Wrapping Baby
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Topic: Wrapping Baby
Posted By: denny25
Subject: Wrapping Baby
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:15am
| If i plan to swaddle/wrap my baby at night, will she need sheets and blankets over her as well? it will be september when she is born. |
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:35am
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Yep, I'd say you'll still want a sheet and a woollen blanket. It does depend on the weight of the wrap you use and the temperature of the room the baby's in. I used muslin wraps with Michaela (an April baby) and then gave her the same number of blankets I had on my bed. During the day I used a thicker brushed cotton wrap and had a thick cotton blanket on her. -------------  
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Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:35am
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September can still be quite cool, I would use sheets and a blanket, even if it is a cotton blanket or air cell. -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: mandz
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 11:23am
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Hi Denny25
Oliver was born in April and we swaddled him with old cloth nappies when it was cool and muslin wraps when it was warmer. He also had a cotton sheet and a blanket on top of that. As it has become colder he is now wrapped in a wrap made of t-shirt like material, with flanelette sheets and a warmer blanket. You will soon know if baby is too hot as they will be hot and sweaty when you get them up, also you can put your fingers down the back of their neck - if warm they are okay, but if sweaty they are too hot. Also I can't imagine not wrapping Oliver, is still is at present as well. Just made his sleep so much better and longer - especially as he got older. Amanda  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 12:17pm
It really just depends on the temperature. Chloe was wrapped and often had a sheet and a cotton blanket even in February, but we live in Dunedin  Now she has piles of blankets!!
ETA: when it was warm/hot we swaddled in muslin wraps, but when it was cooler we swaddled her in flannelette type stuff. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 12:38pm
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Keziah is an October baby, and I swaddled her in a cotton nappy to begin with because she was small enough, but as she got bigger I wrapped her in a blanket that we got in our baby bounty pack (from the hospital)
Now she still gets swaddled for daytime sleeps because she only sleeps in her body suit and tights/socks. It's a polar fleece blanket and we wrap her from the armpits down so both her arms are free for her comfort -------------  
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Posted By: KiwiWonder
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 1:33pm
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Both my babies (July and March) have been wrapped - Z was wrapped until she was over 6 months.
Definitely need sheets - we actually use LOTS of sheets as K in particular is very spilly, so I tend to use a folded flat cloth nappy and/or flannel wrap under her head so that I'm only changing that extra bit, rather than all the bedding, when she's had a big spill in her bed / hammock. For blankets, in the hammock I use a cotton weave blanket or a woollen blanket - both bassinet / pram sized (just depends on which is handy really!) When she's not in the hammock she's usually in our bed, and then we just use the normal duvet / covers ;-) The other thing I found was that the wraps really need to be of a decent size to last longer than a month or so as baby grows / gets more wiggly / mobile. I personally don't use anything less than 1m x 1m - http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz - The Sleep Store has some really good wraps (that can be pricey) but otherwise you can DIY your own  ------------- Margo |
Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 3:02pm
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My babies also slept so much better wrapped when small. I also had a blanket over the top (cotton or wool as they breathe).
Totally depends on the temp of the room too. If you go for either muslin or flannelette, for wrap, these are cotton and allow the airflow through the wrap so baby doesn't overheat. Once Tyde started getting out of his wraps, he went into a Peke Moe ! ;) ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 3:46pm
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When E was born, I wrapped her in a nappy and she had a sheet and a cotton blanket on top of her. Both were folded in half, which doubled the number of layers IYKWIM. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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