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So, Drew and I finally got around to watching a few DVD's Denise passed along to us that Stephanie had given to her. They are about understanding baby language. The woman who does the videos has perfect pitch and was an accomplished musician. She has an amazing auditory memory and when she had her son, she was able to figure out what his cries meant. Then she listened to other babies and found out they make the same "words". They explain the words then show about 20 different babies expressing hunger, sleepiness, and the need to burp. Well, we recognized those words in Anna. We learned several things. One that she needs to burp WAY more than we do. I mean sometimes for 45 minutes straight! We also learned that when she isn't upset because she needs to burp she becomes very happy! We had way more Smiles yesterday after watching the video and being able to interpret what she had to say. Finally, we learned that sometimes she needs to do more than one thing at once.  We just listen for the word she expresses the loudest and do that.  Unless of course she needs to burp and is hungry, in that case the burp always comes first.  We think she used to be unset and unsettled because of her need to burp, then she would cry and cry because of the pain.  She would do that until she fell asleep.  So some days we ended up with a baby that was very sad.  Here's hoping this is something that keeps working.  We have one more lesson to watch next week.  We will let you know if it works out well!