Effects of Swaddling on Infants During Feeding

Procedure for swaddling includes folding one corner of the blanket down two thirds of the way down the blanket in order to make the blanket into a triangular shape. The infant will be positioned with shoulders at the fold of the blanket. The infant will be positioned with the blanket so that elbows, hips, and knees flexed with hands near the face by wrapping one side of the blanket across the chest holding the hands in place, pulling the bottom corner up toward the infant's face, and securing the blanket with the last corner pulled across the infant's chest again and around their back. The blanket will be tight enough to keep extremities in place but one finger will be able to be placed between the infant and the blanket.

Procedure for control is blanket loosely draped across the infant without providing containment and without touching the anterior surface of the infant.