Soothing My Baby

Soothing My Baby

Calm the baby

The child can be calmed during the first months after his birth by applying the following steps:

•  Swaddling: Swaddling the baby and wrapping it in a blanket for 12-20 hours a day helps calm him. Because this method simulates the warmth and reassurance that he experienced in the womb, in addition to the increased control of his hands and legs that move while crying, and maybe the reason for crying.

• Sleeping on the side or stomach: the child can be calmed by placing it on his stomach or side; This creates a feeling of falling and the child calms down, taking care not to put him to sleep in this way to avoid sudden child death syndrome.

• Issuing a whispering sound: The child may cry because he lacks the sounds that he was accustomed to hearing in the womb, which was caused by the sound of blood flowing in the arteries, so it can be resorted to making such sounds to calm him.

• Swinging: Swinging the baby in a regular pattern using a baby swing or baby carrier helps to contain and comfort the baby.

• Using a pacifier: The child can be calmed and silenced by filling him with a pacifier or feeding him milk, or the mother can resort.

Causes and treatment of crying:

There may be many reasons for a child’s crying, but they can be treated after identifying them, and among these reasons are the following:

• Hunger: Children feel hungry quickly due to the small size of the stomach and the inability to contain a large volume of milk. The mother must give her child a dose of milk whenever necessary.

• Drowsiness: severe drowsiness with the inability to sleep causes the child to cry or whine, and he may resort to staring at his surroundings until he falls asleep.

• Changing the nappy: Dirty or wet diapers irritate the baby’s skin, causing him to cry to express this, and this condition is treated using a rash lotion.

• Pregnancy and cuddling: The baby carrier can be tried to keep him as close as possible to the mother, due to his constant need for carrying and cuddling.

• Presence of gas: the baby gets gas during the feeding process or crying, which causes discomfort, and this condition is treated by rubbing his back to help him burp.

• Heat and cold: The infant cries when he feels cold as a result of cold air touching his skin when washing or changing his diaper.

• Discomfort or illness: When a child is sick, the frequency of his crying may change, which helps the mother to pay attention to this and take him to the doctor if necessary.

• Noise: The child cries when exposed to a lot of cuddles and attention from visitors, and can be calmed by taking him to a quiet place to help him settle down.

Reasons for asking for help:

The mother needs to seek external help if she is feeling very confused as a result of her child crying, and she must also realize whether her child responds to attempts to calm him or not, or if she can determine the reason for crying or not, in addition to the need to seek help as soon as possible time, to ensure that the problem is resolved.

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