Write up Cry Baby product idea

[jonmagic]

Click to see rendered idea.

• Introduction
• The problem
• An ideal solution (under the constraints and requirements of idealized design)
• Questions that need answered
• Outline the first phase of the product design
• Conclusion

[sigmavirus24]

You left out to be in a couple places: does he need **to be** held, does he need **to be** rocked.

[jonmagic]

Got it 👍

[jonmagic]

@sigmavirus24 cd6cb9a

[sigmavirus24]

One other idea (and @pengwynn may be able to advise if I'm going overboard):

Perhaps you shouldn't use gendered pronouns for the baby in question. This is slightly different from words to avoid when writing educational or technical documents which should avoid using gendered pronouns, but perhaps it'd be a bit better to leave the gender of the baby out of it.

I have no strong opinions here, it's just a thought.

[jonmagic]

Perhaps you shouldn't use gendered pronouns for the baby in question.

In the first part of the idea, which is from a personal story, I refer to my sister and her son (my nephew). Later in the idea I either use infant or baby. Does it make sense to have the personal part at the beginning or should that go away?

[sigmavirus24]

Actually I'm totally wrong. I missed the point where it was a personal story. 👍

[jonmagic]

After talking more with my sister this idea is extremely naive 😁 While it might be interesting for helping predict initial cause that is just the beginning of the problem. The infant, after having their initial cry resolved, will often move onto other cries before finally settling down (most frustrating in the middle of the night). For example, you finish feeding (and burping?) the infant and try to put them back down, only to be inundated by more crying, so then you try white noise, swaddling, pacifiers, rocking motions, crying it out, etc.

I think we need to be able to read an infant mind, which falls outside of the assumptions of idealized design, therefore closing this PR for now.