What are/were your soothing tricks?

[Anonymous]

When she was crying sooo bad/refluxey:

For some reason this worked 85% of the time:

We would put Audrey in her car seat and turn the dryer on and set the seat on top of it. I have NO idea why it worked but it soothed her. CRAZY, right? But you do what you got to do for them. She took all of her naps that way until she was 2 months old.

Swaddling worked maybe 25% of the time.

Comfort breast feeding worked some too.

Turning on the vacuum or hair dryer worked 25% of the time too.

Walking and talking to her at the same time. Worked 60% of the time. Often worked to get her to sleep at night.

Any one else?

[Anonymous]

Swaddling very tightly and bouncing on an exercise ball was the only thing that worked for us! To this day she still likes to “rough house”! Thankfully we only needed to do the swaddle/exercise ball until her reflux was under control at 4 months. But ohhhh what a long four months it was!

[Anonymous]

Comfort nursing worked and still works for us. Also, babywearing…I pretty much wore Caden in my Mei-Tai baby carrier until he was 6 months old. He would nap for up to 2 hours that way whereas in the crib his naps were 30 minutes tops.

[hellbennt]

hooray for babywearing!!!!

that’s about all that worked- swaddling, too, but I would also

swaddle AND babywear

and comfort nursing at first too…

[Anonymous]

Swaddling, sushing, white noise from a sound machine, breastfeeding, bouncing, babywearing in my mei tai, and I’m sure there’s more, but it’s been awhile so I’ve forgotten. I’m planning for baby 3 soon so I will be back soon and I’m sure asking myself. I know I’m crazy.

[Anonymous]

The white noise from the vent hood over the stove. We spent LOTS of time there!

[Anonymous]

When my mouth got too dry and numb from shushing I would turn the tap on full blast of cold water and stand beside it, swaddling him sideways with a pacifier in his mouth, sometimes swinging in the little space between the kitchen counter and the stove.

[Anonymous]

We also used the exercise ball to bounce and for the first 2 months it worked everytime very quickly. We still use it but not as much as she is not as fussy anymore with her meds and the chiropractor.

[Anonymous]

Merry Christmas! I agree with the vent above the stove too – I had forgotten to mention that one until I read it here. That worked wonders for us. I would put Caden in the Mei-Tai and sway in front of the stove with the vent on full blast…weird huh?

Also, when he was very tiny, sometimes the shower soothed him – the sound I mean. I would stand in the bathroom with him swaddled and walk around with the shower running. The noise soothed him.

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