Happiest Baby on the Block
I recently watched the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD which offers five techniques to calm a crying baby:
swaddling
side or stomach lying
shushing, or white noise
swinging/bouncing and
sucking
If the author is correct that these five things trigger a baby’s calming instinct, it does explain why so many of us have had such fine results with wrapping which holds our babies close like a swaddle; which presses our baby’s tummy against our bodies just as with a stomach lying position; which exposes our baby to the constant sounds of our heartbeat, breathing and intestinal machinations; which bounces our baby with incessant human motion; and which contributes convenience to nursing-on-demand.
I say he’s on to something!
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