How to Swaddle a Baby (Video)
How to swaddle a baby
When our first child was born, we had NO idea what we were getting into!
After hours upon hours of labor, an epidural gone bad and crazy delivery – our sweet Z was born.
After our introduction and her newborn tests, a nurse talking to my husband asked if he knew how to swaddle a baby.
Swaddle? What was that?
I told you we were clueless, didn’t I?
So my husband taped this 8 years ago. This is our daughter Z being swaddled by the nurse for the first time. Which also serves as a video on how to swaddle a baby!
When first introduced to the concept of swaddling, I have to admit we seriously thought it was downright torture for the child. It reminded me of a little straight jacket. After dealing with colic, we quickly learned the way of the swaddle. Our first we swaddled for her first 8 or so months. She was a tiny thing and came to LOVE being swaddled more than anything.
Each child will let you know his or her love for it. Our second, could care less. Our third, another colicky baby loved being swaddled for the first several months. And our baby Zeke, he is cool either way – but I do notice him sleeping better when swaddled (therefore we swaddle when Mom needs sleep!).
Did You Swaddle Your Baby?
Thanks for the vid Molly.
I bought a couple swaddling blankets so I am gonna give this a try when baby comes.
It seriously amazed me how the L&D nurses would so skillfully handle squirmy newborns with startle reflexes. We didn’t swaddle much with baby #1, but baby #2 was swaddled for much of her first 4 months at night. We like the Kidopotamus with velcro the best. Miracle blanket was not a miracle for us. She really didn’t like being swaddled, but she stayed asleep longer, so I became fairly good at swaddling her while she was already sleeping.
I learned how to swaddle well with my third child ..I just asked the nurse to show me and she did…. Lillie hated it …oh well but kid number four loved it and sad to say is gonna be a year old and will not go to sleep with out being wrapped, as a matter of fact she gets excited when she sees her blanket . She is old enough to unwrap herself and until she tells me otherwise.
I wish I’d seen this four months ago! I was told to swaddle with the babies hand centered but they (i have twins) always escaped, this technique solves that problem. Can I share on my blog? http://www.smilingwatermelon.com??