life. they have no perspective. everything is awful. help them
In honor of orphan season (as we anxiously await the first arrival, any day/hour/second), I’ve decided to re-post an entry from a few years ago:
Below I have listed some of the common species in our area, as well as identifying characteristics.
Great horned owls (February-March)
Yellow eyes, dark beak, tan feathers
Barred owls (March-April)
Dark eyes, yellow beak, gray fuzz
Barn owls (any time of year)
Dark eyes, white beak, heart-shaped facial disk, very aggressive
Eastern screech owls (April-May)
Yellow eyes, greenish-grey beak, very small, “banding” pattern on feathers may be noticeable
Cooper’s hawks (May-June)
Bluish to lemon yellow eyes, very short beak compared to Buteos, greenish cere, long toe #3
Broad-winged hawks (July-August)
Brown eyes, yellow or greenish cere, smaller feet than red-shouldered hawks
Red-shouldered hawks (April-June)
Grey to tan eyes, longer beak than accipitors, yellow cere, very noisy, tend to lay down when stressed
Red-tailed hawk (May-June)
Grayish to tan eyes, greenish or bluish cere, large feet
American kestrels (June-July)
Dark eyes, falcon tooth, pink face, long toes, very tiny
Black vulture (March-August)
Long faces, buff-colored down
Turkey vulture (May-August)
Long faces, white down
Here is a THROWBACK post from a few years ago – we no longer call it “Orphan Season” because there are very few true orphans, we like to refer to it as “Nestling Season”.
The Navajo have a unique tradition. When a baby is born, it is regarded as the ultimate, precious gift and must never be abused. From the moment of birth, the child is watched over continuously by family and friends, who patiently wait for the child’s first…laugh.
“Has your baby laughed?” is common question posed to parents who have infants around the age of three months. The first laugh of a Navajo child is a very significant event. It marks the child’s final passing from the spirit world to the physical world, meaning he or she is now fully human. This milestone warrants a party, and what a party it is!
Whichever brother, sister, parent, cousin, aunt, uncle, or passing acquaintance is present at the first laugh is deemed to have caused it. The laughter instigator then receives the honored privilege of preparing a special ceremony to welcome the child into society.
Once a baby has laughed, training in generosity begins immediately—a value held in high regard among the Navajo people. At the party, where the baby is considered the host, the parents or person responsible for the first laugh help hold the baby’s hand as he or she ceremonially gives the rock salt, food, and gifts to each guest. There are also bags of candy, money, and other presents that the child “gives” along with the food. [x]
Yes it is true. I have had of a few relatives invite me to a A’wee Chi’deedloh "The Baby Laughed Ceremony" however I have not had the privilege to actually attended one personally. The Dine’ peoples believe that babies are of “two worlds” (Earth people & Holy people) when they are born. The first laugh signifies the babies desire to become a part of the Earth People so it is a great cause for celebration.
woman mildly insults napping kittens, ponders on dreams
#i’m just gonna reblog this again because it’s a treasure#he is a disgusting trash baby he knows nothing but garbage#but that’s ok because he’s a beautiful cloud
incubator!Ratchet would entertain himself while nesting by making baby videos like this and sending them to the rest of the Clan TuT
mer!Roddy would do this with particularly annoying litters of rescue otter bebs. octo!Ratch does this with every single foster mer!bab he every raises
A team of scientists recorded the cries of 60 newborns: 30 born into French-speaking families and 30 that heard German. And they found that French infants wail on a rising note [baby cry sound] while the Germans favor a falling melody [baby cry sound]. Those patterns match the rhythms of their native languages.
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