Swaddling Research to Support Safe, Informed Infant Care
SwaddlingResearch.org curates research related to infant swaddling and safe sleep to support decisions for medical professionals, educators, policy makers, and parents.
By focusing on safe swaddling practices and safe sleep recommendations, we aim to provide a trusted resource that cuts through opinion-based content and promotes informed, responsible guidance around infant care.
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Swaddling: Boosts Baby Sleep, Stops Colic & Reduces Infant Risks – By Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP
Swaddling is one of the world’s oldest baby care traditions. For thousands of years, parents have wrapped infants to carry, soothe and protect them and to promote sleep. Until, in… Read more ⇢
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Physiologic studies on swaddling: An ancient child care practice, which may promote the supine position for infant sleep
Abstract Objective: The calming effects of swaddling may help infants accept back sleeping and so reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. We hypothesized that swaddling, with minimal leg… Read more ⇢
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Infants Perceived as “Fussy” Are More Likely to Receive Complementary Foods Before 4 Months
Heather Wasser, MPH, RDa, Margaret Bentley, PhDa,b, Judith Borja, PhDc, Barbara Davis Goldman, PhDd, Amanda Thompson, PhDb,e, Meghan Slining, PhDa,b, Linda Adair, PhDa,b ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess early infant-feeding… Read more ⇢
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Does Swaddling Decrease or Increase the Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
Bradley T. Thach, MD Departments of Pediatrics Washington University Correspondence and Reprint Requests: Bradley Thach, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine 660 South Euclid Campus Box 8208 Saint Louis, MO… Read more ⇢
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