Tips for when your baby doesn't want to be swaddled
Swaddling a young baby can help them to settle and sleep on their back. This is protective against SUDI (Sudden Infant Death in Infancy). Swaddling can also be a good way to calm an unsettled and wakeful baby.
In the early months, a light muslin or cotton wrap is ideal to use as a swaddle. It can take a bit of practice to find the best way to wrap firm enough, though not too tight. Some babies are experts in wriggling free from their wrap and some just stay neatly inside.
How to Handle Your Baby's Inevitable Witching Hour
Parents of newborns have often heard of “the witching hour” and are all too familiar with what it means. In folklore, the witching, or devil’s hour, refers to the window of time at night when supernatural events occur. And although parents may feel that their special baby has been replaced by a little ghoul, time and gut maturity almost always bring improvement.
Thumb sucking or dummy, which is better for my baby’s teeth?
Babies are naturally driven to suck - after all, their survival depends on it. Though sucking isn’t always restricted to the breast or bottle and some babies also love to suck on their thumb, fingers and/or a pacifier (dummy). Many parents are concerned about the impact of finger/thumb or dummy sucking on their child’s teeth and wonder which is better.
