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Dealing with a screaming baby
 Dealing
with a screaming baby is never fun. In fact, almost any parent that
has ever had to endure dealing with a screaming baby for very long
has wanted to pull their hair out. While there is no guarantee that
any technique will work in soothing a screaming baby, or in preventing
a baby from screaming in the future, there are some tactics that
you can try. Even if they don’t work all the time, they might
work once or twice, even if it’s only for a short period of
time. And, as any parent of a screaming baby knows, any silence
is good silence, even if it is short-lived.
The most important thing, after you have tried
everything that would normally make a baby scream, such as changing
diapers, checked the baby’s temperature, changed clothes to
make the temperature of the room better, checked for diaper rash,
fed the baby and gave the baby a drink, is to try to distract the
baby. Even when your baby is screaming for a valid reason, such
as pain or illness, you can almost always distract her for at least
a short time.
The best methods of distraction are to take the
baby outside, let the baby play with any animals you may have, find
a colorful cartoon on TV or some relaxing semi-loud music on the
radio, or something similar. Anything that is slightly out of the
ordinary can act as an excellent distraction, as long as it can
hold your baby’s interest for a few moments. Another way to
help distract your baby from screaming, and to help you regain your
strength to be able to deal with the screaming, is to act silly.
As strange as it may sound, and as hard as it may be, acting silly
to make a screaming baby stop crying and start laughing can work
wonderfully.
Another way to help parents deal with a screaming
baby is simply to take a break from it. This is especially true
with colicky babies, or a baby that has been sick for a while. While
it may seem very difficult (sometimes even mean) to walk out of
a room leaving your baby alone to scream, sometimes it is the only
option for a frustrated parent. You obviously should not leave your
baby alone to cry for long, and you should only do this if you don’t
have someone to take over your duties while you take a deep breath,
but there is no harm in doing so when necessary. The most important
thing a parent can do for a screaming baby is to realize that your
own stress will make the baby’s stress worse. By gathering
your senses, and taking deep breaths for a minute, you are able
to produce a slightly calmer effect in not only yourself, but your
baby as well.
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