Interesting way to swaddle a new born
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Topic: Interesting way to swaddle a new born
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Subject: Interesting way to swaddle a new born
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:04pm
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Found this while I was searching some settling techniques.
Its a quite a neat way to wrap a new born, looks nice and snug!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMBn-hdA3e8&feature=related - Linky ------------- |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:07pm
| That does look snug. We did the first wrap the exact same way but not the 2nd. |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:17pm
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Wow, how cozy!!!
We did our wrap backwards so instead of laying her on the blanket before wrapping her.... we lay her down and then put the blanket on her tummy tight upto her chin then as she got a bit bigger, we wrapped her the way they did with the baby on the YouTube Video  -------------  
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:17pm
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WOW - she must have done that about a million times, she makes it look so easy!! It look very snug and SO cute! -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:21pm
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She does make it look easy doesnt she lol, Im going to try it with caden cos I get a lil worried about his head getting co,d now that he is in the cot.
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:25pm
hehe way too easy for her... two left hands for me  It's like a cocoon aye?? Very cute-------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:27pm
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Yeah I like the way it covers babys head, I wish id known about this when I first had caden.
Caden likes being swaddled, it calms him down really well because he feels secure. ------------- |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:27pm
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Blimmin MWs, they always make it look easy and I always feel stoopid cos I can't get it right! I kindof do the first part (well, not the legs, but I'll start doing that cos his legs are getting cold and he kicks all the blankets off!). ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:37pm
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Flissty dont worry it took me ages to figure out how to swaddle properly hehe
I would do it too lose and caden would escape, but cos he is so damn strong I have learnt how to swaddle tight and now he stays put lol. I swaddle like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSaCVRPXXjA&feature=related - This Ignore the rest of the video lol, the way she swaddles is how I swaddle, it works well on cadens strong little limbs! ------------- |
Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:54pm
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i do it pretty much the same as you sheena. xavier loves being wrapped to. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 4:01pm
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Caden knows as soon as I swaddle him that he is going to bed and he goes quiet and calm(usually). ------------- |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 5:32pm
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Daniel is the same - he can be crying (and often cries while being swaddled) but as soon as it's done, he gets really calm and quiet. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 5:35pm
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LOL - was watching the video with D sitting next to me, and he got really excited when he heard the baby crying and started talking to him. So cute!! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 5:43pm
we also swaddle, but with one arm up, as she just won't settle unless she has a hand touching her head! the funny thing about the second video, having also watched the 'dunstan baby language' video today, is that the crying baby sounds very hungry! lol  -------------  
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 9:21pm
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Crikey that baby would be hot or is it a Eskimo baby??
What a procedure..Mind you I should give it a go as Brennan gets out of every bloomin wrap I know! The other two didnt have a hope but he is a Hoodini! -------------  
 
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 9:45pm
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I used to wrap Emily with the first swaddle all the time. ------------- 
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 8:08am
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I have to ask ... how long did you guys swaddle for. It was great in the beginning, now I'm getting nervous about stopping it and now Lincoln will cope. On the odd time I've not swaddled we have a crying fit that goes on forever and if he does sleep it's only for a short time. Ideas??? ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 8:57am
awwwwww i love newborn noises
dammm now i'm watching all the other baby videos  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: first
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 10:55am
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i was told that you should cover your babies head as this is how they loss their heat and learn to regulate their tempreture. Hmm maybe they were going outside or something.
I wrap but he doesn't ike it. He likes to sleep with his hand up by his face or in his mouth. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 11:06am
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Have you seen these? I used one for Cooper and they were fantastic!
http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/shop/Swaddling+Wraps/Fitted+easy+wraps/Miracle+Blanket.html - Miracle Blanket As they get older you can leave their feet out if you want too. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 2:15pm
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hahah that's awesome!
"Like a burrito" We wrapped Hannah the same way she put the first wrapon... but never thought to put a second on. I love how the baby is asleep before she's even finished wrapping it! ------------- 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 3:54pm
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i am amazed that noone on here knew of that way to swaddle....Mum is an ex midwife from waaaayyyy back and this is THE technique she showed us at birth - and was also the way that any of the indian nurses swaddled Ella at the hospital...
amazing that it isnt obviously being taught by new midwives etc if none of you knew about it....shame really huh? |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 3:58pm
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This isnt how they showed me at middlemore, they did the first part of it and also the way I swaddle but thats it.
Wish Id known about it when caden was newborn. ------------- |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 4:22pm
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Ah well,will remember that for next time..
....reason number 15 why we should have another baby right away
too bad the list against is much longer... -------------
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 6:33pm
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to Nicci - about how to stop swaddling. I have just got the latest newsletter from The Sleep Store and they mention that they have updated their info on how to 'wean' your baby off being swaddled. Try their website - www.thesleepstore.co.nz - lots of helpful info for all ages and lovely stuff.
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Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 7:58pm
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Oh ... fantastic. Thank you, everyone on here is so helpful. I have visions of Lincoln being swaddled when he was a teenager the way I'm going!! hehehe ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 8:04pm
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I used to swaddle like the first half of the first way - its what my mum used to do - but found that the arms came loose too easily. Then I learned (from Plunket) the Sheeza way which is kinda like the 2nd way but without including the head, and that's totally my favourite way to swaddle!
With Hannah, we used to wrap only one arm in as she was a finger suckler. With not swaddling, between 6-9mos you wrap them looser and looser during the day until they end up unwrapping themselves by the end of their sleep. If they don't like it, keep swaddling a bit longer. Once they are happy with waking unwrapped and playing with their fingers etc, you can wrap them loosely at nights - and then not at all. -------------  |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 02 September 2008 at 8:43pm
| mum had a way that with this method she could even get ella asleep on her side without her tipping either way...formed a ledge under her somehow to even it all out....i could NOT master that....and then i ended up with the baby who slept and would get out of swaddle so i gave up....my way of doing it was not tight enough i dont think....maybe next time...or just let mum do it! LOL |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 9:35am
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when i was at Bethany there was a housemother who was the BEST at swaddling , I used to always ask her to wrap Caitlyn ,she knew how to do it ...tight, but still breathable ....
Wish i could still swaddle Caitlyn at times......  ------------- 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 9:40am
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I was born at Bethany Hospital....My Mum worked there for years and years.....we used to have many bubbas home with us while she bought the girls home and taught them lots of things....
(just thought I would throw that in there!) -------------
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 06 September 2008 at 10:45pm
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well i only stopped wrapping vincent when he was 17-18 months old. so there we are. lol.
I kinda used to do it like in hte first clip but with the first wrap. i do mine real tight like she did & never folded the legs up & around as part of the wrap, but did often fold it up over the legs cos it looked cuter. lol. V always wore a hat to bed to keep his lil head warm. i found he would lie on his side & nto move either. midn you, the safety sleep helped. When i weaned him off the wrap, i contact the sleep store & started by only wrapping one arm. we also introduced the sleeping bag at the same time so it was a transition out of one into the other. worked really well. Wrapping was fantastic for when V was in hospital last year as it meant he didn't try to pull his tubes out & meant he still had a safety around him that was familiar. i wouldn't go anywhere without his wrap. if i had his wrap & his dummy, i was safe to go ANYWHERE! now, it's his dummy & doggy (soft toy). Sorry, i'm an absolute believer in wrapping. my best friend's first baby wasn't a good sleeper & i always reckoned it was due to not being wrapped. (she calims he would get out of it) This time i started wrapping her lil one as she wouldn't settle. now they wrap her every night as far as i know. I used to wrap V even in hte buggy if it was sleep time. He knew what it meant & would usually go off easy as. -------------   
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