swaddling
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Origin and history
- Modern swaddling
- Regional variations
- Medical uses
- Psychological and physiological effects
- Motor development
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Documented negative effects
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Ambrogio Lorenzetti's [[Madonna and Child (1319) depicts swaddling bands]]
Swaddling is an ancient practice of wrapping infants in blankets or similar cloths so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted. Swaddling bands were often used to further restrict the infant. Swaddling fell out of favour in the 17th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “swaddling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.