Hi Everyone
I was wondering if anyone could share their tips on soothing help given to babies after pat/shh is more hinderance than help.
DS, 6.5+ months, as Tracy said, finds pat/shh annoying and it works him up rather than calming him. I was wondering if others could share their strategies to soothe the older baby, when help is needed but before PUPD is necessary. DS will not take a dummy and I have tried to introduce a comfort item but haven't been successful yet. I feel so helpless standing beside him when he is crying but everything I try seems to wind him up further. Plus I have never managed to get him to sleep using PUPD so I am obviously doing something wrong there - but would like to help earlier and not get into PUPD battles.
Any tips?? Thanks
Jo