Three posts in a row? Wow – I must be catching up on my e-mail backlog a bit! (Don't worry, the baby is right here, sleeping on my chest helping me type the entries. 
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A friend passed this along. I know we're going to get all kinds of tips and advice in the coming days but this seems to make sense on first glance.
Cool…congrats to you and Shea. Good lungs ehh…sounds like you two
need a copy of the happiest baby on the block DVD…the 5 steps to
stop a crying baby. I believe the guy's name is Harvey Karp…our
doula and her collective swear by it. The premise is that a new born
baby is in a fourth trimester and as a result he suggest five tips
(the five Ss) that kind of recreate the prebirth experience…. That is why he
enoucrages the use of a snug swaddle, sshhhushing (white noise from a
radio will do but babies are used to a lot of noise being in the
womb), a gentle rocking he calls swinging, holding a baby on its side
and the last is using a soother.
When you watch the video, swaddling the baby (ensuring the hands are
bound) and turning them on their side seems to calm most of the
babies down. If not, incorporate the other 3 Ss.
And from the Amazon description…
When you bring your soft, dimpled newborn home from the hospital, you
may think your nursery is a peaceful sanctuary…. To him, it's a
disorienting world part Las Vegas casino, part dark closet! Karp
recommends a series of five steps designed to imitate the uterus. These
steps include swaddling, side/stomach position, shhh sounds, swinging
and sucking.
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