A Parent’s Perspective: Testimonials from the Trenches
Swaddling helps the little one know where she is.
Without it she has no sense of where her body ends
and the universe begins.
Al, father of Marie-Claire, Esmé, and Didier
The vast majority of new babies stay calmer and sleep longer
when they are swaddled. Here are some of their stories:
The day after Marie-Claire was born, she was
crying. Not one of those newborn squeals that makes
you go, “Ahhhh,” but rather a really powerful bellow.
I was shocked that a one-day-old could make such a
sound!
Just then Dr. Karp came into our room. He casually
walked over to the bassinet, picked our baby up, and
wrapped her like a burrito. Then he put her on his lap
with her feet toward his belly and her head at his
knees and bending his face toward her ears, he made
a loud “shhhh” noise. The swaddling and white noise
worked together so well that she stopped crying
almost instantly.
My husband and I were astonished. It was unlike
anything we had ever witnessed. So we learned how
to swaddle our baby tight, tight, tight in a receiving
blanket, and she was the happiest, most content baby
on the planet!
After she was three months old, people would often
look askance when we wrapped her, as if we were
resorting to barbaric measures. When curious
onlookers asked, “Why have you wrapped your baby
like that?” we’d proudly answer, “Because it makes
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