When your baby is born he does very little. Eats, poops, sleeps and cries. Crying is the only way that your baby can communicate and at this point, all the cries sound alike. As your baby gets older however you will begin to notice different cries coming from him and you will begin to recognize better what it is that your baby needs. As your baby gets older some of his reasons for crying will change, while others stay the same.

Hunger
Still one of the most obvious reasons for your baby to be crying is hunger. Your little one is growing and burning through calories so fast that it is hard to keep up with him. If he gets a growth spurt it can seem as if never stops eating. You will learn to recognize the cry of hunger from your baby.

Pain
A newborn has very little “pain” in most cases. However, as his grows the pain begins to appear, first in teething, then in bumps and bruises as he gets on the move around the house. The pain cry will probably be more of a shrill cry, one you haven’t heard before, and one you quickly learn to recognize.

Fear/Anxiety
As your baby gets older he may start to feel a little anxiety about being left alone or being away from you. If this is the case for your baby, a brand new cry will be heard and your baby will learn from your reaction to use that cry in these circumstances.

Tired
It is possible for your baby to get over tired. When this happens not only will he not want to go to sleep, but he will probably have a cry that is so pitiful that it breaks your heart. Try not to let your baby skip a nap or get too tired that he doesn’t want to go to sleep. If he does it may be a long night for all of you.

Stubbornness
You can’t spoil a baby but boy can they make you feel like they are spoiled. Your baby may decide to get stubborn and start crying till he gets his way. This cry will probably sound less pathetic than his other ones; instead sounding more angry and upset. If this is your baby, try not to give into his stubbornness, but offer him something else to divert his attention.

As your baby changes so will his ways of communication. Soon will come the day when your baby is talking back to you and you are wishing he could only cry. Remember that at this point your baby’s only way of communicating is still crying and that the faster you learn to understand him, the happier everyone will be.

It has long been proven that smoking is harmful to pregnant women, but nevertheless pregnant smokers are not uncommon. According to statistics 22% of women do not stop smoking during pregnancy.
It even turns out, that smoking before pregnancy may also cause damage.

Smoking threatens the conception
Smoking before pregnancy is also harmful and directly affects the reproductive function of not only women but also men.
In women-smokers often have irregular menstrual cycle, the ability to conceive and the duration of childbearing age is reduced.
In men, sperm production, its morphology and motility, as well as secretion of androgens are changed. Doctors say that smoking decreases the density of sperm and increases the concentration of sperm cells of abnormal shape and structure (“an increase in abnormal sperm morphology”).
Conception + smoking = congenital defects of children
During pregnancy, smoking causes birth defects of children, such as: cleft lip and palate bone, deformity of limbs, polycystic kidney disease, ventricular septal defect, deformation of the skull and so on. And even if the expectant mother stops smoking, the risk of birth of children with defects still remains, because smoking devastatingly affects the conception. So it is better to quit now!
How to quit smoking during pregnancy?
It turns out that nicotine is the chemical and physical dependence of the organism to a greater extent, rather than coffee or marijuana! But after learning about the pregnancy, to quit smoking is vital for your unborn child. During pregnancy, it is better to stop smoking without the use of pills and patches, since they also contain nicotine as in cigarettes. Recently, the most effective way is a book by Allen Kara “Easy Way to Stop Smoking”, letting to giv up smoking through self-correct mental attitude, without resorting to crutches like nicotine gum or patch. 90% read of the readers gave up smoking and did not begin within one year.

When it comes time to start feeding your bay something other than breast milk or formula, you turn to stage one foods such as cereals, fruits and vegetables. The selection is growing however and baby food producers are adding organic baby food to the choices of food you can feed your baby. Your Baby’s Health Many parents do not want to introduce their baby to the pesticides and artificial preservatives that are put in fruits and vegetables. They want their baby to be as healthy and pesticide free as possible, and are determined to only give their baby the best. Tests have shown that the pesticides do show up in children and decrease immediately when a child is switched from non-organic fruits and vegetables to organic fruits and vegetables. Long term health benefits are still unknown, but immediate health benefits are high and enough to sway many moms and dads to give their baby organic foods from the start. Where To Start Most parents start their children out on rice cereal from the baby food isle. For those that make that choice but want baby food for their baby that is pesticide free, they can choose to start with organic rice cereal. If you are really adventurous you can attempt to make your own organic rice baby food by purchasing organic rice, cooking it per the directions, blending it with breast milk till desired consistency, and serving it to your baby. You can even freeze it in ice cube trays and store it in plastic baggies till you are ready to feed it to your baby. Organic Fruits and Veggies After your baby has learned to eat and swallow the baby cereals and it is time to move onto the jarred baby foods, you still have lots of choices in the organic department. There are organic jarred baby foods in all the different stages. Your baby can start out with organic peas, carrots and sweet potatoes for the organic vegetables and organic bananas and apples for the fruits. Organic fruits and vegetables taste the same as the non-organic fruits and vegetables and give your baby a healthier alternative to the already healthy baby food he has begun to eat. As your baby moves up in stages the food changes and more organics are added. As your baby begins to eat table food you can choose organic fruits and vegetables for your table. Organic foods are the new in “thing” for many families. While they are often a little bit more expensive than your non-organic food, having it available on the supermarket shelves is not only welcome, but convenient.