| ing is one of those great things that we learn when | | | | actually be kept from advancing developmentally |
| we are still in the hospital with our babies and we'll | | | | because of their immobility. While most children will |
| continue doing as long as it works. Swaddling helps | | | | wiggle their way out of the swaddle at this age, they |
| both mom and baby get more rest, it helps baby feel | | | | should feel free to move about and start experiencing |
| safe and secure, keeps baby warm, and may even | | | | the world around them. The more your child is able to |
| help when a baby is suffering from colic. Swaddling is | | | | move around, the more he or she will develop, and the |
| an art form, and it's been used for so long because it | | | | mobility process is already beginning! At just one month |
| works with more babies than not. So, when do you | | | | of age your baby is learning how to move and control |
| have to give it up? Is there a time when you should | | | | his or her body so in just a few more months crawling |
| stop swaddling your child? During the first weeks of life | | | | and then walking will be a possibility. Babies over one |
| your child will likely feel more comfortable when they | | | | month of age will usually tell their parents through |
| are swaddled because they'll stay warm, he or she will | | | | movements or crying that they do not like to be |
| feel secure, and they won't scare themselves with | | | | swaddled anymore, so the swaddling usually stops |
| startle reflexes. But, after about a month or so you | | | | naturally. But, if your baby still likes to be swaddled you |
| should consider cutting back on the amount of time | | | | need to unwrap him or her during their waking hours |
| that your child is swaddled. Swaddling at night is still fine | | | | so they can begin to move about. The baby that |
| at this point, or any time during sleep, but during the | | | | doesn't want out of the swaddling around this age is |
| waking hours your baby should be free to experience | | | | few and far between, but it does happen. Some |
| the world through touch. Babies at this age often start | | | | babies are just very content to be wrapped and |
| to reach out toward things; they can feel the skin of | | | | snuggly, but it's important for them to begin to learn |
| their parents, the softness of their blankets, and just | | | | about the world around them. The only way for this to |
| about everything else in their environment. Babies at | | | | happen is through movement, and that can't happen |
| this age learn through touch, and it's important that they | | | | when your baby is swaddled. |
| are able to do so. A baby that is swaddles can | | | | |