To help young parents: how to soothe a newborn?

How to soothe a newborn? Perhaps, this is the first problem with which it is necessary to learn how to cope with young parents. Continuous and loud crying of a small child can cause terror in young mothers and dads. However, it is not necessary to be frightened of this behavior of the kid, for him this is the only way to show you that something is bothering him, and simply to relieve himself of emotional tension. Pretty soon you will begin to distinguish your child's crying with pain, hunger and whimpering from what he wants to handle.

So, your child cries. What to do? How to soothe a newborn?

First think, are there any natural physiological needs that are not satisfied? That is, in other words ...

1. Feed the child. Often, having received at his disposal a breast or a bottle with a mixture, the baby instantly calms down. If he eagerly drinks milk, rest assured, he was just hungry. If that did not help, then ...

2. Check the dryness of the diaper, change it. Even a slight skin moisture may disturb the newborn. Yes, and the process of changing a diaper can calm him down. Talk to him at this time, smile or sing.

How to soothe the newborn, if the diaper and food is all right?

3. Press the baby to yourself. Sometimes, if the child is held upright, he can regurgitate air, which causes him discomfort in the stomach.

4. Distract the crumb bright object, unusual sound, etc.

5. Give the baby a pacifier. The sucking reflex is basic for newborns, and its realization calms and sometimes lulls them. Often the child himself begins to suck a finger instead of a nipple.

6. Swaddling is a great way to calm a newborn baby. Remember that the last three months the child was very limited to the uterine cavity, where it is warm and cozy. When swaddling, an approximate state is reached - the arms and legs are pressed, and the baby does not wake up and does not frighten itself by the sudden movement of the limb.

This advice on how to soothe a newborn baby, can be useful to you and much later. Even a one-year-old overexcited shaman can be reassured by wrapping himself in a blanket and shaking to quiet singing.

7. Shake the child. This can be done both in a stroller or cradle, and on the hands. Now they even release a special swing with motion sickness. The main thing here is not to overdo it. If you very much shake the child from side to side, he can not fall asleep, but simply lose consciousness from dizziness!

8. Walk with the baby. Changing the situation, smooth movement of the stroller and fresh air work wonders!

9. The crumb is hot. Perhaps you wrapped it or wrapped it too tight.

10. Put the child on the barrel. Surprisingly, it often helps!

11. Use the "white noise". You probably saw a movie where crying children instantly calm down under the sound of a working vacuum cleaner, washing machine or microwave. An even or rhythmic noise calms the child, because it looks like what he heard in the womb - the noise of the work of the intestines, stomach and heartbeat. Take the crying baby and start loud enough to say "sh-sh-sh" near his ear. Or just give out an intuitive hiss when rocking.

If you have used all the ways to calm a crying newborn, but he continues to cry hard and continuously for more than 40 minutes - one hour, call a doctor or call an ambulance.