Next New Baby Question

[Jemlet]

Originally posted by sue w
I wonder why that is??? I was encouraged will all 3 of mine to swaddle them And it seems quite logical really...Oh well...But receiving blankets are great anyway..I used them as cot sheets too (didn't by cot sheets)

Swaddling works a treat but overheating can cause cot death. Some midwives get worried that a swaddled baby will overheat.


I got into such trouble one day as I had been out for a walk and had put the baby in a snowsuit as it was a cold winters day. When I got back to our flat the baby was sleeping so I unzipped the snowsuit but I didn't remove it. We lived in a single glazed old fashioned storage heating flat that was anything but warm, and if I had removed the snowsuit the baby would have woken up and had to be wrapped up in a blanket and the halogen heater turned on. The lecture I got from the health visitor was such that you would have sworn I put my child in a snow suit in mid summer.