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jaysgirljulie · January 2010

Have any of you moms watched the dvd (or read the book)? Do the 5 S's really work like that? It can't work that well in real life could it? Does it work for you? My DH & I watched that dvd last night are were just amazed (of course we watched 'Your Baby Can Read!' infomercial once and were amazed by that too, lol).

Are there other great tips like that in the book?

MrsNFB · January 2010

I read the book and then we bought the DVD. I prefer the DVD because I feel the book takes a long time to communicate the same stuff that the DVD actually demonstrates. I don't feel the book has any additional tips, it's just a wordy way to explain the same thing as the DVD.

My suggestion is to skip the book.

And yes, the 5 S's really worked for us (from day 1). I always want to mention that we had an extremely easy baby though so maybe we are not greatest example of a fussy baby that is quiet after the 5 S's. We just started doing the 5 S's right away and then we eventually would take an "S" away (or really the baby would decide that he didn't want it...like he spit out the pacifer at 3 months and busted out of the swaddle around the same time so those went away).

mrs.winter · January 2010

I have the DVD...Ashton was not really that much of a colicky baby (he did cry though but not for hours on end like some)but the swaddle and shhh really does work. I think it really works though.

As for "Your Baby Can Read," I've heard mixed reviews. Some say it works while others say that all babies end up with the same vocab by a certain age anyway so it's a waste of $$?

vanceandlori · January 2010

Brooke was not a real fussy baby, so it's hard to say for us... but we used the swaddle for about a month or two ... and we also used the shhhh occasionally. DH used to use the side to side shaking thing, but that too, was occasional.

I think they give great tips though.

mrspresley · January 2010

i didn't read it or get the DVD but i have heard about the 5 S's...i know swaddle, shhhh, and swing...don't know what the other 2 are but those 3 work really well with A if we need to calm her down if she is being fussy. you have to know when to use them though.... like, if she is fussy for reasons other than being tired, then swaddling her doesn't always work but if she is fussy b/c she's tired and wants to sleep, she will be crying and flailing around (even as i put the swaddle around her) but as soon as she is bundled up and i pick her back up to hold her, she is totally calm and ready to sleep and drifts off to sleep pretty quickly

aside from swinging, she loves being bounced up and down too, that seems to calm her, as does patting her back like you are burping her.

SBMBride406 · January 2010

I never read the book, but I tried the 5s and they worked for me. Marino had colic and that was the only thing that would calm him down (after a couple hours anyway...he screamed from 5-9pm every night for 3 months straight).

myday1708 · January 2010

MrsNFB:
I read the book and then we bought the DVD. I prefer the DVD because I feel the book takes a long time to communicate the same stuff that the DVD actually demonstrates. I don't feel the book has any additional tips, it's just a wordy way to explain the same thing as the DVD.
My suggestion is to skip the book.

EXACTLY!

We tried these in the very beginning and they worked great but Alexa is a very easy and predictable baby so we didn't need them after a couple months,

sanae78 · January 2010

Those of you with easy babies are SO LUCKY! I pray my baby will be easy. I had a patient last night at work who is going to be a handful for her mama...nothing calmed this baby down. Yikes.

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