[Champion83]

today DS fell asleep in a sling while I walked up and down the driveway. My poor neighbours often see me doing this in my pyjamas! The light makes him close his eyes and the heart geat does the rest.

Luckily my driveway is flat.

Now I have to get him out of the sling without waking him...so far all attempts are unsuccessful

[lucky 2]

Hello,

I know it's late in the thread but if you do read this and would like this thread pinned then please post a reply.

I think it's great for mums who are going through early parenting now (or have done so recently enough to remember) to give each other their settling tips.

I'm sure it will be very helpful to other mums.

Kind regards,

lucky 2
Moderator of Birth -6 Months forum

[M&Ms]

Pinning sounds like a good idea. I wish I had known about these when DS was little!
I found that the kitchen exhaust fan really helped to calm DS down. We rocked to sleep for most naps and fed to sleep.
The fit ball was handy when I got tired, the rocking chair too. The swing did not work for us.

[Azadel]

Agree this should be pinned.

I would go topless, have my DS in just his nappy, and just allow him to sleep on my chest and suckle whenever he pleased, (this is also the only thing that helped us through our problems getting bfeeding established). I didn't do it all the time, just when he was very distressed and it worked beautifully for us.

[Pooks*potters]

Yes PLEASE! I have already saved a link to this thread because this is GOLDEN

This post has been edited by pookems85: 31/01/2012, 07:09 AM

[ABabyPlease]

Taking baby for a walk around the garden. Calming for Mum too.

Walking up & down on the front patio - baby settles and the added benefit is that people going past give such sympathetic looks.

Give baby to Dad!

Sing songs - all the time.

Tummy time - it helped him get out any burps and settled him.

Make "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh" sound, it reminds baby of being inside the womb.

Just think how much harder it will be when baby is a teenager and you are wondering when he will get home... And if he will have drunk too much, have bad friends, been in a fight, got a girl pregnant, been in a car with a drunk driver etc etc!!!!! Gee it makes a crying baby seem so easy!

[Champion83]

put them in a grobag each time as a signal that it is sleep time

[tiggywinkle]

Re putting them down when they fall asleep in your arms - my girlfriend puts her hand on the baby's chest while she is still holding him, then puts him down in the bassinet but leaves her hand on his chest for a few minutes. She said it works a treat.

I used a home-made hugabub for arsenic hour, lots of walking up and down and singing twinkle twinkle little star (tip: learn the extra verses to make it last longer).

[Toy Ambition]

Do a search on Harvey Karp, hes a specialist in settling babies. I got onto him when my baby was only 3 weeks old and i've never had a bad night unless when shes teething. He swaddles the baby really firmly and has a light giggling motion, it may sound weird but it truly works. You can buy his DVD but he has video footage you can follow online just do the search. Its worth it!


This post has been edited by lucky 2: 17/04/2012, 09:19 PM

[Toy Ambition]

One other thing once baby is swaddled, put the vacuum cleaner on or the hair dryer and watch how instantly baby settles. The noise is supposedly like that in the womb and thats why they settle so well.