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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 Moru »

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)

Did you try completely getting rid of milk protein for the mother? We tried this from advice from the nurse but they said for a week. It wasn't enough, it can take 3-4 weeks. Ask your nurse for help, there are other food you can give your baby while you wait for the milk protein to disappear from the mother. Milk protein allergy can be tested with blood tests too but is pretty invasive for a baby.

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

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Post by mnsc »

throwaway847363 wrote: post #47
thinkindie wrote: post #34

"In the experiment, when their babies cried loudly, moms randomly combined four actions -- carrying them on a walk, sitting while holding them, putting them to bed, and rocking them in a stroller -- about every 30 seconds." it's 2022 and they are still doing research with just moms as caregivers?

Oh god, stop. Can you just read about this research without making judgements about social justice please?! Look around you, do you see a lot of moms with babies?

A throwaway troll account, great! But I'll bite. This has nothing to do with social justice but rather bad science due to the _fact_ that they eliminate 50% of the baby's caregivers in the research. What if the science showed that when the baby isn't hungry the baby stops crying sooner if being held close by the dad because the smell of tits leaking milk confuses them?

edit: Also, the sample size of just 21 babies gives away that this is bad science so...

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

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Post by kleiba »

mnsc wrote: post #52
throwaway847363 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh god, stop. Can you just read about this research without making judgements about social justice please?! Look around you, do you see a lot of moms with babies?

A throwaway troll account, great! But I'll bite. This has nothing to do with social justice but rather bad science due to the _fact_ that they eliminate 50% of the baby's caregivers in the research. What if the science showed that when the baby isn't hungry the baby stops crying sooner if being held close by the dad because the smell of tits leaking milk confuses them? edit: Also, the sample size of just 21 babies gi…

I'm not sure it's a troll account, I could very well imagine that parent is afraid that in the current climate, their opinion could get downvoted to hell. But you could be right.

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

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Post by ideamotor »

was_a_dev wrote: post #40
shultays wrote: post #37

A trick my mom and dad used on me was taking me for a short drive in car. For some reason moving in a car/bus makes me sleepy. Even today I have no problem sleeping in a bus or plane even if I am not tired

Same here. I feel like I tune into the low frequencies of either the engine or the motion of the vehicle itself and I fall asleep instantly. I was quite worried when I learnt to drive that it would be an issue. Fortunately not, having tasks to concentrate on foils the effect

OTOH this is how my parents handled it and now I’m deathly afraid of driving and falling asleep.

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

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Post by jiehong »

skc wrote: post #31

So I'm from Zambia and like in most black African cultures we carry our babies in swaddles across the back of the caregiver (like a backpack). [1] I'm not exaggerating when I say that right this minute I can't think of a single occasion where I've ever seen a baby crying while being carried like this and most are fast asleep while the caregiver goes about their business. [1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content…

Also much better than the version we see in Europe where people carry the baby on the front side for reasons that I can’t fathom…

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

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Post by salty_biscuits »

skc wrote: post #31

So I'm from Zambia and like in most black African cultures we carry our babies in swaddles across the back of the caregiver (like a backpack). [1] I'm not exaggerating when I say that right this minute I can't think of a single occasion where I've ever seen a baby crying while being carried like this and most are fast asleep while the caregiver goes about their business. [1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content…

Carried both my kids like this. They loved it. So much more convenient than a pram, you have both your hands free so great for shopping etc.

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

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Post by itronitron »

Avlin67 wrote: post #55

> 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 ok cool, as a father i did already figured it out…

The real challenge for parents is not falling asleep while sitting and holding a sleeping infant.

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

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Post by npteljes »

jiehong wrote: post #56
skc wrote: post #31

So I'm from Zambia and like in most black African cultures we carry our babies in swaddles across the back of the caregiver (like a backpack). [1] I'm not exaggerating when I say that right this minute I can't think of a single occasion where I've ever seen a baby crying while being carried like this and most are fast asleep while the caregiver goes about their business. [1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content…

Also much better than the version we see in Europe where people carry the baby on the front side for reasons that I can’t fathom…

While it's not a baby, I like to have my packs in front of me. My back feels more vulnerable because I can't keep my eyes on it.

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

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Post by npteljes »

shultays wrote: post #37

A trick my mom and dad used on me was taking me for a short drive in car. For some reason moving in a car/bus makes me sleepy. Even today I have no problem sleeping in a bus or plane even if I am not tired

My guess is the combination of low frequency rumbling, and a rocking motion, and the feeling of getting somewhere (accomplishment).
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