Swaddling a fussy baby

Babies are often fussy because they are struggling to adjust to life outside the womb. Swaddling is an excellent way to mimic the snug conditions of a mother's womb.
To swaddle your baby, start by placing a large square blanket onto a flat surface and fold down one of the corners.

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Place the baby at the center of the folded corner.

Comments

[jtobako]

My kids would fuss until they got their arms free, then they were fine.

Then again, they loved having their head way out over our arms so that they looked at the world up-side-down.

[kelseymh]

Mmmmm....baby burrito! I was really stunned at how well this worked with our daughter, along with the bouncing and shushing.

Have you read Karp's The Happiest Baby on the Block?  I don't like his pseuo-evolutionary backstory, but his method is amazingly effective.  

[ckaraffa]

Your son is so cute!!!