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Offline bethanys mummy

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Swaddling and self soothing with fingers and thumbs
« on: April 02, 2007, 12:46:27 pm »
Hi

a couple of brief sleep questions

- can you please direct me to the best info on swaddling, pref with pictures, as my lo always seems to get out of what we do

- she is keen on sucking and I am keen to get her interested in fingers / thumbs rather than dummy / me so any swaddle ideas / pics on how you do it so they can reach their fingers (without getting out of swaddle or hands smacking in face!) would be a bonus

At what age would you expect them to be able to use their fingers properly? At the moment she can't hold them in long enough (6 weeks) so keen to know when she might be successful
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Re: Swaddling and self soothing with fingers and thumbs
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2007, 21:58:10 pm »
Hi, has anyone got any thoughts on these points, help much appreciated!
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Re: Swaddling and self soothing with fingers and thumbs
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2007, 21:49:11 pm »
hello!  sorry this got buried! 

there's some good swaddling stuff here (with pictures! ;) ):
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=1439.0

what's nice about it is that it puts her hands right up by her face - will help with the whole sucking fingers thing.  could happen anytime between now and a few months old.

HTH a little.  :)
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