RE: 9 weeks & desperate..
Have you read Dr. Karp's "The Happiest Baby on the Block"? He has a combination of soothing techniques that he calls the 'cuddle cure'. It involves swaddling your baby, holding her on her side or stomach, swinging or jiggling her, and giving her something to suck on while you simultaneously say "shhhh" loudly by her ear. It sounds complex, but it's really not and once you get the hang of it, it works!
Even if it doesn't put your little darling to sleep right away, it should soothe her crying and calm her down.
RE: 9 weeks & desperate..
Thankx for the suggestion. Thing are slowly getting better (calmer)w/ those techniques.
RE: 9 weeks & desperate..
Hi there,
Been a long while since I visited this site but I'll add to this thread based on our personal experience...
My wife and I had this same problem with Annamaria from Week 5 onwards and we too got over it by using the swaddling, swaying and humming/shushing technique. One thing to note though is that this technique becomes harder to implement the older the baby gets (AM is now 8 months)... when they get stronger and start to fight and wriggle out of the swaddling cloth/blanket whenever the opportunity presents itself, even while asleep! The best way we found was to swaddle her to start but once she's asleeep in the arms and we put her down into her cot, we loosen the swaddling cloth/blanket a bit so that she can comfortable adjust herself while asleep without feeling over restricted and "tied-up".