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Swaddling The Right Way
Published April 20, 2011 | 
Swaddling: How to do it the right way
Swaddling is an age- old concept that has recently been revived in Western countries. The act of swaddling is not only soothing for the baby; parents too can have a restful night as their baby sleeps peacefully. Swaddling your baby improperly may actually be more harmful than not swaddling it all. Proper safety essentials should be maintained when you do so.
Swaddling is actually quite easy once you get the hang of it. Nurses in hospitals make the process seem very quick and easy and that is only because they have practiced their skill on a number of babies. You can look up the internet for videos of mothers swaddling their babies and learn the technique. Older relatives in the family can also be sought for advice.
No amount of videos or advice is going to make you learn swaddling unless you do it yourself. You need a swaddling blanket to do it as normal baby blankets don’t have the features required for the act. Swaddling blankets make the job easier as they come with Velcro snaps and are made of breathable, rash- free fabric.
Swaddling is a technique that will not only make your baby sleep trough the night, it will also protect it against SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It also has other benefits as well. So why don’t you make swaddling your baby a regular habit? It will definitely make your anxiety about your baby’s health a lot less.
Swaddling Tips
Published March 31, 2011 | Swaddling Ideas and Tips
Swaddling, which is the act of wrapping an infant around snug blankets, is a practice that has been going on since a long time. The idea is to recreate the ambience of a womb and make the baby feel safe, secure and warm.
Swaddling also prevents SIDS and chances of colic. Research has shown that babies who are swaddled are less fussy and calmer than those which are not.
Western countries are waking up to the idea of swaddling and many swaddlers have hit the market. It is a good idea to select swaddlers from a trusted baby product brand. This is because using a normal blanket to swaddle your baby may be messy as you don’t want it to be too tight, nor too loose and also want it to stay wrapped nicely.
The SwaddleMe by Kiddopotamus is a great baby swaddler that is very popular with parents. It has been designed with Velcro which makes it very easy to wrap it around your baby and stay closed. What’s more, you can change your baby’s diaper while your baby is still inside the SwaddleMe! You can get SwaddleMe in many different fabrics and colors, even in organic cotton.
Blanket sleepers are another product that makes swaddling easy. They come with holes for arms and the head, and you will even find one which has holes for the legs! Summer Infant, Kiddopotamus, etc. are brands which sell blanket sleepers.
Swaddler
Published March 31, 2011 | Swaddler – Swaddling – Baby Swaddler
The act of swaddling:
Choose a good baby swaddler brand. Swaddling a baby is not only a way of protecting it from the cold; it also is a way of preventing SIDS, as the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is better known as. SIDS has been the reason of death for many babies below the age of 12 months and this killer is someone every new mother fears. You must have heard of swaddling a baby when it is very young. But were you aware of the fact that swaddling a baby incorrectly may have a worse effect on it than not swaddling it at all? Yes, that’s right. Swaddling a baby too tightly and completely preventing it from moving its limbs or using the wrong type of cloth to swaddle it is highly dangerous. As a mother, you should know that learning to swaddle your baby correctly will take some practice.
So how do you keep SIDS from affecting your baby? There are two main ways:
1) Let your baby sleep on its back, instead of on its stomach. This will prevent it from rolling off the bed if it happens to sleep in one which has no rails to protect it. It will also be able to breathe better in this posture.
2) Swaddle your baby in good quality, clean and non- allergic cloth. Use durable baby swaddlers or baby swaddler blankets from a trusted baby product brand like Pampers. Pampers swaddlers and Pamper baby diapers are just the thing you should invest in for your new born.