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Seems too weird to be true.
Theres no ****in way thats true unless your sampling people under 18.
No, I think I do. I'm just not sure it means what he thinks it means.
Think about it. The first time you brought up a Nintendo, you died on World 1-1. Maybe you died to that Goomba. Because if you didn't read the instruction manual and just dived into the game, you have to figure everything out from scratch.
So you walk into the Goomba, die.
Next round, you try some buttons. One button doesn't seem to do anything. The other makes you jump.
You try to jump on the Goomba, misjudge, die.
Next round, you try to jump over the Goomba, hit a brick, die. But now you know the bricks explode.
New game.
"If bricks explode, I must be supposed to jump *into* Question bricks."
Hey! Something came out -- ***, the Goomba!
Also, if you aren't familiar with the concept of points, you might wonder what collecting power-ups is for. SMB was written in a very different era, and it borrows conceits from that time period. You get points for breaking stuff. You get points for picking up random objects. But if you've only played modern games that don't use points or power ups, you have to learn that from scratch.
I expect people who have never played a side-scrolling platformer to suck at it. The bigger question is, how many people can't beat World 1-1 after 30-40 minutes of practice?
Games being too hard for people to play making the sales of the Wii U Stagnant?
More like, they gave us a console with the power of the last generation of consoles...What's good enough to run a simple Mario game isn't good enough to run a graphically intense game...
(Iwata) Don't try telling us that we're dumb and that's why your console isn't selling... Sounds the other way around to me.
And by the way...
I've beaten the original Super Mario Brothers... several times, and SMB : The Lost Levels on Super Mario All Stars for SNES...
Christian Magee some andre stuff haha
Joel H is absolutely spot on. I first played this game as a 3or4 year old around '87. It was the first video game I ever played. If youve never played it before it takes some learning but even after 30-40 minutes I could even beat the first level.
Lol guess 2 buttons and a cross pad throws a wrech into their gears
lol how level 1-1 is sooo easy! you can speed run that thing and stay itty bitty the whole time :P
"new gamers"
that old stuff is HARD.
It's been heading that way for a long while now, not sure why they seem surprised. Gamers today are all about instant gratification and have no pride in a lengthy, troublesome accomplishment. I'd look to blame the investors looking for returns instead of the developers trying to make something good and worth while. Again, games used to come out every few years and they would be GREAT, have vast improvements.. it was around the same time releases became 'yearly releases' where the dumb down of in depth games went to the wayside.
Look what we can do! --VS-- Look how much money this makes in x days! These days the latter always wins, always.
Old gamers can! B|
Hell i've played Mario for years! B|
I've never felt so old.
*shakes head*
This isn't about games being easy, it's about what people *expect* when they start a game. Let me give you an example.
Imagine you had never played anything but Super Mario brothers or other 2D, side-scrolling games. Then you sit down to Call of Duty.
"What? Look around? I don't even...woah. WOAH. I'm dizzy."
"There's more than one gun? How do I -- which one am I supposed to use?"
"Where's my power-up bar?"
"What's a saved game?""I can go BACKWARDS?"
"Why can't I see behind me all the time?"
And on, and on, and on.
It's not about "good" vs. "bad." It's just a question of what you're familiar with and what you aren't.
The article says they did a study, maybe 90% of new gamers are not able to complete 1-1 because they have steadily decreased the difficulty level of games. If games stayed as hard as they used to people would adapt and actually try and think and try and solve the conundrums poised by these games. I grew up playing mario on my super nintendo, it was always so fun that i could play for hours, now days ill be lucky if i can sit through 5 minutes of some of these newer games just because of how boring they become.
Hahah! So true but my son can still kick my ass with a couple of those stupid thumbsticks.
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Yea it seems to me that kids are getting better and better at video games not worse and worse.
Take League of Legends for example i have 3 younger brothers who have logged around 500 hours each on that game alone and they have played WOW and Starcraft over 100+ hours not to mention the diablo series....
This is really a flawed experiment/conclusion. older games aren't as familliar as newer games. i play mario or i did and if i started playing again i would probably die in the first level. it takes a while to remember the timing you learned.
Nintendo obviously hasn't been successful with their make game simpler strategy and it actually hurts their market. i have always played the games my brothers and those around me have played. in fact one core tenet of modern gaming is the ability to multiplayer and or discuss the outcome of a game with your friends and family. that's what makes a game truly addicting when everyone you know is playing it and they are each constantly trying to one up the other.
Its almost impossible to maintain unless you have a game that has depth and advancement opportunity static games die faster than evolving games. hence the major success of an MMORPG,
Are they sampling people who have never played games before, ever, is that it? Are they sampling people that are incapable of learning. I remember when I started playing games and when I first started playing SMB, I sucked. I died a lot even in the first level and still will, but you get the hang of the mechanics and you learn to use them to your advantage.
All that said, I am terrible at platformers.
Well to those people sayin that it is a matter of being familiar with a genre: I am 15years old, and grew up with WoW; LoL, uncountable single-player RPGs and cs (prefer 1.6 ;))
2years ago a friend pressed a Gameboy advance in my Hand and said "Try it". i got hooked the first minute, and i think the first time loosing all my lives was around 2-2 - while never having played either mario or on a handheld.
I can see this... especially if they had people playing that had never even played the original or ANY of the early Mario side-scrollers. The goomba could be presumed to be a non threatening NPC. Most games these days don't go right into the "action" and have some kind of tutorial. A lot of assumptions could be made based on how todays games are played. Most of todays games will only let you go where you're meant to go and won't let you fall to your death.
I honestly don't remember how far I got the first time I played SMB but I do remember me and my buddy were trying to see how fast we could beat the game after a couple of months. Battletoads and Contra were tougher games and in both cases there were guns. SMB was different because of that but after you got used to it the game was easy.
I think Joel H said it best.
Also I think we have the memories of beating the games after we got good. I'm sure as kids most of us took a few rounds to get the hang of it.
I cry bullshit. My kids (6, 5, and 4) can all finish at least until world 5-1 of the original Super Mario game. Hell, my son's first time playing the game, he got to 1-3 on his own. I say that statement by Iwata is pure and utter bullshit.
Don't make these games easy. I've been looking all over for games that were as good as the old nintendo games, and it's no wonder that many of those old games are still enjoyable and purchasable from the wii u e shop. Games used to have enough challenge that you won't beat them 4 hours after you start playing them or just 2 days in. Remember Solomon's Key, Final Fantasy III, games on NES took days and days to beat, I remember when I got my sega genesis I would worry that leaving it on overnight to keep my game loaded would break my console but I left it on for weekends sometimes weeks just to keep the content loaded, and that was the good days when games weren't easy to beat. I like having to entirely restart a difficult game or go back to a save point more than a dozen times to beat a hard level more than a game that's so easy a 5 year old could take turns beating it with me.
Protip: don't steal articles from satire sites.
*suggesting that the game should be made easier instead of begging to try the level again is offensive to our sensibilities*
I fully agree with this statement
and its the same reason I jump to the defense of games like Dark Souls where people who to put it bluntly suck at the game are crying for a easy mode
I am fully against this mass production of games that hold your hand and make it almost impossible for you to fail
when did gamer's get soo lazy that they would rather have a easy version of a game rather than take the time to learn how to play the game and learn from their mistakes
its insulting to us older hardcore gamer's that such people have soo much control over the industry today
hell we have Driving games that play themselves, RPG's with automatic battle systems, FPS games where you can run around with a sniper rifle and one hit kill everyone what the hell happened?
where is the challenge? where is the sense of achievement when you beat something that you've been stuck on for months...
the simple truth is that its not that games are difficult
its just that most new age gamer's are rubbish at them and complain about the difficulty instead of learning how to play
I will applaud any game studio that stands up and says well its your fault for sucking at the game not ours for making it too hard
Hard Mode - For the non pussies in gaming -_-
But seriously, there's a line between a game being hard, and a game being cheap. The original Super Mario Bros. was hard yes, but it was balanced. The challenge and reward of real gaming is overcoming those difficulties and in the classic days, in a limited run. We had no save points, we barely could afford strategy guides. All we had were our thumbs and our whit, and that is part of what is missing in gaming today.
We're too reliant on the fact that we just want the game to hand us the ending or tell us what to do without actually using our brain or our skills of deduction to try to figure it out. If the game asks us to try, we call it work. If the game doesn't, we call it too easy. When game mechanics actually work, a lot of what you are supposed to do can be learned over time...this time to learn is part of what enhanced the gaming experience in the first place. When done correctly, the accomplishment is nothing short of ecstasy...that is...if the entire challenge wasn't annoying to begin with.
If sections like Level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros is too hard for a poll where 90% say it is, then all the more importance for a Hard mode. Seriously, games are too easy now and it seems like nowadays it takes an Open World experience or a convoluted RPG with an absurd difficulty curve (FF13 I'm looking at you), or actually being cheep, to get 40+ hours. That shouldn't be the case.
Lets make better games people :)
By God, A Link to the Past, for example, is a game that is as hard as balls. But it's a good game because its so hard. The reward for beating it is that you feel like a boss afterwards. I AM THE MASTER COMMANDER!
Rather than making games easier for these dumb fucks to understand, they should have done humanity a favour and snapped their necks so they couldn't pass on their retard genes to another generation.
Gotta say, we really need to think of a way to re-incorporate natural selection into everyday life. :/
I can't either! I am so used to the 3rd dimension of of most game's now!
How did Nintendo, of all people, manage to find participants for this study who quote: "didn't even realize that Super Mario Bros was an actual vintage game. " ?
uhhh bullshit
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Tags: communism, film history, Korea, lists, media history, movies, North Korea, Pulgasari, Simon Fowler
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August 17th, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
Awesome list! I should really watch some of these as Pulgasari is pretty fascinating.
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Replace your tired-out, old factory speakers with Reference Series full-range speakers that'll play your music louder and better. Infinity Reference 9633cf 6"x9" speakers feature a Plus One+ woofer design that maximizes cone surface area so you enjoy richer, deeper lows. Textile dome midranges and tweeters project the mids and highs with precision, covering the entire musical frequency spectrum for true-to-life reproduction of vocals and instrumentals. Large voice coils in the tweeters allow for high power-handling. Grilles are not included factory grilles are appropriate for most installations, but optional grilles are available. Important Note: These Infinity Reference speakers use a low impedance design to pull more power safely from your car stereo or amplifier. This design is compatible with virtually all factory and aftermarket stereos. Installation Note: These Infinity speakers do not include screws or speed clips. You may be able to use the factory screws to install them, but it's always a good idea to have an assortment of self-tapping screws (5/8" to 1") and speed-clips on hand. See more info on this item Highlights:6"x9" 3-way speakers (pair)Plus One+ Injection-Molded Polypropylene (IMPP) woofer cone with hi-roll rubber surroundedge-driven textile dome tweeter and textile dome midrangeTrue Four Ohm Impedance technology: speaker's 2-ohm impedance combines with speaker wire impedance for a 4-ohm loadcompatible with virtually all factory or aftermarket car stereosoptional grilles availablepower range: 2-100 watts RMS (300 watts peak power)frequency response: 46-30,000 Hzsensitivity: 94 dBtop-mount depth: 3-1/16"warranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guarantee Priced per pair Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) 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We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Plus One+ Woofer Cones: Each speaker uses a cone significantly larger than other speakers of the same size. This is accomplished by using a unique basket design and hi-roll surround. The Plus One+ design offers greater bass output and a significant increase in efficiency. Woofer Materials: Each woofer is constructed from Injection-Molded Polypropylene. This process of cone molding assures a uniform cone thickness for superior linearity and clarity. It is also lighter weight and more rigid for decreased distortion and improved bass response. Hi-roll Rubber Surrounds: The hi-roll rubber surrounds allow the woofers a greater range of movement, resulting in longer X-max and more bass output. Textile Dome Midrange and Super-Tweeter: Each speaker uses an edge-driven textile dome midrange and a UHF super-tweeter for smooth, accurate highs. A switch on the front of the tweeter housing allows you to boost the tweeter output 3dB, useful if the speakers are mounted in a location where high frequencies are easily absorbed. Mounting: Infinity's mounting system allows the 6932cf speakers to fit in top-mount and bottom-mount 6"x9" applications. Optional Grilles: The speakers do not come with any grilles. Optional grilles (108REF9633) can be purchased separately. True Four Ohm Impedance Technology: The speaker's 2.0-ohm impedance combined with the impedance of your speaker wire provides a true 4-ohm load to your connected headunit or amplifier. Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Infinity Reference 9633cf Reviews Average Customer Review: 6 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. 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Yes | No 5 out of 5 great product and the bass is the best Written By yaris, ny on Saturday, June 02, 2012 i have a 2008 toyota yaris i replaced my head unit, after i did that the speakers sounded much better. i recently hooked up a amp and they make the car vibrate. the highs and lows are heard verry well and the bass kicks, well worth the price. Pros: quality and clean sound at high volume Cons: none 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 GET THEM RIGHT NOW Written By Anonymous, Tucson,AZ on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 I was a little confused before buying but anyhow I made my mind and bought these. Now listen , WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo these are dynamites... Man just gor for them with eyes closed ..Superb Loud tight hard deep clear sound. I can bet on these speakers.I am Happy to have these. Cons: Can't Find any.. 5 out of 6 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Fantastic speakers, very clear sound Written By Wesley, Columbus, OH on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased these to replace the stock speakers in my 1999 Saab 9-3. The Crutchfield website stated that they wouldn't fit, but I managed to get them to fit using the included spacer ring. I went out and purchased some different metal screws, however, as the screws included weren't long enough for my needs (not a problem since it was a somewhat custom installation at that point). I also soldered wires to the speakers instead of using faston (blade) connectors, which these speakers use. I don't plan on moving them anytime soon, so not a problem. I'm powering these with an Alpine 300 watt 4-channel amplifier, and they sound fantastic. The 3-way system is definitely noticeable -- the woofer is pretty powerful (especially with both speakers installed) for a 6x9", and the mid-range and tweeter speakers make for a very clean sound of voice as well as instruments. The only complaint I have about the speakers is the fact that the screw holes are extremely close to the rubber surround -- first trying one of the stock screws (not the ones I later purchased!) the screw managed to catch some of the surround's glue and rip a bit of the glue out. I added a drop of gorilla glue and that fixed it. 25 out of 28 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No Add accessories for the Infinity Reference 9633cf Add Accessories Add a Warranty Reduce ambient road noise and your vehicle's "rattles," for better sound inside your car. See all categories & accessories Reduce ambient road noise and your vehicle's "rattles," for better sound inside your car. 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Hello everyone! I love the new smilies!
All is well here. C is going to be 1 in 27 days. I cannot believe it! He is very close to walking too. My FIL is coming to visit for his birthday and that will be lovely. We're going to have a party in a park with our friends and C's baby friends. He had his first ear infection and he is getting his molars. Those things combined with learning to walk make him rather crabby sometimes, but he is also getting more cuddly so that makes up for it, mostly.
isa-C also loves to play in the sand and he loves being outdoors. We have some veggies growing and I'm sure he will want to check them out. We are going to get him a little pool for the patio. I'm sorry sleep is rough. I hope she figures it out soon. She's knows you are there for her no matter what. I hope you are feeling well too.
Hi everyone! How are things going? Any exciting summery-type stuff going on? We've been gardening like maniacs--DD really likes to dig in the dirt, so I'm not sure we'll get any tomatoes this year, but she's so happy I can't stop her. I'm trying to figure out where we could put a sandbox in our dinky little yard.
Seraf--sleep is rough again. She still doesn't get out of bed, but she'll lie there calling for us for almost an hour after bedtime. Not usually crying so much as a constant refrain of 'mama! mama! I have an owie! An OWIE! MAMA! I need MEDICINE! twinkle twinkle little...MAMA!' and so on. We're trying to break the habit of going in there to talk to her since it doesn't make her any more calm and just seems to draw it out longer, but it's hard to ignore!
|Isa, yay for a good night! Have they continued? Soren still calls from the bed when he wakes. Shay gets up on his own.
Welcome ReinaQ! I'm so glad you found us. I hope your journey to parenthood is smooth. Feel free to join us on the Queer Conceptions thread when you are ready to ttc.
We went to an accountant this year and he is going to look at our returns from the last few years to see if we can file amended returns. We may not be because I got big returns because if my deductions for the medical bills from getting pregnant. Sperm and all the other stuff is tax deductible!
I'm brand new to this site. Although not a mother yet, God willing in the next year, my wife and I have been having more specific conversations lately. One of which has been on homeschooling. After much search (via google) I'm beyond happy to have stumbled upon this page! I look forward to learning more as well as having support for when the time does come.
: ) Reina
[@pokeyAC: My wife & I filed jointly as well this year. Our amazing tax guy informed us that we can get retro for all of the years we've been (legally) married. So you might want to look into that. As it is from previous years I don't think there's a deadline to file. I do know you can't file online. But it's definitely worth it. Good luck!]
@prettyisa thanks for the welcome. We are in Gainesville.
@pokeyAC and @seraf thanks. Looking forward to being part of the group
It was great! She was SO excited to see it when she got home from school--immediately got her books out and lay down to read. Then at bedtime she wanted to see me after DP tucked her in and she was just so proud of her bed--lying there and grinning and too hyped up to sleep. She did pretty well, though, and her main stalling technique was to ask to use the potty--which she did, successfully, so that'll work whenever she wants to try it to buy more time. Then she slept all night and didn't get up this morning until her usual time, and then she stayed in her room and called for us. My guess is that it won't last as well once she realizes that she can get out of there on her own, but it was a nice first night!
Isa, how did the new bed go? Yay for a safe sleep space, even if it's less convenient. My boys just crossed the 6am line and sleep until almost 8 (so 11ish hours straight). It's delightful.
Owlyce, I'm adding you to the front page.
|Welcome Owl! Congratulations on your upcoming ceremony! My best friend lives in Portland, and there are quite a few folks on here from the Pacific Northwest. I love Portland. It's a great city.
Pokey--thanks! I am hoping so, too! I'm ok with a c-section, but I'd like to avoid surgery if possible. And yes, it was terrifying for us, so I don't know what it was like for her. Though I have caught her standing up and considering it again. SO GLAD the toddler bed and mattress are all here now, so my afternoon project is getting her big-girl room ready to go. WIsh us luck, though--it's going to be a long couple nights. All our fault for letting her come to bed to sleep for the last hour every morning before we get up, but now she thinks our bed is an ok place to want to be.
Owl--welcome! Nice to have new folks around here! Where in FL are you? My wife is from Naples, and we talk about moving there sometime in the future, various things depending.
Hi I'm owl. My partner and I have 3 children on earth and one baby girl angel (whooping cough at 18 months). All from previous hetero relationships. I carried all but our angel baby. My fiancee doesn't want to carry any more. We do plan on one or two more but are waiting for Dear fiancees baby brother to turn 18 so he can be the sperm donor. (3 more years) Our children two girls 9 and 8 and a boy 6. Our angel would have been 7.
We live in Florida but are saving our money to move to Portland, OR.
We're having a commitment ceremony 9-26-15 and will fly to Washington state to make it all legal after. (I've got family there, DF has many friends.)
Hi Max! C is almost 10 months too and I agree with seraf, this is a really fun age! 6 months was a bit hard because he was crying a lot but since then it's been really cool. I hope you are able to succeed with your scheme. I'm sure you would enjoy it.
Hi prettyisa! I believe you said on the other thread that the boys are in good positions for vaginal birth. I hope they stay in those good positions so you can do that. Jumping from the crib sounds a little scary. I have memories of jumping out of my crib as a baby. Not sure if they are real or dreams but it's a long way when you are so small.
Hi Max! I can't believe your little guy is already more than 9 months old! That went by fast!
Seraf--nope, but the day is nigh! Last night she did her first jump from the crib. Not hurt, but lots of crying. We should be getting it this weekend at her family birthday party. We're big wimps about falling, so she hasn't really done it much yet. We don't really let her climb on much, so it's been rare to have her dive off of things. I set up her sleeping bunny alarm clock this morning, so we'll see how that goes, and am planning to toddler-proof her room tonight (it's mostly done, but there are some random things in there that I wouldn't want her destroying in the middle of the night).
Isa, did you already transition her? My guys started in a big bed, but they're starting to do a little more laying down alone these days.
Birth memories, I don't know. My one who cried the most had the fastest and easiest (from my perspective) labor. The one who cried the most is also the only girl. She had some dietary stuff, but mostly I figure she was just the most expressive. It's been my experience that girls are expressive from birth. My boys are differently expressive. Than her and Han each other. She just get special marks for being the most. Of course, she grew out of big crying by a few months. Maybe you've moved out of it already, too.
Max, 9-12 month is one of the cutest ages! Jeeze! Good luck with getting home more.
Hi Everyone! Miss you all. Our baby boy is now 9.5 months old and what a wild ride it's been. He is so animated and has such a little personality already. It's so cute and mind blowing at the same time.
I wish I could be here more but I am working a ton. We have a Manny that stays at home with our son during the week. I am definitely scheming about working less, won't take much I just have to say no to jobs that come my way!
b&c i'm glad the diaper changes are going more smoothly. i found the moby wrap to be helpful because it seemed to combine the calming affects of being held/near the heart and the security of the swaddle. i would pop in the screaming baby and he would settle within a few seconds or minutes, and then i could go about my day or tend to the other baby's needs, the dishes, the chickens, the coffee, whatever. if you feel like you can't go "hands free" with the moby, it's likely that you need to tie it tighter. i struggled with that in the beginning. a stretchy wrap by nature stretches as you use it, so it needs to be quite tight whenever you put the baby in. there are some good youtube videos the helped me a lot. maybe it's the twins thing, or maybe just my style, but baby wearing has been invaluable for me. i would not have survived the "fourth trimester" without it. and now i can't stop! i spent this weekend wearing between 15 and 30 lbs of baby the entire time.
B&C--glad you found a solution. Supposedly one day it will actually be spring and you won't have to change diapers under the tent anymore! Also, I think that there's something to the idea that if it is working to get your parents' attention, why change how you're yelling? Newborn crying is SO much harder on parents than older baby crying--it's set to get you to react immediately. My guess is that as she gets out of her 'fourth trimester' in a couple months the kind of yelling that really gets to you will be replaced by more normal crying that you can override your hormones when you hear it and react to less frantically. Both my DP and I were on edge with our DD for the first few months every time she cried because it was just so intense. We had a snuggi wrap, which I found a lot better for me than a Moby--it's made of sweatshirt material, so it's a little firmer and made me feel like she was more secure, but otherwise it's the same. I never did figure out a sling for her, especially when she was so tiny. It's helpful to have them close to you but still be able to do other things, and especially for walks so you don't need to take a big stroller. If she's yelling a lot for reasons you can't identify (not hungry, wet, etc) it can be great to wear her and let her be close to one of you for long periods of time. I also think that it's possible to go a long way down the road of what-ifs regarding a 'perfect' birth. If it's helpful for you to work through those issues, do it, but don't feel like you need to make it up to her or beat yourselves up because things didn't go the way you planned. Many births are less than perfect, in many ways, and the kids turn out just fine anyway.
Anyone have any advice for a big bed transition? We're going to give DD a toddler bed for her birthday--not, sadly, because she gets out of her crib. She doesn't. But we don't want it to feel like we're stealing her bed to give to a brother, so the birthday seems like an opportunity to sneak it past her. I'm making her a new quilt, and we've been reading a book about baby animals that outgrow their nests and need a bigger sleeping space. Any other suggestions?
thanks for the responses pokeyAC and mrsandmrs...
pokey--our house is totally chilly sometimes, and it also fluctuates in temperature because we have baseboard heaters and don't have a thermostat. i like the idea of using a hot water bottle, but there is no way i'd want to add that extra step to every diaper change--especially because we don't have a water source upstairs. we started putting the wool blanket i knit for the baby on her during her diaper changes (and also tilted the surface where we've been changing her since she seems to dislike being horizontal) and it has made a huge difference. the only times she has screamed since we made the change were during times when she was super hungry but needed to be changed before eating. otherwise, the set-up is a bit awkward, and makes it like changing diapers under a tent...but totally, totally worth it.
mrsandmrs--i partly agree about little babies not being able to learn bad habits (and certainly believe that babies' wants and needs are fully aligned at this point), but i also wonder about reverting to particular modes of reaction as they happen over and over. one of my midwives talked to my dp and me about the way babies often go back to their birth experience, and particularly talked about birth trauma since we had an emergency c-section. sometimes it feels like she goes really quickly into the specific scream/cry i first heard her make in the operating room, and i wonder if she would make that same cry as often, or as quickly, if she had been born at home and hadn't had such a dramatic introduction to the world. it feels like one of the hardest things to determine which baby behaviors are purely developmental and will pass, and which are important to actively address and tweak for everyone's sanity. and, i just borrowed a moby wrap from a friend to test out with the baby. why was it so helpful for you? because it's a good place to calm an unhappy baby? so far i haven't gotten comfortable enough with positioning her in either my sling or the moby to have both hands free.
I don't think one month old babies can learn bad habits like that, so I wouldn't worry about that. I know it is stressful and upsetting for the parents, but this phase shall pass. I have twins, and one of them screamed almost around the clock when he was that age. Crying is the only way they have to communicate, and they dont always know what they are communicating. Cold, hot, uncomfortable, hungry, tired, lonely, bored, overstimulated - everything comes out as a scream! if you are able, i really got a lot of mileage out of the moby wrap during this phase. We still use the wipes warmer, simply because we found that it was awfully convenient with the cloth wipes. Good luck.
|I would guess she is cold. They can find being naked very unsettling when they are so little. That's why they tell you to change their diaper to wake them up. Are you changing her in the same place? Is there a warmer spot you could use? You could try putting a heating pad or hot water bottle or something on the changing pad before you put her on it, or keep part of her covered while you are working another part of her body. It may not be very comforting but the screaming could just be a totally normal way for her to communicate with you. She may not learn to use it in other situations. Babies this age go through so many little phases where they do something for a little bit and then they stop and move onto something else. "This too shall pass" is my mantra. This may just be a phase that won't last long.
hi queer parenting folks,
my lovely little babe is just about a month old, and for the past few days she has been screaming and screaming during her diaper changes/clothing changes. did this happen to anyone else? what did you do? my dp and i have been talking her through what we're doing and/or singing, and try to stay super calm...but nothing has been working consistently. what really worries me us that she seems to be teaching herself to scream whenever she's a bit uncomfortable. so, if she screams because she doesn't like to lay on her back/be naked/be cold, she should also scream if she's a little hungry, a little tired, etc. she's such a calm and happy baby generally. it's hard to see her getting so upset so many times a day.
thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Wow, I've been a bad board checker!
Isa! Boys rock! Congratulations!
Gametzer, congratulations! My kids sure got more I dependent with each new baby, but we kept special routines like bedtime. Once the little guy gets to be 4ish months old, the older guy will never know so much love. Babies and toddlers worship their bigs.
Hi CocoBird! Glad to see you back around!
isa-That's so cute! It's amazing how they grow up and learn new things.
gamitzer-I'm glad your in-laws are coming around. My MIL got off to a rough start because our son is not biologically related to my wife. She thought we should adopt instead so that our child wouldn't be related to either of us. I knew she would come around, and she did. Now, she can't get enough of that baby and is sad we live far away. When I was on maternity leave, I sent her a picture of him every day.
Gamitzer--congrats on baby Ben! And on your in-laws' sudden excitement about your family. I think that happens a lot (though sadly not always). We found that a lot of the dumb things my DP's mom said before the baby arrived (in her case not homophobic, more things like, 'just call me the florida grandma, because she won't know who I am anyway') disappeared the instant there was actually a little girl on the scene. Now they're very bonded to each other and she doesn't say anything other than that we should move down there so they can see each other more. She has also started to come out about DP and I to a lot of people, including random clients at work where there is no reason to do it other than that it's normal to talk about your family. I hope your DP's parents continue to be so excited and in love and that you all benefit from it! Definitely interested to hear any ideas about how to make kid #1 feel still loved when the siblings arrive, since that's been on my mind a lot lately.
AFM--two funny things from this weekend: E an I got on several elevators and each time E proudly announced that we were going to ride the 'alligator', which sounds much more adventurous! And then last night my dad and stepmom were visiting us, and E took them both by the hand into her room, closed the door, and proceeded to have a party for almost an hour. Whenever they'd try to open the door to see if we were worried about her she would climb over my dad, say, 'excuse me grandpa Rick,' and slam the door so they could keep playing. It was the first time she's ever wanted to have her friends over without all those pesky mamas getting in the way.
Hi all, baby Ben was born on 2/17 and we could not be happier or more in love! DS1 (age 6) is doing really well, but is definitely needing some extra praise and attention. I made sure to spend a lot of alone time with him over the weekend, and purposely snuggled and read books before bed with him, making sure he stills feels special and deserving of my time. If anyone has advice on maintaining this close bond, please share!
In also happy news, my wife's parents seem transformed by having a grandchild! They have always been surface level supportive of our relationship, but seemed mostly closeted like not telling people about us/our family, our marriage last year, etc. But their first grandchild (non bio for them) seems to have softened their hearts and they are spreading the word like crazy! I wasn't expecting it, but hoped they would come around. Mostly I am just very happy for my wife because she feels so validated right now and proud her parents are treating our son just as she was hoping they would. Yay!
Isa!! Congratulations!! :) So exciting. And hi, everyone! I haven't been on here in a while, but I was missing you.
we can never have enough twin boys around here! congrats!
|Congratulations on twin baby boys, isa! We were due for another set. I hope you are feeling well and that the tantrums ease up. I imagine it must be difficult to deal with a toddler while pregnant with twins.
|Congratulations on the boys, Isa!
Boys! That's what's new here. Which means I've been sifting through piles and piles of baby clothes to get all of the pink frilly stuff out. I'm pleasantly surprised by how much of our baby stuff is neutral or even clearly intended for boys, so there's probably not all that much that we'll need to buy. It's sad to say goodbye to some of my favorite outfits, though. We also seem to be butting up against 2 in terms of tantrums. E cried all the way home from daycare because I told her we didn't have kids at home to play with yesterday. She's also started pretending to be a puppy, which is very cute. And she demands that we help her do everything, which is getting less and less pleasant as I get bigger and it becomes more work to drag myself up and follow her to choose a new book every time.
Other than that, my house is a pit, but it's sunny out and even kind of warm, so things are looking up!
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