I'm Detective Dryer with Mace Police Department and I'm here with Dr. Manga. September is baby safety month. Parenting is rewarding, but it can be hard and it's okay to not know. Help is available and asking for help is actually a sign of strength. There's a saying that it truly it takes a village to raise a baby. And that's absolutely true. Uh I'm a physician, but I'm also a parent and a husband, and I know firsthand how that can feel when a baby's crying. You're not sure why. Babies cry for many reasons. They can cry because they're hungry. They need changed. Or we might not may not know why at all. Babies typically start crying more during about 2 weeks of life. And this peaks at about 6 to 8 weeks, but then it can continue until 3 to 4 months of age. Typically, it gets better after that. What are some helpful techniques that parents can use to help decrease infant crying? >> There's a set of five techniques known as the five S's that can be helpful to keep in mind when handling a baby who's crying. The five S's are shushing, swaddling, sucking, swinging, and skin-to-skin. So those are the five techniques that can be helpful to help a baby to stop crying. But in some cases, these techniques don't work and a baby's just going to continue to cry. And rather than getting overwhelmed, it's okay to put a baby down in a crib or bassinet that's free of blankets and pillows where we know that they'll be safe and taking a break and relying on that village to get some support and help and have them take a chance at helping with the baby. >> What are some things you can touch on regarding parent burnout? Parent burnout is very common in the first few months of life because we're all adjusting to having a baby at home. We'll routinely screen for that burnout in our offices to see if there's ways we can help. But it's also important to create that village, that group of friends that we talked about in the beginning. Uh this could be friends that you're close to, other family members, partners that you know are going to provide a safe, friendly, nurturing environment for your baby. And it's someone that you want to be able to call and say, "Hey, I'm having I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm feeling tired. I need sleep. I'd love to step out of the house. I'd love to go grocery shopping." those things that we used to do as kind of a normaly but aren't able to do anymore because we're so busy. Give them a call and I'm sure they'd be willing to help out cuz we often get asked what do you need? What can I do to help? That's when it's important to ask. And asking is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. Knowing that you can rely on your community to help you out when needed. If you've exhausted all those resources, we also have created what's called a no hit zone, which provides additional ways to help cope with some of those stressors because sometimes we feel like I just need to shake a baby or I need to hit the baby to make them stop crying, but that's never okay because that can be very harmful and detrimental towards baby's health. >> Thank you for that information. We find that unfortunately uh frustration with children can sometimes lead parents to react in unsafe or even deadly ways. Whether it be hitting or shaking their child, any type of shaking can cause damage to a baby's brain, whether it be concussions, bleeding, or even death. Shaking is never okay. Thank you for taking time to watch this video. We'll make sure to include some important resources in the description.