As any frustrated parent knows, there's no magic way to get a crying baby to calm, let alone fall asleep.
According to the research, if you want to soothe a wailing infant, sitting down with them in your arms probably won't do the trick. This can often raise a baby's heart rate and make them even more fussy.
"Crying infants are calmed and inclined to sleep by a 5-minute Walk/Hold, even in the daytime when the infants are normally awake,"As any parent knows, this can be a particularly infuriating step. Often, an infant will wake up the minute their head is tilted back, erasing all that hard work. "For secure holding, caregivers should attach the infant body snugly to their own body and support the infant's head," the authors"Five-minute walking should be on a flat and clear passage and at a steady pace, preferably without abrupt stops or turns."
The authors of the recent study think something similar is happening with human children. For instance, an experiment in the study found that when mothers rocked their child to sleep in a mobile cot, it had similar effects to walking while holding them.What's more, the experiments only focused on mothers, and there were numerous variables, like vocal soothing, that were not kept consistent from trial to trial.
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