On 26 Oct 2002 at 21:20, Harvey Karp and Nina Montee wrote:


> I think that there have to be made some distinctions between ways
> parents swaddle. In The Netherlands it is becoing a hype to use a
> certain method of swaddling in which babies arms and legs are
> stretched, as are the fingers and toes. Arms are stretched in line
> with the body, fingers pointing to the feet. Then 2 pieces of cloth
> are used to fixate the baby is this position. When wrapped up, baby is
> not able to move than his facial muscles. There even is a special
> preformed swaddlingdevice for sale that can be closed with velcro
> strips. In different sizes for small babies up to toddlers. I see this
> as child abuse.

See http://www.pacco.nl/
I strongly disagree with this lady and we are at a point of agreeing to disagree...
A Dutch well health baby clinic nurse has written a booklet on it and she is agressively
promoting the technique together with a psycho-something who is doing research into
swaddlling. This lady is very much against co-sleeping.
An other picture of a swaddled child: http://www.pacco.nl/paccokindjevdmaand.html
(baby of the month. If your child is chosen, you get a swaddled stuffed doll. The swaddle
is made to fit the popular babyborn dolls.)

Swaddle for up to 6 months: http://www.pacco.nl/arttot6mnd.htm
over 6 months: http://www.pacco.nl/artvanaf6mnd.htm

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Heleen Hayes
Agenda: http://www.borstvoedingsagenda.nl
Homepage: http://www.xs4all.n/~hhayes

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