The child's crying crying baby, who has colic, can drive parents mad or bring to real panic if they do not know how to calm their suffering child. Rule number one: relax. Nothing wrong. If you two, calm the baby one at a time. If you are one on one with this misfortune, call someone to help. Check: maybe the reason for crying is hunger, cold, overheating, wet diapers or the baby just wants to handle. If nothing works, follow the tips below.
A POSITIVE Poza.
Keep the baby belly down. For some reason this posture for a child with colic is most convenient. If you are sitting in a rocking chair, slowly swing, holding it on your forearm face down and holding the head with your palm.
If you want to walk, continue to hold the baby as described above, just press against the chest and secure with the other hand.
Wear a child in a breast bag - a kangaroo or sling. The warmth of your chest and the beating of a loving heart calm him down. Having thus released your hands, you can go for a long walk. This will also soothe the baby (plus will provide you with the necessary mobility).
The baby can calm down and in the crib, if you tighten it and put it on your stomach. Just be around and look. If he falls asleep in this position, immediately turn the child on the back. Up to three months to lay babies on the stomach is not desirable, because the risk of so-called sudden infant death syndrome increases.
COMFORTABLE COCOON.
Sometimes children stop crying when wrapped in a blanket or a special envelope. There is an assumption that in a limited space the child feels like in the womb of the mother, which is associated with comfort and safety.
For additional comfort, heat the baby's blanket by placing it in the dryer. After taking out, first check that it is not too hot. You can simply iron the blanket with a hot iron and wrap the baby in it. You can also put a warm diaper on the baby's tummy. Heat will relieve spasms of the intestines and the baby will calm down. THE SHARING GRAUD.
Put the baby in the cradle-rocking chair. For some reason, crying babies soothe her rhythmic movements. The main thing is their monotony.
LABELING TECHNIQUE.
Turn on the vacuum cleaner. For some babies with colic his humming sounds paradise music. Extra plus - you once again tidy up the room. If the vacuum cleaner does not work, try replacing it with a hair dryer.
Find a wave of "white" noise on the radio and make the sound quieter. This monotonous rustle soothes many toddlers and almost all adults.
If you are a fan of technical novelties, buy soothing audio recordings for babies on CDs or cassettes. They usually record the same "white" noise or other monotonous sounds (for example, as when working a lawnmower or a fan), which, according to the manufacturer, are guaranteed to soothe capricious babies.
THE POWER OF THE MUSIC .
Even if the baby does not want to eat, he is soothed by sucking movements. Let him suck his little finger. If the nail is cut short and not varnished, this is an excellent nipple - even better than an ordinary pacifier, since it does not fall out of the mouth.
SELF-DEVELOPING DIETOLOGY.
Some experts believe that colic causes the substances of cow milk, which are transferred to the baby from the mother. If during the period of breastfeeding you drink or eat dairy products, for example cheese, cottage cheese try to refrain from this a week. If the colic does not pass, you can return to the normal menu.
Avoid caffeine, i.e. coffee, tea, cola, cocoa, chocolate, for several days. Sometimes the rejection of them helps.
Try to identify other provocative colic penetrating to the infant with breast milk. The usual suspects in this matter are beans, eggs, onions, garlic, mushrooms, cabbage, tomatoes, bananas, oranges, strawberries, spices. If the week of abstinence from these products does not affect the condition of the child, you can again eat them and look for another reason for crying. It seems to me superfluous to remind, that the feeding mum should keep to a diet, even the first months.
FULL STAY.
Sometimes, the more you try to calm a crying baby, the stronger it is. Perhaps his nervous system is still so undeveloped that it is painfully irritated by any sounds, including your lullabies, and the slightest movements, say, motion sickness. Minimize the stimulation of the child: put it in a crib or passively hold on your hands. Be silent, do not look into his eyes. Let him cry. It happens that 10-15 minutes of such absence of irritants completely calms children.
Feeding technology.
Breastfeeding the baby , keep it upright, not horizontally and let's belch frequently. When feeding from a bottle, let it regurgitate after every 30 ml. After feeding, hold the child in a "pillar", leaning your elbows on your shoulder for 15-20 minutes, until the baby spits up the air. It is possible before feeding to lay a child for 5 minutes on the tummy to get air out of the stomach.
Do not let the child suck an empty bottle. It is fraught with ingestion of air and its accumulation in the stomach and intestines. For the same reason, do not let him suck a punctured pacifier for feeding.
HELP THE TEA.
Now there are many carminative teas for babies from colic. Try to brew one of them and give the baby. Do not be fussed about the fame of the company, sometimes the usual pharmacy fennel or dill more benefits than expensive imported tea.
DO I NEED A PHYSICIAN?
A pediatrician can determine if crying is a sign of illness or infection. If a week-old baby screams unceasingly, he may have something more serious than colic. If it's them, then medicine, as they say, is powerless. Be of good cheer: by the age of three months, weeping should cease. Contact the pediatrician if colic persists later; if any attack lasts more than 4 hours; if the calmed child looks unusually sluggish; if he has constipation, diarrhea, fever, or he refuses to eat.
WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
Up to now, many grandmother's "recipes from colic" have come in the form of freshly squeezed onion or carrot juice. Some of these folk remedies are regularly promoted in women's magazines and on relevant Internet sites. Nothing good, except for allergies, you do not reach these methods.