How are you going to gauge what the child needs? Kindly note the time frame--it's infancy, when the child is prelingual, pre-walking. All he could signal to tell you his discomfort is by crying. Parental love boils down to attending to his crying at this stage. What else will you do? Thinking about his college plan? How hard is it to just pick up the 5-10 lb baby and help her solve her problem?
Oh yes, thanks for headlining this post!