Tip #37: A wet cloth can help a teething baby

Wet a wash cloth with cool water and let your teething baby chew and suck on it. It worked wonders this weekend with our very fussy baby.

Source: Daycare provider

Tip #26: Make that a replacable lovey

There's lots of advice out there that suggests (when babies are old enough ~6months) to introduce a 'transition object'. This lovey is an object of some kind that your infant will become attached to and when you put them down to bed, will help soothe them to sleep in place of you. The best advice I've heard, whatever you introduce as a lovey, make sure you can buy another (and in fact, buy a couple up front if they do get attached to it).

Source: Multiple books, newsletters, and advice of other moms (heck, I even noticed at Isis Maternity, they are selling packs of three Angel Dear lovies).

Tip #9: Sources of white noise for soothing a baby

If your baby can be soothed with white noise then you can soothe a fussy baby in the car by tuning your radio to an unused station. Experiment, apparently some babies prefer AM noise and some like FM noise.

Other ways to create white noise for home or for the car:

• Download recorded white noise tracks from ITunes
• Use the box from a sleep sheep, one mom I know removed the box from the stuffed animal so it would fit in a diaper bag.
  
• Make your own recordings of vacuums, dishwashers, showers, hair dryers, etc.
  

Source: Friends