Is Swaddling the Miracle Solution to Baby Sleep Problems?
A Miracle? The challenge of parenting an infant, is that each one is so different. Tips that work for one baby may not work for the next. So when you get advice on a difficulty you may be having, you of course want to run home and try it out, but often you wind up frustrated when what worked for Jane’s baby doesn’t work for yours. Consequently, any time I hear about the “magic solution” for getting a baby to sleep, I am skeptical. This is true for advice or baby gadgets, but specifically I’m talking about the swaddle. It has seen a recent comeback in the last few years thanks to many popular baby sleep products like Dr. Harvey Karp’s “Happiest Baby on the Block”. With all these big names behind it, it seems like it must be the key to infant sleep. Well, yes and no. Let’s be honest, a swaddle is just a fancy name for a blanket wrapped around a baby. No special equipment is needed, despite what the companies that sell these products will tell you. The only thing you need is a large baby
