Learn about Swaddling

The first few weeks you are home with your newborn are full of learning many parenting tasks! Feeding, changing diapers and making sure she has everything she needs can be exhausting. Unfortunately, the first few weeks are also when many newborns and their parents are sleeping for short periods of time potentially making these tasks more difficult.

Newborns are often easily awakened because they miss the security of being inside the womb. One way to replicate the security of the womb is keeping them tightly swaddled. Newborns instinctively struggle against the blankets and often try to get a hand to their mouth to suck. This was fine when they were inside the womb, but now that they are on the outside, it is important to provide that security with a secure swaddle. Successful swaddling with a standard receiving blanket require specific techniques and each blanket used swaddles differently depending on the thickness of the fabric and the size of the blanket.