My random thoughts on the 5 S's. I wish that someone had taught these to me as a new mother. It would have helped my breastfeeding my son, and it would have made me a better mom. My son screamed all of the time, in fact I've only seen one other baby with as bad of colic as my first had. I couldn't soothe him no matter what I tried. He cried for hours every day AND night. As a result my husband and I didn't want to hold him, touch him, sleep with him or even be with him. We just felt like we were going mad. Second child was perfect, third child started the same way as the first. The ONLY way to calm her was to swaddle her tight, lay her on her side, breastfeed her while swaying, and shushing in her ear. Sometimes she would nurse so much she threw the milk up so I would hand her to my husband and he would have to do it as she knew he had no milk. Her poor tummy got so full that with him holding her and mimicking these things (but with her facing out rather than in) she calmed down. I carried my daughter everywhere and though I loved it and had easy access to nursing (nursed for 3 yrs) I didn't have time with 3 kids to have her strapped to me all day and night every day and night. I still didn't know about the 5's at this time, but through my years as a postpartum doula and 3 babies figured it out. So my thoughts are that Dr. Harvey has admitted that this isn't a new concept, but he has been able to bring this knowledge to the masses. Because of him more parents can now calm their crying and hysterical babies. More parents have some sense of sanity, AND I feel that more parents can enjoy being parents and love their babies more rather than wondering why they became parents and try to get away from their babies (see my first few sentences). As a doula I have used this method to show frustrated parents how to calm their own babies and become better parents in the process. As a side note I must say that I swaddle babies with their hands across their chests as if they are giving themselves a big hug. Heather Shelley CD, LCCE Midwifery Student MCU <http://www.birthingyourway.com> www.birthingyourway.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html