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Developing a Technique for Settling Baby

All babies cry, and this is normal. Newborn babies cry on average for a few hours each day. Crying is a way for babies to communicate their needs. At the beginning, it’s quite normal to have at least one or two unsettled periods a day (where there’s a lot of crying), and at least one unsettled day per week. Responding to your baby’s cries promptly in the early weeks helps them to feel safe and secure.

It is important at this stage to develop a settling technique your baby becomes familiar with, which reassures and calms them.

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It is important at this stage to develop a settling technique your baby becomes familiar with, which reassures and calms them.

Young father playing with his daughter inside with toys

It is important at this stage to develop a settling technique your baby becomes familiar with, which reassures and calms them. Use the same technique wherever you are, whenever your baby needs to go to sleep. This relaxes them and prepares them for bed. Just like music, a cup of tea, or a good book may work for adults.

The purpose of developing settling techniques is not to put your baby to sleep, but to prepare your baby for sleep – so they can learn to go to sleep by themselves as they get older.

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