Sentences with phrase «soothing pat on the back»
Your best bet might be a soothing pat on the back and a quick exit.
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The dad has crashed out and fallen sound asleep in his chair when the baby starts crying, and the dad does not wake up, but he starts patting the air and soothing the imaginary baby, as though the baby were laying on his chest and he was trying to comfort it back to sleep.
When he wakes with a nightmare, go in, sit beside him (do not turn on bright lights) and reassure him in a low soothing voice that he had a bad dream and now you will help him settle down back to sleep by patting his back gently or rubbing it round and round.
Almost immediately, I could detect discomfort or fear, plant a kiss of comfort on top of her head and pat her small back, instantly soothing young, uncertain nerves.