[arista]

Swaddling the baby so tight
can effect their growth proper



On All News today


Swaddling 'damages baby's hips'


[Swaddling may have come back
into fashion after speculation
Prince George was wrapped as he left hospital]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz2j8TIVEIG

[smudgie]

I swaddled son for first week or so as he was a winter baby, daughter was a summer baby and was left free to nature.

[arista]

Originally Posted by smudgie

I swaddled son for first week or so as he was a winter baby, daughter was a summer baby and was left free to nature.

One week is OK

[Jessica.]

I don't have a baby but I have experience with them, I believe swaddling is perfectly fine as long as the baby gets regular breaks from it and of course that it's not too tight.

[Kizzy]

I agree swaddling helps baby feel more secure.

[user104658]

Some like it some don't - my first daughter would frequently "startle" (throw her arms up in the air) herself awake if she wasn't semi-swaddled, although it was never a tight swaddle, and it seems fairly obvious that you shouldn't have them swaddled 24/7, surely? My 2nd daughter, enjoyed her freedom and would have been very distressed if we had even tried to restrain her from moving her arms / legs (she used to get annoyed even if a blanket stopped her legs from moving) much less swaddling her. Like the vast majority of "baby stuff" - there's no such thing as a "one size fits all" approach. My two daughters have had identical starts to their lives, and have been completely different little people from day one.

Just a couple of notes though: 1) Slings are always better than swaddling, wherever possible. The reason babies are calmed by swaddling is because it "tricks" them into thinking they're being held close to their parent. Obviously, a better option is to do the real thing.

and 2) George isn't swaddled in that picture, so if that's what people are going by in saying that he appears to be swaddled, then they don't know what swaddling is :/

[AnnieK]

My son hated being swaddled....even now he doesn't like being restricted. The nurses and midwives do recommend it though