I watched the movie with DH last night. Can you guys tell me your experience using these techniques to get baby to calm down and sleep longer? We sat there a little bit astonished that it seemed to work so easily. I know its a movie and edited for the good bit but really he just flipped the babies over did 2 seconds of jiggle and then had a hypnotized or passed out baby.
Also if anyone has any other videos or books they would recommend I would love to hear about them.
I use the s's every time. It doesn't work that fast on ds but I can almost always get him to sleep in 10 min or so. If he is overtired it takes longer. But, the swaddling with white noise and a paci while bouncing on an exercise ball works for him! It really is quite amazing, I was a doubter but hey whatever works!
It definitely worked to calm. Sometimes it took a while to get her to be in a deep sleep, but it was better than hearing her scream.
She definitely was a swing sleeper for quite awhile, something that he suggests in the book.
Yeah I was surprised he suggested to use the the swing so much. I am glad because I think I would have felt a little anxiety about leaving her in the swing to sleep but I am now convinced that if thats what works she will stay in it.
we watched it in the hospital before we brought the baby home and it was especially helpful for DH, giving him ideas for how to soothe her.
we swaddled for every nap and overnight for the first 5 months. We have a white noise machine in the nursery where we rock her and another in the bedroom where she sleeps. Jiggling did work when she was little. Pacifier off and on, didn't consistently work, and she loves the swing and takes most of her naps in it now still.
I was always amazed by how well the 5 S's worked. DH would often forget about them and then get frustrated that DD would scream on him. But rotating her onto her side and jiggling her butt would almost always calm her right down.
I would have felt wierd with the loudness of the sushing and the jigglign if I didnt see the movie. I also have the hapiest baby sleep book. I think its a follow up to the first book. I am going to read that as well.
I was also amazed at how quickly it worked on the video and then I was even more amazaed at how quickly it worked when we tried it! Like a magic trick, I give that video to every new mom I know. We swaddled DD until she was almost 6 months and we still use a white noise machine and she is 2.
The 5 S's worked great on DS. He never liked his swing, but loves to be rocked in my arms. Starting from birth, I nursed him, swaddled him (S#1 swaddling), then got in the rocking chair (#2 swaying), turned him on his left side (#3 side lying) with his head in the crook of my right arm, gave the paci (#4 sucking), and shushed (#5). Calmed him right down and went to sleep, put him in the crib. Like pugz maaaaaagic for serious.
He's slowly growing out of the 5 S's as he gets older. He started hating the shushing at about 2 months, he would get more worked up and not relax. We stopped swaddling at 5 months b/c he was rolling and busting out of it. He only takes a paci now at 9 mo to sleep. He still loves rocking and side lying though.
He's waking a lot at night so we're trying the "wake-to-sleep" technique from The Happiest Baby sleep book. We just started so we'll see how it goes. I like the book overall though.
DD was a colicy, reflux mess. The 5 Ss are AMAZING. She particularly liked to be tightly swaddled, on her left side on our knees, while being jiggled and shushed with a pacifier in her mouth. Still works now when she gets really worked up and she's 5 months!
My kid must be broken. He is immune to most of these. He barely tolerates the swaddle; white noise does nothing, hates the swing, gives you a "WTF" look when you shush him. He does like lying on his side and pacifiers do help.
The only thing that calms him down or gets him to sleep is being attached to me...nursing and babywearing are the only reliable ways to get him to chill out.
Post by dcrunnergirl on Dec 14, 2012 19:19:39 GMT -5
The 5's were amazing for us. So amazing that around 15 months, DS was crying uncontrollably one night for some unknown reason, and DH actually tried to swaddle him and shush in his hear, hoping they work on a toddler (it didn't).