It would seem to me that education and information about shaken baby and how
to avoid reaching that point, as well as education on meeting baby's needs
in general, would be more pertinent and effective than this PURPLE
nonsense.

Perhaps that's harsh, but this seems to be a pretty harmful concept to be
teaching parents when there are *far* better techniques and coping skills we
could offer.

Amy West, CLC

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Jessica L. Callahan <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> The hospital that i work does education regarding period of purple crying.
> The purpose of it is not to tell parents to allow their babies to cry it is
> really directed at decreasing shaken baby syndrome or other preventable
> harm. It informs parents that when they have done everything that they can
> do to help and if they start to get frustarated the best thing to do is to
> put the baby in a safe place and walk away. As a pediatric nurse for 8 years
> I have seem my fair share of shaken baby syndrome and abuse and when the
> person who did it finally admits to it the reasoning was because the child
> was crying and they become frustarated.
>
> Jessica RN, IBCLC
> NC, USA
>
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