Why do I need to swaddle grudnichka? If you ask my mom or grandmother, most likely, they hurriedly blurted out to you in response: "As what? Not to frighten, and to feet are straight. "
Swaddling is necessary in order to limit the chaotic motion of hands and feet of the child, so he does not scare himself, as in waking time, and during sleep.
Until recently, there was a belief that the newborn must be so-called "tight" swaddling when hands and feet of the child straighten and tightly wrapped diaper. It was believed that it supposedly prevents the development of leg curvature. Now it is known that it is nothing more than a myth. On the contrary, the natural position of a newborn feet - bent and slightly turned. And break it tight swaddled not only unnecessary but also harmful. A curvature of the legs, if it is, of course, not a hereditary trait, can develop except as a result of rickets, which has no relation to a method of dressing a child.
When it comes to tight swaddling, then it certainly is harmful: tight swaddling violates natural for a newborn posture.
Tight swaddling disrupts the normal diaphragmatic breathing of the child, as compresses the abdomen and chest; For the same reason, tight swaddling blood circulation in the child; tight swaddling provokes diaper rash in a tightly clamped armpits, groin folds, etc.; tight swaddling delays the process of "getting used to" the baby to his hands and feet.So what about changing your benefits can only speak in relation to the so-called free or wide swaddling, which preserves the natural position of the baby's body. In this case, make good use of knitted elastic diapers are more convenient for both mother and for the baby. Free diapering (with handles or no handles, when the inside of the diaper remains enough space for movements), in fact, contributes to: a restful sleep the baby in the first weeks of life, due to restrictions "Vskidyvaniem"; Development of touch, as inside the package as a baby can touch his own body, as well as cloth diapers.
