Parenting With The Ear Of My Heart ~ Ch. 67
Posted by LaRonda on February 13th, 2007
…I learned how to tell the difference between my son’s cries by watching his face and feeling his chest. I learned to distinguish the need behind these sounds by looking for clues. My eyes and sense of touch began to differentiate my son’s cries and sounds by watching for the accompanying event, body language or facial expressions that went along with them. Ironically, because of my hearing loss, I became an extra attentive and responsive parent — not less aware, but more. I think every mother or father of a newborn has an instinctual “inner knowing” when their baby is trying to communicate its’ needs. This goes beyond disability…
