Happiest Parents on the Block
The only reason that I have the clarity and time to write this blog post is because of the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD. I’m totally serious. The marketing blurbs attached to this series are completely accurate in our case. After he got over his new baby jaundice he really got into the swing of crying. He would have crying spells for up to three hours, usually in the middle of the night. Even when he wasn’t seriously exercising his lungs little cries were never far off. Yesterday we finally (and I have no idea why it took us that long) opened up our Happiest Baby DVD and watched it with screaming infant in tow. We tried the techniques in turn as the video went through them and snap: happy, quiet baby!
Now we maintain the soothing techniques throughout the day and night and he is consistently relaxed. He does of course cry when he needs to be changed or is hungry, but no more inconsolable crying spells. We went from enduring those three hour crying spells to at most thirty second crying spells, and most of that time spent soothing down. It is absolutely astonishing and it is so so awesome.
Sarah and I were getting pretty tired and stressed because we each felt guilty leaving the other with a crying baby, so essentially we both didn’t get any real rest. At night we could barely sleep before our cute crying baby would need attention. Now we are both sitting on the couch puttering away and little Edward is sound asleep and relaxed in his baby rocker (sans distracting toy bar and locked in the non-rocking position). Ahh.
mom said
Jun 08, 2008 @ 11:32 AM
Glad you got relief, the Snuggli is what saved me. Andrew in particular got stuffed into its inner pocket and basically became a baby joey for a couple of months!
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