Top Ways to Calm a Fussy Baby
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In 24 hours, babies can cry as much as two to three hours and it's not easy to live with the wailing. Try these strategies so you can both calm down. Babies usually come in two ways: Fussy and peaceful. It is, really, understandable. Well, they need to sleep like a baby to grow and develop. And when something goes wrong — a little gas, a little hunger — they have no other way of letting parents know than to scream, and cry, and cry. If they're hungry they're going to shudder. If a bottle doesn't do the trick, well, then with a few more advanced techniques you'll have to calm the baby down, and if you are wondering what to do for a colicky baby, then this blog post can help you.
Babies just like getting up. Science is saying so. In studies, infants under the age of six who were transported immediately stopped voluntary movement and cried and displayed a rapid decrease in heart rate due to an inborn calming response that researchers speculate likely helped survive in emergency escape cases where the mother held a still child. So if you have fussy babysitting down, pick them up.
An effective rock requires that you be careful of the baby and experiment. Rock up and down, fast and slow, in sync or out of time. It's about figuring out what calms them down and running with it. The Elevator
One rocking strategy worth noting — because you might not be bold enough to try it yourself — is what we call the elevator. With your baby well-positioned (it's safest here in the crook of your arms), relax your knees as you go into a squat. This would also help relieving gas in newborns.