New Mums & soon-to-be Mums, this might be helpful

[sillywoman]

Someone sent me this link via facebook. I hope it works cause it might be very helpful for you;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KnVPUdEgQ

Love SW

[bluesuperted]

We used this technique with our baby when he was 3 weeks old and it worked like a dream - we had three days of colic symptoms, read up on Karp's techniques online and in his book (Baby Bliss over here) and hey presto, calm baby. Particularly nice as it worked best when administered by daddy! Astonished my own dad but he became a massive convert! Have since lent my book to several new mums/ mums to be - it's a simple, slightly repetitive read, but I found the explanation of the third trimester invaluable to caring for my baby and he has responded brilliantly to an attachment style approach ever since. The bit that stuck out was about carrying your baby - even holding them for 12 hours a day is 50% less than they are used to in the womb so no wonder they crave being in arms.

There's another good link on YouTube where the doctor is on Richard and Judy. Funnily enough American friends of mine were shown this clip in antenatal classes so think it's a lot more well known over there.

[Knomester]

We found that Baby Knomester responded well to swaddling and (during the day mostly) shushing. We cotinued to swaddle tightly at night until around 18 weeks and I'm sure it contributed to him learning to sleep well at night. When holding him we found turning him in to face whoever was holding him rather than facing out worked better because he was (and still is) a very alert and inquisitive baby so needed dark and no distractions to help him relax / sleep.

It's a great method to try when nothing else seems to work in those early days!