To Swaddle or not to Swaddle
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http://news.sky.com/story/1160851/swaddling-may-cause-hip-problems-in-babies
warnings this morning about swaddling babies causing hip problems and cot deaths,
Im afraid I swaddled both my sons, and has not caused any issues. Back in 1998 when i had my first son, Swaddling was how you wrapped baby up, and the midwife in the hospital showed you how to do it properly before you left the ward, however in 2009 when i had my second child, swaddling was not mentioned,but we still did it as we found he could not sleep without feeling wrapped up. In fact neither of my children could sleep without feeling wrapped up.
I cant see how the method i was taught to swaddle would cause hip problems as it mainly wrapped the arms and was very loose around the legs (didnt really touch the legs at all)
As for the cot death issues, it seems that they have tried to link everything you could ever do with a baby to it, and they still dont really know.
warnings this morning about swaddling babies causing hip problems and cot deaths,
Im afraid I swaddled both my sons, and has not caused any issues. Back in 1998 when i had my first son, Swaddling was how you wrapped baby up, and the midwife in the hospital showed you how to do it properly before you left the ward, however in 2009 when i had my second child, swaddling was not mentioned,but we still did it as we found he could not sleep without feeling wrapped up. In fact neither of my children could sleep without feeling wrapped up.
I cant see how the method i was taught to swaddle would cause hip problems as it mainly wrapped the arms and was very loose around the legs (didnt really touch the legs at all)
As for the cot death issues, it seems that they have tried to link everything you could ever do with a baby to it, and they still dont really know.
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Neither of mine would be swaddled, they fought against it and cried.
Maybe (as usual) they're more worried about people doing it wrong so just tell us all to stop instead of teaching people to do it properly.
Very good!
My first baby is due in 7 weeks, I planned to try swaddling, if he doesn't like it then I'll stop. I hate all this linked to cot death stuff, I had a brother die, the reason was cot death, so now I'm ultra paranoid about my baby,it almost turns you neurotic with all the stress of what does and what doesn't cause cot death.
Some babies prefer it. They've spent months being unable to move freely and they find it comforting.
His gran would swaddle him when he was newborn and he was fine, if we tried he'd get really upset so we gave up.
As soon as he was big enough he went into Gro-Bags (baby sleeping bags)
Some hate it as now they know they can move then want to.
Think my baby was one of these??
Yeah, my two hated it as well. Just cried and wouldn't settle at all.
(and it was recommended to us, to try it at least, by hospital/midwives as recently as three years ago)
Number 2 hated the idea and always wanted to squirm
Brilliant things - we used them for all of ours, and the car seat one (with the holes for the belts to go through) were a god send.
Baby can wiggle as much as it wants, not worries about them going under the covers, getting bound up, too hot or cold.
They did a year later, when I had mine.
My M-I-L used to live near a woman from one of the Scandinavian countries and she used to wrap her babies in things like strait jackets. They were well & truly bound up and tied.
I also notice that some African women wrap their babies up like little bugs in rugs and then pop them inside a big, bright cloth which is then tied tightly on their backs. Despite being so restricted I have never seen one crying yet!;)