is swaddling risky?

[Susiemj]

my baby [sometimes] likes it but the official advice is to sleep them with a blanket or sheet across the chest. is swaddling risky?

I swaddled, but only because I had a really old fashioned nurse in the hospital and my lo found it comforting.

not as far as i know.

I swaddled ds and found it very useful.

It;s coming back into fashion and have seen a few health professionals recommending it.

My preemie was swaddled and couldn't sleep any other way for the first few months. The SCBU nurses recommended it, and I followed their advice, and then got told off by the HV. Who I ignored.

same here my little one was in scbu and they insisted on swaddling her like they did with all the babies she had nurses coming to visit her at home for the first 8 weeks and they all after weighing her etc immediately swaddled her but my normal HV was horrified by this but shes 8 mths old now and still likes to be wrapped when tired

Swaddled was the only way to get DS2 to sleep and he would sleep for hours like it. Even in the day - Bonus!
DS1 hated it though.
Didn't think it was risky - It is the oldest parenting tip ever surely?

Only if you include their head

lord- i've got the hand thing too. she setles for 5 minutes then the hand starts going. am reassured by 40 minutes tho.

made the fatal mistake of not going to sleep when she did today

Looking online it seems to help prevent against cot death but I'm sure I saw something to the contrary last year but can't find it now. DS was swaddled but he very quickly started wriggling out of it, at which point we put him in grobags. I think you need to make sure the baby doesn't overheat.

I swaddled both of mine. DD until 9mths, DS until about 5mths. No problems HOWEVER I stopped sooner with DS as my HV said they no longer recommend swaddling at any stage due to increased risk of over heating. I can see where she's coming from but never had any problems.

As far as I know they've done it all around the world for thousands of years. As long as the baby isn't overheated or sweating, I think it's very good for them and makes them feel secure. I swaddled DS, was taught to do so by the hospital midwife in Belgium...

i found swaddling great for the breastfed baby who kept putting her hands in the road between her and the boob.

Swaddled all 9 of mine. For quite a while with some of them. Worked well for us. Have never heard any recommendations not to swaddle in 16years of having babies.

thanks. swaddled last night. MUCH better night's sleep!

And again!

The only thing to note is that it should be a natural fibre blanket or sheet not a synthetic fleece or quilt.