The Act of Swaddling

Swaddling a baby is a way not only to protect the baby especially the newly born baby from cold but also from the baby killer on the block – the so called SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome which really kills babies from one month to 12 months old. Thus, a baby swaddler is recommended.

Have you ever commit a swaddling activity and confess guilty of swaddling your baby incorrectly? Afraid that your baby may become a victim of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS but however, you are swaddling your baby too tightly that your baby cannot breath and move properly, don’t you? Guilty or not on incorrect swaddling activity, swaddling your baby using the commercial baby swaddlers should be done not too tightly in contrast to what was said that you should swaddle your baby tightly (though at first your baby will find it uncomfortable but you must do so as it was recommended) so that the baby swaddlers or the swaddling blanket will not unravel easily. It was recommended to wrap the swaddling blanket or the baby swaddlers tightly to your baby in fear of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), in case it will unravel unknowingly if you don’t swaddle the swaddler blanket tightly. Yes, swaddling your baby either by ordinary baby swaddlers or a baby swaddler blankets could reduce the chances of your baby to succumb to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome because swaddling a baby could help your baby sleep on his or her back and not from your baby’s stomach which could cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This is the major advantage of swaddling a baby, especially newborn baby or infants. There is baby killer on the loose, so you must take care utterly your baby. So what is this Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) where many infant mommies fear?

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome just what it is called, it is sudden death of the infant or baby between one to 12 months old without any accurate and clear causes of it. But studies of it shows that most infants and babies who dies because of Sudden Infant Syndrome or SIDS have abnormalities in the part of their brain called “arcuate nucleus” that controls breathing during waking up from sleep; Or, it can be a defect on a portion of their body that triggers sudden death. These defects on babies mostly is caused by a prenatal irresponsibility of the pregnant mother, like exposing herself mostly on toxic substance or drug abuse intake, etc.

There is no definite solution for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome because you never know if your baby will succumb to it or not, however, there are preventive measures to prevent it from happening to your babies. These preventive measures include swaddling your babies mostly if they are infants or newborn babies using a clean and non- allergic and durable baby swaddlers or swaddler blankets for babies; choose only the best and well trusted baby swaddler brand like Pampers or the Pamper Swaddlers or Pamper swaddler diapers.

Another preventive measure to take is let you baby sleep on their backs and not on their stomachs, that is why swaddling your baby is important to make them sleep on their back and prevent them from sleeping on their stomachs. This is so, so that you babies could breathe well during sleeping time.

Your bedding for your sleeping babies is also important and a preventive measure to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) from happening, that is, it should be firm and flat and not foamy or soft life your beds or sofa. This is vital to prevent the baby from being swallow by the bedding which if not look upon could cause suffocation to the baby.

End of Swaddler Part 1

Read also the Intro to Swaddlers Part 2