1 month old!
Dr Harvey Karp, author / producer of "Happiest Baby on the Block", preaches his "Five S's" as the ever-reliable set of techniques to activate a baby's "calming reflex". They are:- Swaddling (his special impossible to do swaddle),
- Shushing (he does this so loud, I'm positive there are millions of hearing impaired babies in America now)
- Sideways hold (almost dropped Bruce several times trying this one)
- Sucking/soothing (I guess we get that one)
- and Swinging (don't have an infant swing yet).
Well, here are "Bruce's Five S's":
- Squirming, Screaming, Spewing, Shitting, and gaSSSSSS !! I guess that is 10 S's.
Also, Bruce never heard of the calming reflex. Here is a picture of Bruce demostrating his 5 S's (all of them at once.) After reading the Dr Karp's book and also watching his DVD, Helen and Colin are back to parental trial and error techniques, usually with Helen's right or left breast working the best. He's definitely paying tribute to his great uncle now :o)Oh, and one more thing: Helen and Colin have currently ONE "S": Sleep deprevation!! :0/
Beyond that we're all still doing great. Bruce is up to 10 pounds. Here are some great pictures from Bruce's fourth week.
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