Step by step
- Check the basics: hungry, tired, a full diaper, too warm or too cold.
- Pick them up and hold them. That doesn’t spoil them, it calms them.
- Touch, gentle rocking with the head supported, singing or quiet, steady sounds.
- A warm bath or going out for a walk sometimes works wonders.
- Sometimes less is more: a dark, quiet room and fewer things going on.
- Some stretches have a lot of crying, especially in the first weeks. It’s hard, and it passes.
Good to know
- Never shake a baby, under any circumstances. When it feels like too much: lay them safely in the cot, go to another room, breathe, and check on them every few minutes. That isn’t failing, it’s exactly the right thing.
- You can call your well-baby nurse, or ask someone close for help.
- Unusual crying, or crying with fever, vomiting, refusing feeds or a floppy baby: see a doctor.
Sources: Israel Ministry of Health (Parenting). This is general information, not a replacement for a doctor, a well-baby nurse or a lactation consultant. You know your baby best, and when something worries you, it is always fine to ask.