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Lessons About Baby Sleep

Baby swaddling is a technique that involves safely wrapping your baby in a blanket from the shoulders to the feet. It helps to promote sleep patterns and can help to comfort your baby. The practice of baby swaddling has been used for centuries and is common in many different cultures throughout the World from America to Europe and the Middle East. Swaddling helps to promote sleep patterns in your baby by comforting the child. There is some belief that the technique can help to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS. This belief comes from the conclusion that a baby wrapped in a swaddling blanket has a more stable position and finds it more difficult to turn over during sleep. Swaddling can also help to prevent sudden movements of the baby whilst asleep which can sometimes disturb the baby. The benefit to the parent is that as the baby sleeps for longer so can the parent. You might like to find additional research here to do with Baby Sleep Chart.