Swaddling a child

Swaddling is an old way to protect a newborn child from hypothermia. Wrapped in a diaper baby who has not yet got used to life outside the womb of his mother and has not learned to own his own body, feels calmer and sleeps better. Each young mother faces a difficult choice - to swaddle a child or still get by the sliders and the raspashka? There is no unequivocal answer. You need to look at the behavior of your crumbs. Many children do not need swaddling at all and feel great in the baby's clothes, and if they are trying to swim, they actively express their displeasure. Other children, on the contrary, still do not know how to coordinate movements, are often frightened of their arms and legs, and as a result - they can not calm down for a long time and sleep badly.

There are several ways to swaddle a child, which depend on the nature of the baby and the recommendations of the child's doctor.

This method is usually used in the first days of a baby's life. In no case is unacceptable tight swaddling. It does not allow the baby to move and interferes with the normal development of the child's muscles.

Scheme swaddling the child with his head.

1. To begin with, it is necessary to prepare the baby for swaddling - put a diaper and rasp on it.
2. On the swaddling table, put the baby across the diaper, so that the head is below its upper edge.
3. One upper edge of the diaper should be wrapped around the baby's head and wrapped around the side, tightly pressing the child's handle. Do the same with the second edge.
4. Bottom of the diaper is wrapped over the baby's legs. We put one edge under the back, and the second one is smacked for it.

If necessary, you can wrap a child in a warm diaper over a thin diaper. At the same time - follow the same pattern, only initially the child's head should protrude above the upper edge of the diaper.

Free baby swaddling

The technique of free swaddling a child:

1. Put a baby on your sweatshirt about your room temperature and a diaper.
2. Place the baby on top of the diaper, so that the top edge of the diaper is at the neck level (if you swaddle with handles) or at the waist level (if you want to leave the knobs free).
3. Wrap the child, turning the left and right edges of the diaper one by one under the baby.
4. The lower edge must be straightened and wrapped around the baby's legs. Fix the side ends one after the other on the back of the child.

Wide swaddling of a child

This way of changing is different from the free way in that two diapers are used in the process. With wide swaddling, the baby's legs do not close, but remain divorced, which contributes to the proper formation of the hip joints.

Scheme of wide swaddling of the child:

1. Just like in the previous methods, the child should be dressed in a thin or thick undergarment and a disposable diaper.
2. On the changing table, first lay one diaper, and then the second, folded at an angle in the form of a scarf.
3. We put the child so that the first to the baby diaper was at the level of the waist, and the second at the neck level - when swaddling with handles, or at the level of the armpits - if the handles are left open.
4. The lower edge of the first diaper is held between the legs of the child and wrapped around the tummy.
5. Lateral corners wrap around in front of the tummy, flushing one after another. Thus, the legs take a fixed position.
6. At the second diaper, which is fully deployed, we turn the upper edges diagonally under the child. Then, after slightly bending the legs and unfolding the baby's feet, it is necessary to wrap the lower edge of the diaper over the tummy and fix its ends on the back of the crumbs.

In today's world, many are categorically against the swaddling of children. We told you the advantages, disadvantages and a few ways of swaddling, but the choice is yours! Make an independent conclusion and determine how your child will be better.