https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 20:08:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859401 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:49:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 859401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha you did great! And remember, your own baby is going to be looking for YOU, will know your voice and smell. My poor baby is going to have to listen to my terrible singing voice, but hopefully it won't know how terrible it is for many years :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859378 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:28:13 +0000 katsupgirl 859378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You did an awesome job! You don't need lullabies. Your own babe just wants to hear your voice. My DH sang LO to sleep with a Beastie Boys song. My sister hums the Doctor Who theme song to rock her to sleep. Whatever works!</p> <p>You're gonna be an awesome mommy!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859312 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:30:15 +0000 lovehoneybee 859312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Lol not the most positive thing I could say but the truest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859300 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:19:09 +0000 Cherrybee 859300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: That first line is awesome!! That's going on my list of "read at 3am when you are about to jump out of the window" quotes and affirmations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859299 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:16:55 +0000 Cherrybee 859299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: It was pretty funny because, by chance, I pointed him right at the TV - which my BFF always has on as background noise. I'm forever telling her off about it (her baby will sit stare it it for ages) and insisting that I will not let my baby watch TV - and yet here I was, under a bit of pressure, pointing the baby right at it!! </p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: Aaw, thanks!! I hope so!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859291 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:10:52 +0000 lovehoneybee 859291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To be honest, I've found parenting to be akin to throwing everything you can against a wall and hoping something sticks. For me it's a lot of guesswork, and what works one day might not work later that day. We could usually count on putting him in the car seat and swinging it. Loudly singing The Rainbow Connection almost always works now, and else to just distract him. And then there are some times that the only thing that will soothe him is Mom.</p> <p>You did great, you should be very proud! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859274 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:55:51 +0000 swedishfish 859274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome! Turning him around was a great idea. I've been singing Loggins &amp; Messina songs to the baby in my belly because I don't really remember any lullabies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859273 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:29 +0000 dagret 859273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: good job! Trust me, you'll be amazed at all the wacky stuff you'll sing to your baby, the noises you'll make, the things you'll try... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859271 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:52:46 +0000 mrskc 859271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Go you! You will have many opportunities to figure out how to console your crying baby and you'll learn quick. And what works one day may not work the next. Tricky babies. ;) I ended up making up a song for DS to the tune of "frere jaques" and he starts smiling now when I sing it to him (he's 8 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859269 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:52:13 +0000 .twist. 859269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha Honestly, you tried a lot of things, and when it's your own baby, one of those things will work. You did awesome and that is definitely something to be proud of! </p> <p>It also reminds me of this: </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fJAvVDw47g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fJAvVDw47g</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859266 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:50:32 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 859266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you did great!! I still find myself trying to figure out what will make DD stop crying. Looks like you're going to be a natural ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/great-ways-to-soothe-an-inconsolable-baby#post-859244 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:37:00 +0000 Cherrybee 859244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today, I had a very traumatic experience! You see, I'm not very good with babies!! I just don't have any experience and so when they cry I panic and, well, I have been known to suddenly remember I'm supposed to be elsewhere and make my exit...!! </p> <p>This post is partly a celebration of what I achieved today! A first!! I feel amazing!! It is also a call for ideas because I realise that I am going to need more than a few Take That songs in my childcare tool kit when my baby is here!!! Let me explain...</p> <p>My BFF has a 7 month old baby. He is super chilled and rarely cries. BFF's friend A (who is fast becoming a friend of mine) has an 8 month old baby who is very needy and clingy, bless him - he cries if his mum leaves the room to make tea! A's mum is very, very sick and is in the hospital - and today she asked BFF if she could watch her baby for a few hours today while she met with her mum's doctors. BFF asked me to help because she wasn't sure how she would cope with two babies at once....</p> <p>Well, predictably, not long after A left, her baby started to cry. And cry. And cry. Huge racking sobs, ear piercing screams. We tried distracting him with toys, I tried bouncing him, I tried cuddling him (but he doesn't really know me so that made him worse!), BFF tried cuddling him.... which then made her baby cry!!! So we had two screaming, sobbing babies!! BFF began to stress because her baby rarely cries and she was pretty sure, once the jealousy had subsided, he was still crying because he had realised he was hungry - so she needed to change and feed him immediately!! All the while, A's baby was becoming more and more frantic and to my horror I found myself left with him!!!!!!! </p> <p>Long story short, I got him in his car seat with one of his toys, popped his dummy in and started rocking him. It calmed him a little. He was clearly tired and needed a nap but every time he looked at me he would start crying again!! He wanted him mum, not me!! So I pointed him in the opposite direction and continued rocking him. By this point, he was mostly just crying to himself quietly. It was heartbreaking. On a whim I decided to sing him a lullaby. The problem was - I don't know any lullabys! So I sang the first thing the popped into my head - a Take That song (Take That are/were a popular British boy band). To my amazement, the crying stopped. I stopped singing and it started again - big screams! So I began to sing again... and it stopped. I sang the song through three times and by the end of the third run-through, he was sleeping!! </p> <p>When A returned to collect him, he was sleeping peacefully!! Hurrah!!! I feel like I have climbed Mount Everest today!! my homework is to learn some lullabys though - I can't rely on boy band ballads, can I?!</p> <p>What would you have tried in this situation? What do you do when your baby is crying? What other things can I try in future to soothe a crying baby? I will have one of my own in about 6 weeks - agh! </p>