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Saturday, August 02, 2008

pick up/ put down...

borrowed baby whisperer by tracy hogg from the lib.. but the book is mainly for below 1 year old... :( anyway, still decided to give it a try...

pick up/ put down is a way of giving the baby a sense of security.. by letting baby know tt u r ard... but not to let baby rely on you carrying him to sleep... the method is to carry baby when baby is crying.. the moment baby stops crying, put baby back in crib.. if halfway thru, baby starts crying, still put baby back into crib n tell baby tt he's juz trying to sleep.. repeat the same thing over n over again.. depending on individuals, the baby shd be able to calm down and drift to dreamland within an hour...

tried this with PH tonight.. carried him when he cried.. put him back once he stop crying.. juz kept repeating n reassuring him tt he's juz going to sleep.. and he will wake up a cheerful tot tml... aft endless pick up/ put down for 10min, he started to cry lesser n lesser... n eventually, i dun need to pick him up... i juz hug him tight when he cried n he will settle down... den, all of a sudden, he stop crying n slept... wow... the first time he slept with only 10min fussing!!

hmmmm... keeping my fingers crossed.... :P

PS: this method is definitely stressful on the back... :P hope my backache dun return.... :P

1 comment:

JM said...

Hihi, I'm glad it's working!! Look out for the book Baby Whisperer solves all your problems and 'secrets of the baby whisperer for Toddlers'. I have the 1st one and it covers until 2 or 3 yrs old. :D