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Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by konart »

_trackno5 wrote: post #7
wiradikusuma wrote: post #6

"Even if the baby is asleep, they notice when they have been separated from their caregiver" It seems they're born with proximity sensor. They'll start crying again once you're moving a feet away. "most effective way to put a baby to sleep was to carry them and walk around for five minutes, sit and wait for five to eight minutes, then put them to bed" This advice doesn't mention crying, does it mean we have to make i…

Isn't the walking around with the baby the thing that makes it stop crying though?

Ideally - yes. In reality - I can walk my feet off and my 3 months y.o. daughter won't stop crying. Sometimes nothing but mommys tit helps (even if shes not hungry. A pacifier won't do either, no matter the model, if she needs her mom - she needs her mom)

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by sacrosancty »

ledauphin wrote: post #4
ryanisnan wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard a lot of good things about the https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet . It's expensive but my first child slept terribly; I'm not taking chances with my second.

we bought one of these and returned it - it was not magical enough for our child, apparently.

human physical contact ftw. All these devices are just a substitute for a mother.

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by awb »

sacrosancty wrote: post #12
ledauphin wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we bought one of these and returned it - it was not magical enough for our child, apparently.

human physical contact ftw. All these devices are just a substitute for a mother.

Or any loving human. My kids fell sleep easily on me, their father.

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by lynguist »

hopth wrote: post #2

As someone with a newborn, thank you for sharing this!

I found that the more you carry your child the less she cries. I was just carrying my child wherever I went with a strap around my front, which I found more practical than a buggy until she became too heavy.

I read a study that children that are carried all the time cry a substantial amount less than children that are not, something like half an hour less per day.

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by mupuff1234 »

ryanisnan wrote: post #3
hopth wrote: post #2

As someone with a newborn, thank you for sharing this!

I've heard a lot of good things about the https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet . It's expensive but my first child slept terribly; I'm not taking chances with my second.

1700$ for a basket??

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by flappyeagle »

mupuff1234 wrote: post #15
ryanisnan wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard a lot of good things about the https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet . It's expensive but my first child slept terribly; I'm not taking chances with my second.

1700$ for a basket??

1700 for a quiet baby. You buy the holes not the drill

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by hutzlibu »

konart wrote: post #11
_trackno5 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't the walking around with the baby the thing that makes it stop crying though?

Ideally - yes. In reality - I can walk my feet off and my 3 months y.o. daughter won't stop crying. Sometimes nothing but mommys tit helps (even if shes not hungry. A pacifier won't do either, no matter the model, if she needs her mom - she needs her mom)

Try a baby carrier, like from manduca.

Then you just walk with them, until they calm down. Do household things, ect. or actually take a short (or long) walk outside.

And maybe be conscious about your breathing when caring them, if you are stressed out(why is she not calming down!), they notice it and it does not calm them.

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by Markoff »

Meanigless study with only 21 babies, extremely small sample size to make some general statements.

> Results showed that the most effective way to put a baby to sleep was to carry them and walk around for five minutes, sit and wait for five to eight minutes, then put them to bed.

Also this is nice theory, we all know of course if you hold baby (and eventually walk) the baby can fall asleep, the problem is to put the baby down without waking it up, I would like to see this quantified over hundreds of children how many times will baby wake up after following these steps and then putting them in bed.

Re: Team led by Japanese researchers reveals best way to put crying baby to sleep

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Post by Markoff »

lynguist wrote: post #14
hopth wrote: post #2

As someone with a newborn, thank you for sharing this!

I found that the more you carry your child the less she cries. I was just carrying my child wherever I went with a strap around my front, which I found more practical than a buggy until she became too heavy. I read a study that children that are carried all the time cry a substantial amount less than children that are not, something like half an hour less per day.

it's not about carrying, but proximity to mother/parents body with human warmth

obviously baby which is held/touched by another human, ideally mother/father will cry less than baby alone from adults even if it means 0.5-1 m distance

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