By stop_crying - 11/05/2016 18:55 - United States

Today, a twelve year-old girl was better at calming down my six month-old baby on the bus than me. FML
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renrioku 15

In my experience it seems like its easier for kids to calm down infants than it is for adults. IDK, maybe kids know something we don't.

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pom3440 22

of course she can.... she's not mom!

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Rox22_fml 13

Bub was probably aware that you were getting stressed from his distress, they can sense these things so a distraction like a friendly stranger took his mind off things. It happens.

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blackrose1996 11

Kids know kids better then us adults with my little cousins the older one translates her 1 and a half year old brother all the time and he does talk much

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DoomedGemini 37

Very true. As a child I had to learn to pronounce over half of the alphabet, so before that it was nearly impossible for people to understand me. My brother, however, was able to understand what I wanted and usually had to translate. My mother usually had to get him whenever she couldn't understand me.

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lovebooks07 15

It's often the face of a stranger that does the trick. The baby's curiosity often wins from their urge to cry or make a fuss. My grandfather always makes funny faces and noises to crying babies, and they always stop crying

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more4me 27

Yup. I do it all the time and the babies stop crying right away because they dont know me so they are curious as to who is that new face and voice.

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hoosiergirl94 31

Babies know what babies want

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jdmthegreat 7

trust me these kind of people you meet are great, appreciate them don't feel threatened by them, they will buy you a few points on your blood pressure. it's a win win really, I as a parent understand the frustration you can go through at first but then you really start to enjoy it when other people can distract your kids.

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lexos 16

She might have a younger sibling which gave her more experience with it. Try to remember what she did and use it the next time

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saffy66 34

A tense mother is a paradox - the one who most wants to calm the child, yet the one least likely to be able to do so. Babies pick up on our tension, whereas a stranger won't be so anxious. It's no reflection on you, though it can feel like it at the time. I'm speaking from experience here.

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Fufuboy 2

its the stranger effect nothing to do with your parenting skills

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EvilLittleGirl 24

Don't beat yourself up OP, usually kids respond better to kids :)

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Mr_Mole 24

It's no big deal. Babies pick up that you're stressed so a 12 year old who's relaxed and not had 6 months of crying to put up with will relax the baby easily.

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