Rhythmical swaying, patting and shoosh-ing

These techniques usually comes natural to most woman. But keep in mind that it may not be so natural for your husband. Involve dad to show him how it is done: gently patting baby rhythmically on his/her back will help them fall asleep. The more you do it the more effective it becomes as baby associates the patting with calming down and sleeping. Swaying from side to side will also help and making a “shoosssh” sound with your mouth. Time taken to put baby to sleep will be drastically shortened by combining these techniques with…

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