Playfelt, you nailed it! I have had better luck with babies starting with me at 5 months of age than at 10 months of age when they are already learning all they have to do is wail and their parents will pick them up. Once you train the parents though that they don't have to do that it gets better. I believe babies need lots of love and cuddling but I also believe by that age they are smart enough to realize what works and what doesn't work to get their parents to do things their way.