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At Baby Sense®, we know a baby develops best when she is calm and rested and calming a baby is not always easy and sleep problems do occur. Parenting is the one vocation in life for which there is no training, feeling isolated or out of depth is a feeling most moms experience at some stage in baby’s first year.
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July 2008 newsletter
July Feature articles:
Getting your baby back to sleep at night
Dear Baby Sense Mums and Dads
Horror hour – what is the story?
It is an amazing phenomenon – and I call it a phenomenon, because it is pretty much seen globally with babies and toddlers – its that time of day when newborns are screaming and toddlers swing from the chandeliers!
When James (9) was born I recall clearly pacing the passage and finally having an exhausted little boy asleep on his equally exhausted Dad’s chest. At the time I battled to get my head around it. That is, until I approached it from a sensory perspective. Neither Emily or Alex suffered as much – maybe 15 minutes of yelling was the most they gave us. By then we had found the sensory solutions that I now know are the best way to deal with Colic and Chaos.
The key ways to avoid prolonged evening chaos are:
- Make sure your baby/ toddler has an age appropriate day sleep – even toddlers need an afternoon nap. An overtired baby will be fractious at the end of the day
- Have a calming bath routine and don’t leave your baby’s room after bath if she tends to be irritable in the evening.
- In her nursery, dim the lights, use quiet white noise or lullabies, give her a baby massage if she is not too irritable (under 3 months of age – keep the massage for the morning)
- Swaddle her (under three months of age) or for the older baby, cuddle her with a quiet story and then quietly to bed after a feed.
- If she is under four months old and colic has a hold – do the following:
- if she cries when you put her down, feed once more
- swaddle
- lie her in her cot rather than fuss with her and carry her around
- sit with her patting her or giving her deep pressure until she falls asleep
- if all else fails put her in a sling which creates a quiet environment for lulling her to sleep
And know that this too will pass….
Ten years down the line, we still have very busy, slightly disorganizing evenings, getting three tired children to bed and my nerves are frayed but the time they are asleep. I guess that is one of those little things they forget to tell you to expect post kids!
We wish you all many Happy Days and Peaceful Nights.
Meg Faure
NEWS
Megan Faure visited the UK in June. She gave 2 excellent talks, one to a group of staff and parents for Longacre Nurseries and one to a group of mums, professionals and press for www.londonmums.org.uk. Both events were well received with plenty of positive feedback from the mums. Did you attend the NCT conference in June? If so we hope you found us. Megan and Antoinette attended the NCT conference this year. It was an excellent event. We plan to attend each year as we love the work that the NCT does in supporting new parents and families in the UK.
Let’s keep hoping for more sunshine as summer rolls on. Remember, nature is your baby’s biggest mobile, so try to get out and about as much as possible when we have sunny weather.
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HAPPY DAYS
Colic? Temper Tantrum and bedtime battles? We answer them all. Have you visited the Baby Sense website recently? You will notice that we have an ever growing base of information available to parents. This month we have provided you with a summary of the articles available in our Articles of Interest section on the website. Do you have a question to ask about coping with your baby? Perhaps one of our articles could give you the answers you need.
PEACEFUL NIGHTS
In those early days somehow we find the energy to wake up during the night to feed our babies. The trick is Getting your baby back to sleep after a feed to ensure that you both get as much precious sleep as possible. Megan Faure writes from a sensory perspective about the best strategy to get you through the night.
SHOPPING
The Baby Sense Sling was our most asked about product at the NCT conference. All the antenatal and post natal leaders that we spoke to promoted wearing your baby. Visit our shop to get your sling.
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
There are currently no talks or workshops arranged. Megan will be in the UK in October and November this year as well as March next year. Watch this space for upcoming events.
COMPETITION
Send us your suggestions on topics you would like us to cover. The best Happy Days suggestion will win a feeding shawl, and the best Peaceful nights suggestion will win a Lala CD.
Congratulations to Vivian Brennan who won a gift voucher to the Sanctuary Day Spa in London in our competition at the NCT conference and to Sally Stuckfield who won copies of Baby Sense, Sleep Sense and Toddler Sense.
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