Soothing technique | Total (n = 1142) | Crying for ⩾ 3 or more hours per 24 hour day (n = 81) | Crying a lot (n = 154) | Inconsolable crying (n = 130) |
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Taking in bed | 60 | 85 | 84 | 75 |
Holding and carrying | 95 | 100 | 99 | 98 |
Buggy ride | 14 | 28 | 25 | 21 |
Car ride | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Music | 57 | 81 | 75 | 69 |
Rocking | 58 | 80 | 78 | 74 |
Pacifier | 84 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
Bathe | 22 | 38 | 33 | 35 |
Massage | 43 | 51 | 50 | 50 |
Herbal tea | 57 | 81 | 75 | 70 |
Crying it out | 45 | 68 | 65 | 53 |
Night bottle | 7 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Swaddling | 14 | 22 | 21 | 19 |
Prone sleeping position | 28 | 37 | 41 | 33 |
Stopping breast feeding | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Admonishing | 24 | 39 | 38 | 35 |
Smothering | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Shaking | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Slapping | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Hypnotics and sedatives | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Painkillers | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Laxatives | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |