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Do you need an Iphone App to tell you why your baby is crying?
A company in Barcelona claims to have an Iphone app that will tell you why your baby is crying. Is this the greatest invention in the history of parenting or a pointless app that doesn't tell you anything that you didn't know anyway.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1225555/New-iPhone-app-helps-identify-baby-crying-seconds.html
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November 06, 2009 10:48 AM
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I suppose that someone that was confused to why a baby was crying might be able to use it as a guideline, however, some things like common sense can be used when trying to figure out the baby's needs. Is she wet, hungry, sleepy, hurt or bored. those are the basic first years reasons for crying. Not sure how an app can help on those.
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November 05, 2009 11:20 PM
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Some people really are clueless about babies and need all the help they can get.
And how many times have you heard people who do know a lot about babies and who are good parents still say, "I can't figure out why he/she is crying?"
I can't say that the app would be able to help that much. But I do know that a baby does often cry differently in different situations that are pretty similar for all babies. For example, when they are hungry than when they have gas. When a baby is trying to burp it holds its mouth and body in a different way than it would if it's hungry, so the sound comes out differently.
If it really will help new parents learn to listen to their babies different cries better and faster, rather than taking days, weeks, or months to learn, then why not?
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And how many times have you heard people who do know a lot about babies and who are good parents still say, "I can't figure out why he/she is crying?"
I can't say that the app would be able to help that much. But I do know that a baby does often cry differently in different situations that are pretty similar for all babies. For example, when they are hungry than when they have gas. When a baby is trying to burp it holds its mouth and body in a different way than it would if it's hungry, so the sound comes out differently.
If it really will help new parents learn to listen to their babies different cries better and faster, rather than taking days, weeks, or months to learn, then why not?
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November 06, 2009 04:34 AM
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I've never had a baby, nor have I had an iPhone. But the idea of using an app, probably coded by people looking to capitalize on people's emotions for a quick buck, to decipher my child's emotions is a little bit horrifying to me. There's another way to learn how people react -- spend time around them. Young or old.
Besides, by the time I have a baby -- if I have a baby, this is purely hypothetical -- the iPhone will likely be very obsolete, as will iPhone apps.
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Besides, by the time I have a baby -- if I have a baby, this is purely hypothetical -- the iPhone will likely be very obsolete, as will iPhone apps.
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