How to swaddle a child and is it worth swaddling?

The debate about whether or not to swaddle the children at all does not abate so far. Someone is of the opinion that swaddling harms the child, and someone, on the contrary, believes that it is necessary to swaddle the children. Nevertheless, to swaddle a child or not, only his parents can decide. And it is desirable to do this before the birth of the baby, then not to re-educate it.

According to pediatricians, free swaddling does not do any harm to the child and can be used until the child has fully coordinated movements. To the tight swaddling of a more biased attitude, both in pediatricians and in orthopedics. It is believed that tight swaddling interferes with the child's freedom to move and develop physical activity.

At the age of up to one month, the baby can be swaddled all the time, after a month it is advisable, at least for a short time, to wear it in swingers and sliders or swaddle only at night. Swaddling can help mom, if the room is very cold - the child will not open, and it will be warm.

All the arguments about the fact that a child who grew up in diapers, will lag behind in development, are just a myth. All famous scientists, professors and candidates of sciences in childhood were swaddled. As you can see, this did not affect their mental development. Therefore, the question of whether it is necessary to swaddle a newborn depends only on the decision of the parents and their financial capabilities (diapers are cheaper than sliders-raspashki).

If you decide to swaddle your baby, then the best option is a free swaddling up to one or two months. Then you can swaddle a child only for the night until he stops waking his hands.

How to swaddle a child?

First you need to decide on the time when you will change the baby diapers. The most acceptable option is before feeding, in the evening after bathing. Before swaddling it is necessary to wash hands with soap. If necessary, we wash the child and change his diaper. Preliminary it is necessary to prepare two pure ironed diapers: one flannel, the second - calico. The flannel diaper should be at the bottom, and the cotton diaper on top. The edge of the diaper is wrapped around 15 cm. We put the baby on the diaper. We press one handle, the second hand wraps one edge of the diaper to the baby by the shoulder, tummy and thigh, now press the second handle and do the same with the other side of the diaper. The lower edge of the diaper is straightened and we put it on the child to the level of the chest, both edges are tucked. The same manipulations are done with a flannel diaper. If desired, you can wear a bonnet over the child's head.

How to swaddle a child to leave free handles?

This swaddling is called free, as it offers the child the opportunity to actively move the handles. At such swaddling, the legs are not tightened so that the child can move them. If you are considering how to swaddle a child, then the option of a free swaddling will be much preferable.

The algorithm for free swaddling is as follows. We will need two diapers again. We bend the edges to 15 cm. To put the child is necessary so that the diapers are at the level of the underarms of the baby. We wrap first one side of the diaper, then the other. The lower edge is straightened and we throw on the child in such a way that there is room for the legs of the baby, both edges are tucked and fixed.

How to swaddle a child outside in cold weather?

To do this, choose the type of swaddling with wrapped handles, but, in addition to diapers, we also use a blanket. If you use a reusable diaper, then an oilcloth measuring 30 * 30 cm should be placed between the diapers and the blanket, so as not to soak the blanket. The oilcloth lies just behind, from the waist to the tibia of the baby. From above it is necessary to swaddle the child in a blanket according to an algorithm similar to diapers. Before the walk, the child wears a bonnet, and on top a warm hat.