“Zim’s Ma” asked me a question: ”What about a word for when a parent imagines they hear a crying baby even when said baby is sleeping soundlessly?”  On a somewhat related note, I once wrote an essay for Babble about thinking I could hear my breast pump talking. That article is here and, in it, auditory illusions are discussed. But back to the imagined crying… PHANTOM CRY: It’s the cry that isn’t there. As a new mom, you get used to hearing your baby cry so often that sometimes you think you hear him when he’s not crying at all. It can be when you’re taking a shower, talking on the phone, blow drying your hair or even sleeping. Just try not to be too loud if you decide to check on your baby, because if he is sleeping and you wake him – then he really will start crying. (As, most likely, will you.)  Photo from Wikipedia. And, I am using it mainly for the pouting. Love the pouting.

“Zim’s Ma” asked me a question: ”What about a word for when a parent imagines they hear a crying baby even when said baby is sleeping soundlessly?” 

On a somewhat related note, I once wrote an essay for Babble about thinking I could hear my breast pump talking. That article is here and, in it, auditory illusions are discussed. But back to the imagined crying…

PHANTOM CRY: It’s the cry that isn’t there. As a new mom, you get used to hearing your baby cry so often that sometimes you think you hear him when he’s not crying at all. It can be when you’re taking a shower, talking on the phone, blow drying your hair or even sleeping. Just try not to be too loud if you decide to check on your baby, because if he is sleeping and you wake him – then he really will start crying. (As, most likely, will you.) 

Photo from Wikipedia. And, I am using it mainly for the pouting. Love the pouting.