How to Swaddle Your Baby

How to Swaddle Your Baby

Baby on a swaddling blanket

STEP ONE:

Buy one of our deliciously soft Swaddle Me Receiving or Doublet Blankets, or try one of our organic blankets.

STEP TWO:

Lay the receiving blanket down on a soft surface, wrong side up and foldover one corner.

Pull up the opposite corner over baby's chest

STEP 3:

Gently lay your precious baby with his/her head on the turned over corner.

STEP 4:

Pull up the opposite corner of the receiving blanket onto your baby's chest.

Gently pull ne side of the receiving blanket across baby's chest

STEP 5:

Gently foldover the upper right side of the receiving blanket to avoid smothering your baby when all is complete.

STEP 6:

Fold the right side of the receiving blanket to the left over your baby.

STEP 7:

Gently foldover the upper edge of the left side of the receiving blanket as you did for the right side in step five.

A swaddled baby

STEP 8 ~ almost there!

Fold the left side of the receiving blanket to the right over your baby and tightly tuck it under your baby.

Success ~ You did it!

Babies love to be swaddled, particularly in their first few weeks of life as it mimmicks how they felt in utero.

Enjoy your precious bundle of joy!