--- title: A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A new baby changes a family: babies cry because crying is the only way they can say they are hungry, tired or --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / A new baby, looking after siblings and… # A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents Lesson 95 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/0/) — A new baby changes a family: babies cry because crying is the only way they can say they are hungry, tired or uncomfortable, their necks are not strong yet, and they need a lot of sleep and care. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/1/) — Older children are still just as loved and important, and asking for one-to-one time with a parent is a good idea when you feel left out. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/2/) — Parents are people too: they argue sometimes, get ill, sad or very tired, and work long hours; children never cause grown-ups' arguments, and they can help a little, but they should not have to look after a parent alone. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/3/) — Every child has the right to be safe at home; if a parent hurts you or you feel unsafe, a teacher, school nurse or children's helpline can help. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/4/) — A girl in Texas wants to hold her baby brother; she sits on the sofa, her mum lays him in her arms, and she keeps one hand under his wobbly head the whole time. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/5/) — Babies cry to tell us they are hungry, tired or uncomfortable, because they cannot talk. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/6/) — To hold a baby, sit down, ask an adult first and support the baby's head, because its neck is not strong yet. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/7/) — Small toys must be kept away from babies, because small things can choke them. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/8/) — Babies need lots of sleep, so keep quiet near a sleeping baby. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/9/) — An older child is still just as important after a new baby arrives. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/10/) — If you are left in charge of a younger sibling for a few minutes, keep them in sight and call the adult if anything goes wrong. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/11/) — When parents argue, it is never the child's fault. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/12/) — Children can help a parent who is ill or tired, but should not have to look after them alone. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/13/) — Children aged six to twelve need about nine to twelve hours of sleep a night. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/14/) — If a parent hurts you or you feel unsafe at home, tell a teacher, school nurse or a children's helpline. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/15/) — Doing homework before play makes free time stress-free. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/16/) — Sharing news about your day keeps you close to a parent who works long hours. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/17/) — A boy in Texas, jealous of his new baby sister, tried to lift her out of her cot by himself; she nearly fell, and his dad caught her just in time. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/18/) — A girl in Glasgow gave her baby brother a small piece of hard sweet because he was crying; he started to choke, and her mum had to give firm slaps between his shoulders, called back blows, to clear it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/19/) — Babies can choke on small hard foods and objects, so only adults choose what goes in a baby's mouth. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/20/) — Babies' heads and necks are weak, so children should only hold a baby when sitting down with an adult there. - ← previous: [Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/) - next →: [Grandparents, divorce and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)