Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion beyond S.F

Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by bluejekyll on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:01AM (#40756693)

Something every new parent should learn (which some parts of car rides mimic), learn about the 4th trimester. Then learn the 5 S’s to mimic the womb:

Swaddle - wrap the baby

Side/stomache - position like the womb

Shush - white noise

Sway/swing - walking or bouncing

Suck - a finger, a sucker, etc

These were a life saver for my son. Most nights it was just swaddle + sway, on bad nights it took all 5. I think the reason cars work for so many baby’s is that car seats, the rhythm, the white noise from the car, etc… these all do the same thing.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by pc86 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @10:40AM (#40759442)

Our first is just out of this period and it really was pretty rough. It look us a month or so to come across the 5 S's and it made a world of difference.

We also somehow got very very lucky in that he didn't need to be transitioned out of the swaddle, he just grew to dislike it so one night we just stopped cold turkey and it was fine. We've had friends that have had to do the one arm in / one arm out, swaddle the legs, etc. and transition over days or weeks to get any sleep at all.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by bluejekyll on Saturday June 22, 2024 @11:51AM (#40759907)

My son always wriggle around until his hands were up next to his face (this is like 11 years ago). I started swaddling him in that position. We had an ultrasound picture that showed his had in a similar position, so I guess it carried over.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by pc86 on Monday June 24, 2024 @10:45AM (#40776676)

Same, almost all his US pictures show him with hands next to his face and he sleeps like that most of the time now too.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by _zoltan_ on Saturday June 22, 2024 @03:02PM (#40761282)

I disagree about giving them anything to suck on for the night. IIRC there's even research that could lead to late speech or trouble with speech later on.

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