Swaddles!

Is it no wonder parents are often overwhelmed and confused with all things parenting.

Swaddles/wraps are just the starting point.

Every house I enter for an antenatal class parents have multiple different swaddles with the though process of – we will see what the baby ‘likes’.

This is a photo was taken during a P2B private antenatal class today. These are just some of the swaddles and wraps that these soon to be parents had purchased. Yes, they had more (found after the photo!).

Your baby doesn’t know what is available to them, that at baby stores and through marketing parents can end up spending hundreds of dollars to trial something different.

At the end of the day the type of swaddle you use doesn’t matter.

What matters is don’t over think the swaddle/sleeping bag situation and that you are CONSISTENT

JUST PICK ONE!

Don’t swap and change. It will only confuse your baby and yourself.

Imagine for a second, if I came into your home and took away your bed. Every night you slept somewhere different. How well are you going to sleep? Your baby is no different.

Remember that babies thrive on repetition and consistency.

Be consistent, stick to the SAME swaddle or sleeping bag day AND night for ALL SLEEPS.

Those who have done my classes and/or sleep and settling know I am not a big fan of winged swaddles. If they work for you and your baby … fabulous. Keep using them.

Why am I not a fan? Because your baby can and will startle (under 3 months), they suck their hands through the material and to get their hands out you have to buy more (a very expensive adventure) to wean them to arms free. Also, from a sleep perspective, I like one hand out by preferably 3 weeks and no later than 6 weeks.

 

 

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