Date:         Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:34:01 -0400
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
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 >> First time parents are usually  more nervous than parents w/ previous
experience... That said, all bets are off w/ kids w/ medical conditions such
as CF, bad colic, etc. <<

She has bad reflux like her father which is one of the causes the of the
generic term "colic".  Our baby would not sleep and cried constantly. Unless
you go though this then you cannot understand. Most people do not go through
this and just think we were just inexperienced new parents.  If you took her
on a half hour car ride, you got a half hour of screaming. If you took her
on a 1 hour car ride you got one hour of screaming, etc. etc. She did not
sleep in the car, your arms, in the baby carrier, the bouncer/rocker, the
swing, etc. Even today you have 1 shot at getting even a short nap out of
her during the day. If she hears 1 noise or vibration she is up and that's
it even if she is 5 minutes into her nap. She's not going back to sleep.

Bryan