We have the Happiest Baby on the Block!

So, we think Hudson has been a pretty relaxed and happy baby, but he has definitely had his moments with some freak outs and crying fits. Most of the time we would work through them, but there have been times where he has been pretty hard to calm down. Over the past few months I've had multiple people recommend a book called The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp to us. I intended to buy it but when I ran across the DVD for his book at Target, I grabbed that instead thinking I would watch it quicker than I would read a book right now. I had the DVD for over a week before popping it in to watch it finally about a week ago. Man, why did I wait so long to watch it?! The Dr. has great tips for calming a soothing your baby and he calls them the 5 S's: Swaddling, Side or Stomach position, Shhhing, Swinging and Sucking. We gave all of the steps a try and man, does our baby boy like it! What a relief to be able to calm him down and get him to a chilled out state. If you haven't heard of this book, we highly recommend it! I've heard he also wrote another book called The Happiest Toddler on the Block, and when Hudson is a toddler, I will definitely be checking out that book too.


Here are a couple pics of Hudson after we have calmed him down with 5 S's...