Today Miss Grace, who is 4 months old , rolled over for the first time. This means I really can't call her a newborn anymore. I have now done that phase 3 times over.I remember when Miss Jade was a newborn feeling like this phase was stretching on forever and wondering how I would ever get through it. In honour of this milestone I wanted to share what I did with each of the girls when they were clenching their fists, arching their backs, going stiff and screaming their heads off.
Miss Jade:
Put her in the baby swing( this worked so well that it was very very tempting to leave her there all day).
Leaving her to cry for a little while. Miss Jade was a baby who got very stressed when overhandled. As painful as it was to hear the screaming, she was often asleep after 15 minutes.
Rocking, wrapping, patting and singing Old Macdonald 4000 times.
Miss Rose:
Breastfeeding, cuddling, co-sleeping.
Miss Grace:
Holding her but only while standing up. The second your bum hits that couch she knows about it.
Sometimes breastfeeding.
A little bit of a leg or tummy rub.
Notice how nothing worked for all of them, and there were some days where nothing worked at all. In fact the only real cure for the screaming was time. Eventually every crying episode stopped and they eventually all cried a lot less. I guess it's true what they say " This too shall pass". I wish I had that kind of perspective the first time around. Now That would be a really great present to give a new mum at her baby shower.
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