Swaddling

Swaddling is supposed to help babies be calmer when they're upset and to sleep better.

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Swaddling, which is the practice of snuggly wrapping a baby in a lightweight, breathable blanket, helps coax babies into a long, healthy, and restful sleep by giving the little ones a secure and cozy feeling at bedtime.

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Swaddling soothes fussing so well it reduces the chance of exhausted parents accidentally falling asleep with their babies on a bed or sofa (potentially hazardous locations for little babies).

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• Swaddling and cosleeping may increase how long your baby sleeps.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Swaddling and cosleeping may increase how long your baby sleeps.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Swaddling increases how long your baby sleeps by preventing her from startling herself awake.20 You can swaddle your baby in a large, lightweight blanket; a commercial swaddling blanket; or sleep sack with her arms tucked inside.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Swaddling keeps their arms from flailing around and accidentally whacking and waking them.

Harvey Karp: The Secret To Getting Your Baby To Sleep 2010

Swaddling increases how long your baby sleeps by preventing her from startling herself awake.20 You can swaddle your baby in a large, lightweight blanket; a commercial swaddling blanket; or sleep sack with her arms tucked inside.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Sadly, despite all the academic accolades of co-authors Etruscanist Larissa Bonfante and British Museum Head of Italian Collections Judith Swaddling, all the two experts can cook up in their 2006 book Etruscan Myths is a less-than-accurate translation, 'the *crime or punishment* of Sisyphos'5, which simply overlooks the above facts and which thereby frustratingly obscures a source for these Latin and Greek words whose origins are otherwise unknown.

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Sadly, despite all the academic accolades of co-authors Etruscanist Larissa Bonfante and British Museum Head of Italian Collections Judith Swaddling, all the two experts can cook up in their 2006 book Etruscan Myths is a less-than-accurate translation, 'the *crime or punishment* of Sisyphos'5, which simply overlooks the above facts and which thereby frustratingly obscures a source for these Latin and Greek words whose origins are otherwise unknown.

The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009