To be appalled at the suggestion that I swaddle my nearly one-year-old?

[Shockeddd]

I thought this was appropriate only for very young babies and becomes dangerous and increases the risk of SIDS when they are able to turn over.

Who swaddles a baby this old?

I swaddled one of mine until about 15 months, it was the only way to get her to bloody sleep! Once she was in a deep sleep I did unwrap her a bit so she could free her arms if she needed too

@Shockeddd

Context: My son has never been swaddled. He breastfeeds or needs to be held to sleep. He recently started nursery and won't sleep there so they tried swaddling, with arms in, and he slept. I am sure he didn't like this (and probably cried himself to exhaustion which is why he finally slept) because he is a very active boy who sleeps in a big bed at home and changes position a few times a night in his sleep.

Firstly, you can't know that he cried himself to sleep. You're making a huge assumption with zero evidence. Secondly, brilliant! He CAN go to sleep without needing to be held. You can't hold him forever, so it's great that this is working.