首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When bringing a newborn baby home from the hospital, most new parents expect a few sleepless nights. However, when an uninterrup
When bringing a newborn baby home from the hospital, most new parents expect a few sleepless nights. However, when an uninterrup
admin
2013-09-23
27
问题
When bringing a newborn baby home from the hospital, most new parents expect a few sleepless nights. However, when an uninterrupted night’s sleep becomes a distant memory, and it is no longer weeks, but months or years since you experienced one, a parent may grow angry, frustrated, and exhausted.
Our firstborn, Robert, was nine-month-old when a girlfriend mentioned that her month-old daughter was regularly sleeping through the night. I was overcome with bitter envy, for it was a feat our son had yet to do. Finally, at twelve months, he slept an entire night. I was elated, believing we’d finally overcome that particular hurdle. Unfortunately, it was the only complete night’s sleep we would enjoy for the next four years.
Three pediatricians insisted Robert’s problem was not unusual, and that he would eventually grow out of it. He had no problem going to sleep. In fact, at bedtime he never resisted, and drifted off to dreamland with relative ease. Yet, within an hour after my husband and 1 went to bed, he would wake up. Sometimes those nocturnal activities would include diaper changes, or eventually trips to the bathroom. Yet, often they would be repeated throughout the night, and would require a great deal of coaxing before sleep was again achieved.
Sometimes Robert would behave erratically, flailing around restlessly, being cranky and irrational. Had I not personally supervised his daily care, I would have suspected these nightmarish fits were the product of some daytime trauma.
As my husband and I desperately sought an uninterrupted night of sleep, we began trying every trick imaginable. As per advice from the experts, we briefly tried the tough love routine, where a parent checks for the obvious(such as wet diapers), and then walks away, allowing the baby to cry himself to sleep. It was agony for all concerned, and did absolutely no good. Someone suggested that Robert might be waking up, when we all went to bed, due to the absence of noise. My husband immediately purchased a small radio for the nursery. Another article said warm milk before bedtime would do the trick, while another suggested no beverage. We rocked, walked, ignored, coddled, fed, gave beverages, and took them away.
The most frightening aspect of this type of problem is what sleep deprivation can eventually do to a parent’s state of mind and judgment. I recall one instance when my husband snapped, and began shouting at our wakeful two-year-old son. It so terrified our child, it caused him to literally forget to breathe, and then he broke into a heartbreaking silent sob. My husband was devastated by his own behavior, and we were always grateful that those years of sleepless nights didn’t escalate into a more severe situation.
By the time Robert was three, we moved to another community, and new doctors. But two doctors later, and a son nearing kindergarten, still had not provided us with a complete night’s rest. I wonder about those doctors, who choose to discount our problem, ignoring what it could be doing to our family, and how even the best parents might slip into child abuse when sleep is not sufficient.
When they moved to another community, Robert’s problem is______.
选项
A、still existing
B、solved by another doctor
C、not further mentioned
D、solved by the parents
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据文章末尾段的第二句“But two doctors later,and a son nearingkindergarten,still had not provided us with a complete night’s rest.”和作者对医生的抱怨可以看出问题仍然存在,故正确答案是[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/kPLK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Whensomethinghappenstoshakeourculture—liketheterroristattacks—wepause,notmerelyfromfear.Adeeperself-examination
Surprisingly,nooneknowshowmanychildrenreceiveeducationinEnglishhospitals,stilllessthecontentorqualityofthate
Heclaimstobeanexpertinastronomy,butinactualfactheisquiteignorantonthesubject.______heknowsaboutitisouto
WhichoneofthefollowingwasNOTamongtheconditionsofthemanseveralyearsago?
WhyAmericanscientistsaredevelopingthesemaps7
Toaccompanythesongs,NativeAmericansused_______.
Toaccompanythesongs,NativeAmericansused_______.
Toaccompanythesongs,NativeAmericansused_______.
Inthedigitalrealm,thingsseemalwaystohappenthewrongwayround.WhereasGooglehashurriedtoscanbooksintoitsdigita
Itisnotoftenrealizedthatwomen【C1】______ahighplaceinsouthernEuropeansocietiesinthe10thand11thcenturies.Asaw
随机试题
半圆板的半径为r,重为W,如图所示,已知板的重心C和圆形的距离为,在A、B、D三点用三根铅垂绳悬挂于天花板上,使板处于水平位置,则三根绳子的拉力为()。
下列可以增加房地产的需求量的方法是()。
会计账簿是指由一定格式的账页组成的,以()为依据,全面、系统、连续地记录各项经济业务的簿籍。
AB两宗房地产,A房收益年限为50年,单价为2000元/平方米,B房地产收益年限为30年,单价为1800元/平方米,报酬率均为6%。A房无限年价格为()元/平方米。
下列关于统计的基本概念,正确的是()。
我们是否想过,当看到一个非常精彩的东西时,你就匆匆忙忙把它拍下来,发出去,然后被转发,但是在这个过程中,其实你并没有看清楚它,更没有看清楚它与我们之间的关系。如何能够实现精神上的真正交流,这才是我们应该追问的。这段文字要表达的主要意思是(
信件:E-mail
在一棵二叉树上,第5层的结点数最多是()。
Lightningcausesmorefiredamageofforestsandpropertythananythingelse.Moreimportantly,itkillsmorepeoplethananyot
GermanChancellor(首相)OttoVonBismarckmaybemostfamousforhismilitaryanddiplomatictalent,buthislegacy(遗产)includesman
最新回复
(
0
)