Diapering

Diapering for Newborns

Diapering can facilitate falling asleep and improve a dream in the period of the raised Moro's reflex - usually it the first 2-3 months after the birth.

"Broad Diapering" is prevention of development of a dysplasia.

Possible problems

• "Hard Diapering" can interfere with development of muscles of hands and legs, to break development of coxofemoral joints (this way was widely used earlier, now it isn't recommended).
• There is a risk of overheating of the newborn if parents incorrectly picked up quantity of clothes under a nappy taking into account temperature condition.
• Constant restriction of movements can negatively affect development of the kid therefore the child shouldn't be swaddled in wakefulness time.

Types of Diapering

Hard

The diapers very densely covers a body of the baby; handles along a body are hardly fixed. Movements of the kid are limited, he can't move extremities. This way very widely was widespread earlier, often quite so the children were swaddled by our grandmothers. Was considered that in such situation the child will sleep more strong, won't awake itself in a dream with hands and legs. Besides, believed that by means of such way it was possible to fix legs.

Now such type of Diapering doesn't use. It isn't physiologic, and just interferes with development of muscles of legs and hands, can break breath and development of coxofemoral joints. To "correction of legs" as was considered earlier, doesn't bring.

Free

It is possible to allocate two options. The first - not hard fixing of handles and legs. In this case something turns out like an envelope for a dream in which the newborn will be able to move with extremities, but won't be able to pull out them from a nappy in a dream.

Taking into account the expressed "physiological" hyper tone in the first months of life it is more physiologic - to swaddle the newborn with the handles crossed on a breast, but not extended along a body. Legs don't need to be extended directly also, they have to be in the free family way.

The second option of free Diapering - without handles when only the lower extremities are swaddled. Something turns out like a bag for a dream. The breast of the kid remains open, he can free move with hands. Legs are also recorded leaky, at the kid the freedom of movement remains.

Wide

It is a look use at pathology of coxofemoral joints, including a dysplasia or immaturity of coxofemoral joints when it is necessary to record the newborn's legs in the divorced situation - so-called "M-position" or "frog".

Feature of this option is that between the divorced legs of the kid put the roller from several nappies and to record them in such situation and already then legs. Handles remain free.