Swaddling is considered to imitate the safe and comfortable environment of a mother’s womb, thought restricting their movements and putting baby to sleep. There are many ways to do this, so you can choose anyone which you think is suitable for your family.
Best Blanket Wraps for Baby
Make sure babies stay safe, secure and comfortable with our selection of the best baby blanket wrap and bags options.
Wrapping your baby up like a swaddle is the age-old tradition of keeping babies warm and comfy. The earliest records of wrapped babies date can be tracked back to over 4,500 years ago, so the idea of wrapping babies isn’t anything new! Thanks to developments in baby kits, fast forward to 2022 and you can now buy pre-made swaddle wraps in super soft breathable fabric with hoop and loop or zipper designs.
With so many swaddle wraps options available, it can be difficult to decide which ones are best for your new baby. We’ll help you get prepared by giving you some tips for choosing the safest baby products.
The advantages of baby wrapping
Using baby blanket wrap and swaddling your baby up extra tightly comes with a number of health benefits. It is said that swaddling has been shown to pacify a baby who is suffering a colic, and it can also be used to prevent face scratching and help babies stay warmer until they’re able to regulate their own body temperature.
‘Swaddled babies feel safe and secure because they’re copying the feeling of having someone hold them,’ says Simon, a Certified Baby Sleep Consultant and Expert at The Baby Show. ‘They may also be able to calm themselves down when they wake up from their nap by swaddling themselves.’ Some parents swear by swaddling during the first few weeks of life. But it isn’t for every child, so don’t worry if your child doesn’t want to be swaddled or prefer to stretch out. Each child is different when it comes down to how they feel most comfortable.
How to wrap your newborn baby
If you’d prefer a traditional muslin swaddling method, it may be not easy for u to do in a perfect way initially, but it only takes several steps. Midwife and parenting guru Marley Hall has provided these helpful tips for new moms to use the baby blanket wrap:
- Fold a thin blanket into a diamond shape, making sure the corners are folded down.
- Put the baby on its back face up on the bedding with its head over the top of one of the folded corners of the fitted sheet. The fold should just sit at their shoulders, not their neck.
- Ensuring the arms and legs are covered, take the right arm and leg of the blanket and pull them over to the baby’s right side, tucking them under.
- Put the bottom corner of the sheet under the baby’s knees, pull it up over their legs, and tuck it in.
- Repeat step 3 on the other side.
With more practices, you will be a skillful parents.
Elementary baby blank wrap safety tips
Here are some sleep tips worth following to ensure your baby stays safe by using baby blanket wrap. The recommendation is as the following:
- Wrap the baby in a thin, lightweight material to reduce the risk of excessive heating. And check regularly to make sure they don’t get too hot.
- Keep your baby on his or her back to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- As soon as your baby starts showing signs of rolling, stop swaddling as they may get stuck.
- Do not wrap over their shoulders.
- Wrap safely to reduce the risk of the blanket coming loose and cover the baby’s head.
- Wrap baby’s hip more loosely to avoid hip maldevelopment.
- When sharing a bed with your baby, do not swaddle them as they may overheat.
Make show your baby is sleeping on their back
It’s very important to put your baby to sleep on their back because if they sleep on their stomach, they can die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Swaddling may be even more important when your baby is swaddled. Studies have shown that resting on your stomach or rolling over while swaddling increases the risk of sudden infant death and accidental suffocation. If babies are swaddled, they should only be placed in a supine position and monitored so they don’t accidentally roll over.
When to Stop Swaddling
Parents should stop swaddling as soon as their baby shows any signs of trying to roll over. Many babies start rolling as early as 2 months of age. But it is not meant that to throw the blanket, you can still use this blanket when your baby grows bigger, it can be a throw or a bath towel.
Material Choice for blanket
Generally Speaking, for baby products, we are definitely buying more than one piece, since many of them are consumable products. And we also want to make full preparation for our babies. For baby blanket wrap, of course we have many choices and we’d like to choose the best ones for our baby. Then based on different season, we may have different choice. In spring, autumn or winter, the six layers blanket is more suitable. And in summer, it is better to use two or four layers blanket.
The most basic material is: 100% cotton blanket, bamboo cotton blanket, 100% bamboo and organic cotton. They are all soft, breathable and safe, but with different hand feeling. Also there is a variety of size, like 110x140cm, 110x110cm, 120x120cm, 90x90cm, which are suit to use on many occasion, like baby bed, stroller, or on the car. You can choose whatever you like.