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Yes the escape proof swaddle is great,although i have to hold her till she falls asleep and then swaddle. If i swaddle while she's still asleep she screams and never falls asleep lol! Also i tried the summer infant swaddle with velcro and DD really hated that so im sticking with blankets. Soon i will have to find some light weight blankets for this,the fleece blankets i've been using will be too warm soon. Avoid the frustrations of swaddling your baby. Learn 3 super easy ways to swaddle your baby and whether you can do sleep training while.
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As a nurse, I work with adults. But as a mom with a 5 month old, I've found that he still likes to be swaddled with his arms in.
It makes him feel secure. When his arms are out, they swing around sometimes in a haphazard manner (even though he sucks on his fingers during the day, when not swaddled).As for up or down, the book 'happiest baby on the block' (not exactly 'evidence based research', though he's an MD relying on experience & research) recommends down - it's harder for the baby to escape the swaddle that way. Eventually they move their arms to the midsection, anyway. Hmm maybe we should check w/the SIDS foundation then, for that literature. I would be really interested to know if something I have been doing is wrong.I always just swaddle them after they get into their 'natural position', usually w/arms at sides or curled up by shoulders. I never pull them against their will to swaddle. I have to say, most newborns do not sleep w/arms up by the head and out of blankets.
And where I work, we encourage skin-to-skin at breast as much as possible, so swaddling is not a huge issue in that case. If baby is in bed w/mom we just have baby at mom's skin.I am curious about that literature though, so I am going to do some research. Thank you for the food for thought.
I am always interested in updating to keep up with the latest, best practices! We mostly swaddle with arms in- there are always some babies who like to have their arms up & out but most seem so much more secure with their arms swaddled in. I don't know what the SIDS foundation says, but last spring my workplace had us all attend a day-long perinatal conference. The NNP who spoke mentioned that the new SIDS guidelines for sleep were 'back to sleep, feet to foot': baby on their back (of course) but instead of swaddling, with their feet at the foot of the crib and a single blanket tucked across the chest/arms out and into the sides of the crib mattress to keep the head/face uncovered.But, we still swaddle. Hmm maybe we should check w/the SIDS foundation then, for that literature. I would be really interested to know if something I have been doing is wrong.I always just swaddle them after they get into their 'natural position', usually w/arms at sides or curled up by shoulders.
I never pull them against their will to swaddle. I have to say, most newborns do not sleep w/arms up by the head and out of blankets.
And where I work, we encourage skin-to-skin at breast as much as possible, so swaddling is not a huge issue in that case. If baby is in bed w/mom we just have baby at mom's skin.I am curious about that literature though, so I am going to do some research.
Thank you for the food for thought. I am always interested in updating to keep up with the latest, best practices!We promote 'skin-to-skin' at our hospital and putting the baby to breast right after delivery, too. I just find it sometimes when a baby is super fussy to swaddle them in for a little bit to calm them down. As much as we encourage mom's to feed at least 8-12 times a day, there are some mom's that only want to and even insist that they feed only on demand. By the time the baby wakes up, the baby is frantically hungry and sometimes even holding skin-to-skin doesn't always help.
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