It's all a guessing game...

So recently I had a baby and pretty soon realised how unequipped these little beings are to cope with the world.

Babies can't feed themselves - that's not too hard to wrap your head around, but nor can they burp on their own, fart or poo without help  (not my baby anyway,although it's improving), they find it hard to close their eyes and sleep, basically all the actions a human needs to perform in order to function as a human, this little human can't do...And as my husband so wonderfully put it - 'That's why they have parents.'

Of course we all know babies can't tell us what's wrong with them and that's when it all begins...

Having children is a guessing game...you just have to keep your fingers crossed that you've got it right and you're not just needlessly medicating your little bundle.

The only real way they have of communicating is crying. So they could be crying because (*big breath in and read in one go*) they're hungry, have tummy ache, too hot or cold, can't poo, can't fart, need to burp, want to sleep, want a cuddle and not to forget the 'just because'.

So when you have a crying baby these are all the possible things you can do in that instant-take their blanket off, give them a blanket, give them medicine, rub their tummy, rub their back, rock them, hold them, give them milk - you're bound to get it wrong most of the time...and still it's a wonder they get through it all without being able to say a word.

And so I now play the biggest guessing game I have ever played, wish me luck...hopefully my guessing gets more accurate.