They're bombarded with the whooshing and gurgling sounds of their mother's body and cradled by the walls of their "room." No wonder, Karp says, they feel insecure and unhappy when lying alone in a quiet nursery, their arms and legs loose and flailing. We assume that newborns need calm and quiet, but the place from which they've just emerged is quite an active and noisy place.īabies in utero are rocked and swayed.
"Our newborns are smushy little creatures who must be 'evicted' from the womb three months before they’re ready so their big heads don’t get stuck in the birth canal," he says. To offer just one example: A newborn horse can walk, while humans take months to get mobile. Human babies need special care because they're immature at birth compared with the babies of most other mammals. Karp, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, describes the first few months after birth as the " fourth trimester." Babies are out of the womb, he says – but they're really not ready for our world. And the "five S's" baby sleep strategy outlined in Karp's bestselling book, The Happiest Baby on the Block, is designed to do just that. Harvey Karp says the best way to calm your newborn and get him to sleep is by re-creating the noises, movement, and snug environment of the womb. At the heart of his method are the so-called five S's: swaddle, side or stomach position, shush, swing, and suck. If you're a sleep-deprived new parent looking for help, you might want to try pediatrician Harvey Karp's method for soothing crying or fussy infants and getting them to sleep. There’s no sweeter sight than a sleeping baby, but getting your baby to bed can turn into a daily struggle.
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