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Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights
Why Your Baby Is Crying and What You Can Do About It
Part Two
By Sandy Jones
Offer to take Mom on an outing. She might say she is too tired, but she needs adult companionship almost as much as sleep.
Make a run for take-out food or cook dinner yourself. Take over the baby right after dinner or at some other definite time each evening for half an hour or more. (Gentle, quiet touching, talking, and humming work better before bedtime than vigorous play.) Try letting your baby sleep on your bare chest.When you can count on a few minutes' break from your baby, try progressively relaxing different parts of your body while concentrating on a single image in your mind. Follow these steps:
- Lie quietly on the floor, on the couch, or in bed, in whatever position is most comfortable for you.
- Close your eyes, and keep them closed.
- Slowly take three deep breaths. Inhale through your nose as deeply as you can, and then exhale through your mouth as slowly as you can.
- Breathe normally for about one minute as you picture a place of awesome beauty, such as mountains, a meadow, or a seashore.
- Take a deep breath, and clench your left hand as tightly as you can.
- Exhale slowly through your mouth as you hold your hand tightly closed.
- Slowly unclench the hand and concentrate on the relaxed feeling this gives you.
- Breathe normally, and concentrate on your beautiful vision for one minute.
- Take a deep breath, and tighten your right hand, repeating steps 6 through 8. Do the same with other parts of your body, such as your legs, your jaw, and your back.
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