How to Calm Your Crying Infant

How to calm your infant and stop their crying by just doing a few simple things

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Blanket
• Pacifier
• Patience

1. Swaddle your baby (this means wrapping your baby tightly in a blanket- similiar to how they do in the hospital)

2. Place pacifier in baby's mouth. If you baby cannnot hold their pacifier by themselves, you may choose to do this step after step 3.

3. Hold baby sideways against your stomach craddling their head and feet on your arms.

4. Sway from side to side slowly. You may even choose to bounce up and down slowly, which ever works for your baby.

5. Make a "shhh" noise or you may even turn on some music (classical would work best) and you can do these things pretty loud since the womb is as loud as a vaccum cleaner.

6. It may take a little time, but this will comfort baby and make them stop crying- and possibly make them fall asleep.

Tips & Warnings

• If your baby feels warm, you may want to turn a fan on you and your baby.
• Make sure you are supporting baby's head