How Do You Create Sounds That Calm A Baby?
Many parents have been there, listening to a screaming baby and not knowing what to do. Some parents find by accident that white noise calms babies. Other people, like Dr. Harvey Karp, author of The Happiest Baby on the Block, realized that the womb is not a silent environment. When babies are born, they are used to constant noise. Unborn babies hear their mother’s heart beat and hear the blood pumping through her veins and arteries. In fact, the sound of the blood movement is similar to the white noise that babies like so much. The following are some tips to create sounds to calm a baby. • Shushing. Shushing is actually one of the five S’s outlined in The Happiest Baby in the Block. You literally shush your baby, drawing out the sound. You will want to make the sound close to your baby’s ear and as loud as they are crying. • Vacuuming. Many babies respond to vacuuming to help them stop crying. If this works, you may consider taping the sound and playing it over and over again. Some ba
