One of the most difficult things for parents to cope with is when their baby cries and they cannot calm or relieve him. Baby crying wears on a parent's nerves, and when they cannot console their baby, it is easy to feel inadequate and frustrated.
As some children get older, they continue to have strangeness calming themselves. They may seem more unreasonable, impulsive, or hyperactive. They may have unusual sensory behaviors or have strangeness concentrating. Parents can find themselves at their wits' ends when dealing with these challenging behaviors day in and day out.
Backpack For Toddler
After caring for drug exposed and drug affected babies and toddlers, I have learned many techniques for soothing distressed children. A child exposed to illegal drugs prenatally or during formative years may have problem regulating their sensory systems and behaviors. Their challenges are often more intensified than with those children who were not drug exposed but still show similar challenges.
The most prevalent behavior is constant high pitched crying. The child can be very difficult to console. Children exposed to prescription or illegal drugs often have impaired nervous systems and delayed development. Their peers who have not been exposed to drugs, may have challenging behaviors due to an adolescent nervous system, temperament type, or some other underlying medical condition. Anyone the background, the techniques used to relieve drug exposed children are also beneficial for other children.
Even healthy infants have strangeness regulating their body systems. Newborn babies need to be physically close to their original caregiver. Babies with higher than typical self regulatory problems like drug babies or babies with "colic" need more intervention.
Dr. Harvey Karp, an L.A. Pediatrician, identified the Calming Reflex present in infants birth straight through three month old. His techniques are called the 5 S's. The first is snug swaddling with the baby's arms to her side. Second is retention baby along your arm on her side or stomach. The third technique is shushing with a loud "shhh" noise. Forth is swinging baby in a gentle, rhythmic jiggling motion on your lap. Finally, the fifth technique is helping baby learn to suck on a pacifier.
Older babies can require more withhold as well. They can be more "clingy" and come to be very upset when their original caregiver is out of sight. They may also want to be held a lot and sometimes only be able to sleep when being held. The baby needs to be in physical contact with the parent to hear and feel the parent's heartbeat, breathing and movements.
It helps to put baby in a snuggly front carrier pack. If baby still is fussy, tuck a blanket nearby baby so it feels like a kangaroo pouch. When baby gets too big for the snuggly pack, and still needs to be held to feel secure, a baby backpack can be used. Putting baby in a pack keeps parent's hands free while giving baby the physical contact he craves.
Some toddlers may still need help regulating their nervous systems and internal coping mechanisms. These children's tantrums may be ultimate and last for 10, 15, 20 minutes or more. Parents can come to be frazzled and feel like they've done nothing more than raise a 'brat'.
Little guys like this may advantage from being swaddled. The gentle pressure of wrapping in a favorite relieve blanket and cuddling on the parent's lap can give a calming effect. Some children find it comforting to be under a very heavy blanket, comforter, or pillows. The weight helps to physically calm the body. Someone else thing some kids like is a small children's play tent. The confinement helps decrease the external stimuli.
It is leading for parents to understand their child's unique developmental and physiological needs and not compare him to children without similar challenges. Your child needs your patience, intuition, and a firm decision to do what is best for his challenges. A child cannot be "spoiled" by retention her, comforting her, or teaching her the skills she needs calm herself on her own.
How to Calm Your Fussy Baby Or Tantruming Toddler
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