Every evening between about six and nine, our otherwise reasonable newborn became a different person. Nothing was wrong. She was fed, dry, held, and still inconsolable. I learned two things that month: the witching hour is real and it passes, and having your soothing things within arm’s reach beats having the perfect one in another room.
NUK Timeless Comfy Orthodontic Pacifier
The pacifiers that she actually took, after we bought four other shapes she spat straight out. Buy a multipack of one style before committing — babies have strong opinions and they are not the opinions you expect.
Eascrozn Baby Pacifier Clip
Clips, because a pacifier on the floor of anywhere is a pacifier that is done for the day. One-piece silicone, so there are no beads to come loose and nothing that holds moisture. I keep one attached to the carrier and one on the pram.
GROWNSY Pacifier Sanitizer Case Portable on The Go for Baby, White
A UV sanitiser case for the nappy bag. This is the out-of-the-house answer to the floor problem — drop it in, it cleans while you walk. It stopped the small daily debate about whether that one was still okay to use.
Comfy Cubs Easy Swaddle Blanket, 3 Pk Small – Blush Mauve Mulberry
Swaddles with an easy wrap, because at 2am I could not execute a proper origami swaddle and she could break out of my attempts in seconds. These hold. Once she started rolling we stopped using them, as you should.
Dreamegg Portable White Noise Machine
A small rechargeable sound machine that clips to the pram and comes to other people’s houses. Steady shushing noise genuinely shortened the crying stretch for us. Not loud — about the level of a running shower, from across the room.
None of this is a cure. The witching hour ends when it ends. But having all five in one basket by the chair meant I was not wandering the house with a screaming baby looking for a pacifier, and that alone made the evenings survivable.
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