Modern industry produces for the tiny kids a variety of comfortable suits, body and overalls. But very small newborns are usually swaddled, since in soft diapers the baby is warmer and more comfortable.
Young mothers are always interested in the question, to what age should you swaddle a child?
Perhaps, you can not answer this question unequivocally. Pediatricians recommend starting with the definition of how old a newborn is to be wrapped, from the individual characteristics of the baby. If the child is more active and moving, the swaddling process ends sooner, because during the period of wakefulness the zhivotchik will try to get rid of the diapers that pull him down, get angry and get irritated. Therefore, in those hours when the active baby does not sleep, it is better to dress it in sliders and blouses.
If the baby is calm in nature, and the presence of diapers does not cause him discomfort, he may be in such a peculiar cocoon longer (but this does not mean that he needs to "flounder" all the time to develop correctly).
At the time of sleep, children are swaddled until the month, because the baby, especially if he is restless, does not allow himself to fall asleep. Often there is such a phenomenon when a half-asleep kid is frightened of his own hands, the movements of which are not yet coordinated.
Representatives of the older generation frighten young mothers by the fact that if the baby does not swaddle, it will have crooked legs. Doctors deny this, stressing that the fact of swaddling does not influence the formation of limbs.
Specialists, answering the question, how long to swaddle a child, are unanimous in one thing: after three months of age it is necessary to refuse swaddling. If the baby, until it is wrapped, does not fall asleep, then it needs to be swaddled more freely . Gradually he will get used to sleeping not wrapped in diapers.
In any case, the mother of the child herself must determine when to stop swaddling the child, not trying to please her relatives. The main thing to remember is that a child who has the opportunity to move freely without diapers needs special attention and a safe environment, since with active movements, he can fall and be injured.