Does anyone know if swinging aggravates a babies reflux?
Swinging is done in a semi upright position which lessens reflux. It also lessens reflux because it helps babies to stop crying….crying causes babies to tighten their stomach muscles and reflux more. The movement does not increase spitting up…it actually allows a burp to jiggle out without pushing all the milk out. Q: “How long does it take for a newborn’s ear drums to thin to the point where they hear as well as we do?” A: Normally adults can hear down to 5-10 decibels…15 is the cutoff for children’ s hearing tests. At birth the cut off for a baby’s hearing test is 30 dB (if a baby can’t hear that level we worry about a hearing problem)…some babies already have pretty good hearing (20dB) at a couple of weeks, but for some it takes up to 3 months for the hearing to improve to where they can reliably hear 20 db. At that point they can be said to have “normal hearing” they hear voices perfectly well. 20 dB is 10 times quieter than 30 db…10 is a breath sound…30 is a whisper. The fluid in
