How to soothe a restless baby | Parenta.com
Summary
Anyone who has tried without success to soothe a crying and restless baby, can vouch for the fact that it can be both exhausting and upsetting – for parents and childcare practitioners alike. If you find there is a lot of noise and general coming and going of people and you notice that baby is turning their head away, it may be a good sign they have ‘had enough’. By picking them up and allowing their head to rest on your shoulder, patting between the shoulder blades, in a very rhythmic way and shushing (not into – but past baby’s ear), you begin to take the attention away from the crying and focus it on the rhythmic motion of your patting and the soothing sound of your shushing. A baby’s ‘awake time’ is the amount of time a baby can comfortably stay awake for between naps and bedtime, before becoming tired again – and then overtired if you miss this window. Young babies are often misdiagnosed as having colic when in fact they are overtired, as on paper, the symptoms are incredibly similar.
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