Jessica Alba Reveals Honor’s Need for Caffeine

Ha! I constantly use the “crying for no reason” with kids. At first, parents are really put off by it because it seems unsympathetic. But I say it to encourage kids to verbalize their anger or frustration instead of simply crying about it. USE YOUR WORDS! Auntie can’t read your mind and crying frustrates us both.

That being said, I also tell wee ones that if your feelings are hurt or you are in pain that it is ok to cry and ask for/seek comfort. But there is no crying out of anger or frustration for something you are able to communicate with words or gestures. If you’re gonna cry for no reason, you get to go to your room and cry solo until you’re under control again. And it works wonders – stops crying tantrums in a snap and gets even two year olds or younger to speak up or show me what it is they want. I like it when kids are active in their own solutions…

I am going to take the transcript with a grain of salt and assume the comment about overfeeding Honor as a baby was a joke. I remember those chubby little legs, and I thought they were adorable.

It’s an odd joke, especially with how controversial weight is with young girls and clueless parents (of overweight and underweight kids).

But I’ll take it as a joke.

JenDC, you put my thoughts into words perfectly! I completely agree with you. I always tell my nieces that they can cry for no reason all they want, as long as they do it on the steps where no one has to listen to it. I take into account their temperment, mood and circumstances, missing Mom, ect… but for the most part, I don’t listen to it and they don’t do it!

I love Suri Cruise as well, but this is a nice refreshing contrast from Katie Holmes’ interview where she said “you just have to go with what the kid wants.” It will be interesting to see how these two kids turn out! I believe I’d rather have one like Honor, myself.

she’s my hero as far as being disciplined and stuff. exactly how i will be as a mother. props ms. alba!

I agree with Jen and Jessica 100%. I’ve always had the exact same mindset about crying-that when a child is hurt, genuinely sad, or in pain, crying is more than okay. But if they want to pitch a fit because they’re told not to walk on something they shouldn’t be walking on or to sit at the table, they’re pitching that fit in their room where no one else has to listen and be bothered. One or two rounds of that is all it takes for the kid to get the point that in order for them to get what they want, they need to use their words.

And Meesh, Katie and Suri were the first people who came to mind when I read this. I always thought it was funny how people would insist that there was no way for us to tell that Suri is spoiled and over-indulged when both her parents have freely admitted as much (using careful wording, of course) for years. Suri may be cute with a great wardrobe, but when it comes to the type of child I’d like to raise/be around, I’ll take an Honor anyday.

Well maybe Jessica wasn’t actually overfeeding her, but just saying that she made sure that Honor was well fed at night. Which I understand.

Yeah, my doctor also told me that you can’t overfeed because they stop eating when they are full (no emotional eaters yet). My baby also seemed to eat a boat load, but now he’s a bit more normal.

Really, a nightly 14 hour sleep for Honor? Is it just me, or does that seem like a long time? My 2 kids slept about 11-12 hrs. a night, with a nap in the afternoon. Not being gossipy, just curious…

All I can say is thank heavens my little one didn’t weigh at six months what she weighs now! My arms would be in even more pain…..old injuries reawakened by baby lifting….and not one nanny in sight. And, it is possible to overfeed a baby that never breastfed. Probably rare, but possible as I did see my first obese baby the other day.