Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The 5 S's! (5 little soothing tricks every mom should know!)

I had the hardest time getting Samuel to sleep and to calm down during his fussy times when he was first born. He would have crying spells that would last up to a few hours, and nothing seemed to really help. It would become very stressful at times. Then, when he was about a month old, I watched The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD and my life was changed. There is also a book, which I haven't read, but I know has a lot of good information. The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

So, basically, here's the important info. that was so helpful for me. The 5 S's are 5 calming/soothing techniques that can be so helpful for those fussy times when nothing seems to calm your baby. The premise is that these 5 techniques re-create the womb environment, and it works almost every time with just about every baby!

The 5 S's:
1. Swaddle - this is the most important one really, that makes the others work (at least with most babies...Hope doesn't really like to be swaddled, but I use the other 4 S's with her and it still works)
2. Side - you place your baby on his/her side in your arms
3. Swinging - it is actually kind of jiggle you do with the baby on his/her side
4. Sucking - a pacifier!
5. Shushing - lean close to the baby's ear and do shushing sounds in his/her ear

One of the things that was so helpful from this video was seeing how to do these five things, and learning how to swaddle a baby in a very effective way. I highly recommend watching the video, but you can try to do these things on your own and see if they work. It is helpful to see the doctor demonstrate them all though, especially the swaddle and the way he "swings" the baby.

14 comments:

Melissa B said...

Thanks Holly! Do you have the DVD? I found out that I dont have a pregnancy book. Can you give it back in the next 2 months so I can read it? Thanks :)

Melissa B said...

I mean the Breastfeeding book...

Auntie Shelly said...

Yeah...definitel have these memorized from all the times Samel cried...

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