A technique most commonly recommended by mothers and grandmothers, swaddling can help soothe a colicky or agitated baby by recreating the constricted feeling of being in the womb.
You may not find swaddling necessary at all, but if your baby wriggles out of a normal swaddle, this double-swaddling technique might do the trick.
Using two light baby blankets, this nurse shows how to carefully wrap an infant into a neat baby burrito.
By the time she’s finished, the sleepy tot is just about ready to drift off. And so are we.