If your baby is crying heavily, carrying the child as you walk for five minutes is an effective way to calm the infant and induce sleep, researchers led by Kumi Kuroda of Japan’s national scientific institute Riken have found.
Letting that baby sleep in your arms for another eight minutes helps prevent the child from waking once put in bed, said the international research team, which experimented in search of the best way to put infants to sleep.
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Walking at a normal speed appears sufficient, but since the babies were likely to wake up when the adult stopped walking, the results suggest it is better to step as if you are walking in a circle around a table, rather than going back and forth in a hallway.
hem, next time encounter a baby, try if this is effective.