Very small children are like kittens
Keep them clean, give them something bright and shiny to play with and they'll be fine.
The crying thing comes in a number of different flavours ranging from "I actually want something" through "Pay me some attention NOW damn you" to "Will someone shut that bloody baby up!"*
Baby poo stinks, baby vomit is worse, make damn sure you never ever ever get any on a carpet, the stench of partially digested milk doesn't come out.
Sez I, having dealt with one niece, one nephew and two sisters.
None of my own.

*Yes, some babies hate the sound of crying so much that they will wail themselves into dehydration at their own howling. Stick your fingers in their ears.
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:46, Reply)