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I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got
flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 7 months still nursing strong with 4 teeth! |
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"Andrea" skrev i en meddelelse
... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o At the hospital - when DS was born - they swaddled him in a duvet and put tape around. This happened just after his birth (CS) and while they 'put Humpty Dumpty together again' I held him - tape and all. I couldn't as easily drop him that way - otherwise he would have been slippery. I had DH there to help hold him :-) Tine, Denmark |
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Andrea wrote in message
... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! I think the blanket lookes like a great idea. I'm not sure what you see as a problem with it. And babies can wiggle out of a swaddled blanket if you don't put it around tight enough, so again I don't know what it is that is upsetting to you. I didn't see anything about duct tape in the article. Did I miss something? -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... |
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Wow
I hate the duct tape thing, but some babies do better with tight swaddling The other day my baby accidentally touched her nose in her sleep, startled herself awake and began wailing like a banshee. I am not opposed on principle to waddling. As I've mentioned, I have an autistic kid. They use weighted vests, firm holds etc to soothe them and help calm them down., Swaddling is the same thing, sometimes firm all over pressure really helps the nervus system. "Andrea" wrote in message ... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 7 months still nursing strong with 4 teeth! |
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"Andrea" wrote in message ... "Sue" wrote in message ... Andrea wrote in message ... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! I think the blanket lookes like a great idea. I'm not sure what you see as a problem with it. And babies can wiggle out of a swaddled blanket if you don't put it around tight enough, so again I don't know what it is that is upsetting to you. I didn't see anything about duct tape in the article. Did I miss something? -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Of course she isn't going to mention duct tape in the article - it's a promotional article! I think swaddling a little baby is ok, but a 7 month old that can stand, crawl and almost walk? some cultures swaddle up to a year plus,this is sleepytime swaddling,not 24-7 swaddling the article sas the product is for babies 4 months and under I told her to put in a disclaimer that the blanket shouldn't be overused, no-one should keep their baby swaddled 24-7. it says that swaddling is reccomended only when baby needs soothing |
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I wasn't under the impression she was advocating keeping the baby in for
24/7. I took it to mean that she used it for sleeping and when baby is the most agitated. As for an older baby, some older babies still need to be swaddled at night for sleeping because they still jerk themselves awake. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Andrea wrote in message ... "Sue" wrote in message ... Andrea wrote in message ... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! I think the blanket lookes like a great idea. I'm not sure what you see as a problem with it. And babies can wiggle out of a swaddled blanket if you don't put it around tight enough, so again I don't know what it is that is upsetting to you. I didn't see anything about duct tape in the article. Did I miss something? -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Of course she isn't going to mention duct tape in the article - it's a promotional article! I think swaddling a little baby is ok, but a 7 month old that can stand, crawl and almost walk? I told her to put in a disclaimer that the blanket shouldn't be overused, no-one should keep their baby swaddled 24-7. I am not upset, I just thought it was interesting. -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 6 months still nursing strong with 4 teeth! |
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"Nina" wrote in message
... Wow I hate the duct tape thing, but some babies do better with tight swaddling The other day my baby accidentally touched her nose in her sleep, startled herself awake and began wailing like a banshee. I am not opposed on principle to waddling. As I've mentioned, I have an autistic kid. They use weighted vests, firm holds etc to soothe them and help calm them down., Swaddling is the same thing, sometimes firm all over pressure really helps the nervus system. "Andrea" wrote in message ... I used to post on the OBY-GYN forums, and met a woman on there who got flamed for taping a blanket round her baby with duct tape. She has just emailed me as she has now brought a swaddle blanket out show here; http://tinyurl.com/2zo4o I hate the bit where it says "Devan always managed to wriggle free". What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 7 months still nursing strong with 4 teeth! I don't like the idea myself, Kam sweats a lot so I like him to have loose blankets so he doesn't overheat. My son is aspergers, and doesn't need weighted vests. Some autistics hate to be touched. -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 7 months still nursing strong with 4 teeth! |
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Of course she isn't going to mention duct tape in the article - it's a
promotional article! I think swaddling a little baby is ok, but a 7 month old that can stand, crawl and almost walk? Our second son loved to be swaddled up until he was about 7 1/2 mo old. Now he's a little too active to keep him swaddled, but he still likes to be tucked in tightly, esp if he's upset or overstimulated. Now that he's almost walking, I can't really do it, but when he was crawling, swaddling was a great way to keep him calm enough long enough to sleep. Otherwise, even in his dead-tired mood, he was trying to practice his new skills. I told her to put in a disclaimer that the blanket shouldn't be overused, no-one should keep their baby swaddled 24-7. There are many cultures who do keep their babies tightly swaddled with no ill-effects. Some babies in other cultures don't learn to walk until well after a year or 14 mo b/c of it, but there is no harm in that. Other cultures encourage walking and unrestricted clothing (if clothed at all) and the babies almost always walk by 6 or 7 mo. (I read this in my fav book, "Our Babies, Ourselves" by Meredith Small.) I am not upset, I just thought it was interesting. |
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Sue wrote in message ...
I wasn't under the impression she was advocating keeping the baby in for 24/7. I took it to mean that she used it for sleeping and when baby is the most agitated. As for an older baby, some older babies still need to be swaddled at night for sleeping because they still jerk themselves awake. If I don't swaddle Bethany for naps and bedtime she'd never fall asleep! And she is 15 months old. I never thought I'd swaddle a baby that old. I have a friend who had to be swaddled until she was two years old. I didn't discover the need to swaddle her until she was a few months old and kept flailing and poking at me and putting her feet in my mouth and plain out fighting sleep. I decided one day to just wrap her in a blanket because I was tired of her fighting and poking and realized she fell asleep much, much quicker and with almost no fighting. Marie |
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Andrea wrote:
What do you think? I guess shes come a way from duct tape! For my DD, swaddling was a lifesaver...not only for her, but for DH and me as well. Our first 1 1/2 months with DD were a nightmare...she never would sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time, and we were both really losing our marbles with such a small amount of sleep. DD was not doing well either...she wasn't getting enough rest, and as a result she was a very unhappy baby. DH's Aunt ran across the "Happiest Baby on the Block" book and suggested it to us. While we didn't necessarily use every piece of advice the book had to offer, learning how to swaddle properly was a miracle cure for us. I thought I had tried it before, sort of loosely bundling DD in a blanket...it never seemed to help. Once I learned to swaddle her with her arms at her side, pulling the blanket firmly enough to make her feel really secure it was like a switch was turned on and all of a sudden we were all getting great sleep. DD is almost 4 months old, and I still swaddle her for sleep at night...only I leave her arms free as she has learned to suck her thumb and comfort herself back to sleep. She is sleeping 8-10 hours a night straight without waking up (or waking, but soothing herself back to sleep) and it has been wonderful. Funny, I said to DH that someone should come up with some sort of special blanket with velcro or something on it to make swaddling even easier. For the record, I never used duct tape nor did I keep DD swaddled all the time...only as needed to help her fall asleep. Sorry to run on so long, but DH and I were just saying last night that we would recommend learning to swaddle to any new mother or father...all babies are different, but it sure worked for us! Kathy |
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