One of the baby books I got was Itsy Bitsy Yoga, which gives you some stretches and poses you can do with your baby. I haven't really had a chance to dive in and try out some of the series outlined in the book, however, after glancing through a few pages, a few tricks stuck with me. One of the poses I did read about was called a "Divine Drop". In a moment of desperation (read: attack of the screaming fussy baby), I tried the Divine Drop, and you wouldn't believe it, but after doing the Drop one time, Brianne stopped crying immediately. It was actually kind of freaky.
Here I am soothing Brianne with the Divine Drop. As you can see, there is no actual dropping involved - her head, neck and back are well supported :o) What you do is hold the baby as shown, then drop down into a squat quickly. Im not sure why it works, but it hasn't failed me yet. And as an added bonus for Mommy - buns of steel!
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