The 5 S's: Easing Vaccine Pain

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Guess what. Remember those 5 S's I recently mentioned from The Happiest Baby on the Block?

Well, recently a study was published in the journal Pediatrics that showed that doing the 5 S's shortly after a young baby received her vaccinations helped her calm down much

The 5 S's - The key to calming your baby's crying

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OK. Time to talk about the 5 S's.

These are the awesome techniques that Harvy Karp talks about in his book, The Happiest Baby on the Block (click on that link to see my review). They simulate the sounds and feelings of the womb which turns on what Karp calls the calming reflex. They can send a baby from crying to content in a matter of seconds. A dream for parents of a fussy or colicky baby. They have even shown to help ease vaccine pain.