Welcome to your one stop shop for weekly practical advice and helpful information on everything mommy/ baby related. I am excited to put together these health and wellness tips for my new moms. I know you are elated with your new bundle of joy-I am too. Let’s get started with our very first blog post. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Sally Jenkins, I am a Licensed Family Nurse Practitioner(FNP), I see patients across the life span, that means from your new born baby to the elderly(80+years). I will be dishing out lots of mommy-baby helpful tips here on the blog and why not wellness tips for all people across the lifespan. Make sure you stop by every week for new and exciting helpful health tips.

Today I want us to talk about BABY PURPLE CRYING. You know those moments when your little munchkin will not stop crying right? When you know you have literally done everything under the sun to comfort and soothe them but they keep screaming. This period usually starts when they are 2 weeks old and may last till they get to 3-4 months old. This is a normal stage in your baby’s development. They will cry for hours non-stop ! The first thing that comes to mind is” oh my God, they could be in pain” the good news is they really are not- they are healthy and fine ! So what do you do? Make sue they are not hungry, make sure their diapers are clean and leave them alone. Yes let the baby cry, he is having a PURPLE moment. He will be fine.

What you don’t want to do is shake your baby vigorously in an effort to have them stop crying. This is very dangerous and will be a topic for later. Shaken baby syndrome- DO NOT DO IT !!