00:00Hello, friends. It's a wonderful day here at Pacific Ocean Pediatrics in Santa Monica,
00:15California. My name is Bob Hamilton. I'm a pediatrician. I've been doing it now for about
00:2030 years. One of the great joys I've had in life is I've been able to care for literally
00:26thousands of newborn children. One of the challenges that pediatricians have in taking care of children
00:32is trying to communicate clear and precise information to their parents. A lot of times
00:38over a baby who's crying very, very loud. And I have utilized a technique that I call the hold
00:45over the years, which is very helpful in calming children and keeping them quiet. So today I'd
00:51like to show you how I do that. It's a simple hold. I think you'll understand. Come with
00:57me now into one of my consultation rooms. I'll show you how I do it. Here we have a crying
01:02baby. And he just got a shot here. So this is Ashton. And here's what we do. So we pick
01:08up Ashton. I fold his right arm like this and then his left arm in front. And then very gently
01:16rock him up and down. Just like that. And even though he just got a shot, look at that leg.
01:25That's a big ouch on that leg there. You can see that you can comfort him and quiet him.
01:31Again, I'm holding with my right hand his little bottom. I'm gently shaking him back and forth.
01:36We rock him up and down very gently. Sometimes we stir him to the left and we stir him to the
01:42right. And there's our baby. Here we have another little crying baby. He just got a shot. And
01:49I'm going to go ahead and pick up this little guy. And again, I take his left arm, his right
01:57arm, I'm sorry, and put it across his body. Then his left arm across the body like that.
02:02I hold it, grab his little bottom and very gently rock him up and down. They, at a 45 degree angle,
02:10you can see that he comforts pretty quickly. Really. This is a good baby. I shake his little
02:17booty like that. I gently rock him. Everything you do is very gentle. You don't want to do
02:22jerking motions ever. You hold the child with the fleshy part of your, your hands, not with
02:28your fingertips. Okay. And again, I am supporting his chin. He's lifting his head up here, which
02:35is why you hold them at a 45 degree angle. You never want to put them like this because they
02:39can throw their head back and you can lose control of the baby very quickly. And
02:44you can see I'm rolling my finger around his chin and look at him. This is a content
02:48little baby. He just, he just got a shot. But he, he goes, I'm tough, Dr. Hamilton. I
02:56can do that. So this is a good baby. So there you have it. We've met a couple of beautiful
03:04babies and lovely mothers. And to recap, I'd like to go through four points. Number one,
03:10you fold the arms across the chest. Number two, you secure the arms after they're folded.
03:17Number three, you gently grab the diaper area with your dominant hand. And then number four,
03:23at a 45 degree angle, you gently rock the baby up and down. You can shake their booty. And
03:30generally by doing this, the child will quiet down. Finally, if your baby does not quiet down,
03:37think about two things. Maybe your baby's not feeling well. They're ill. Or number two,
03:43maybe your baby is hungry. Finally, I find that the hold is very helpful for the first two to
03:49three months of age. After that, your baby becomes too heavy. And it's very difficult
03:54to hold a baby at that point. So hopefully this is helpful to you. Thank
03:59you for your attention. Best, my best to your family.
