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Swaddling Blankets – Great for Helping Soothe Young Infants

Managing a fussy or hard to settle baby can be very stressful for parents or caregivers.  Maybe you’ve tried walking, bouncing, rocking and everything else you can think of but nothing seems to work consistently.  And few things will make you feel more powerless than being unable to soothe an infant even after trying every trick you know.

If you or someone you know is dealing with this situation consider getting a swaddling blanket and learning the proper way to use it.  Swaddling is one of those techniques that parents seem to know a little about but may not have tried yet.  And before you try swaddling with just any old baby blanket there are a few things we recommend.

1. Make sure you have a blanket specifically designed for swaddling – swaddle blankets have special features which make learning and using this technique much easier.  Look for features such as an oversized shape, breathable and stretchable fabric, as well as specialty materials such as soft muslin cotton.  Baby blankets without these features may be hard to use for swaddling or may even lead to overheating if you use the wrong type of fabric.
2. Look online to find swaddling videos and demonstrations – if you have ever seen a delivery room nurse in action you know that swaddling involves more than simply wrapping a baby tightly.  There are a number of free resources online including videos and graphics that show you exactly how to use a swaddle blanket to achieve the proper wrap.
3. Read about the benefits of swaddling – Although parents often turn to swaddling because of a fussy baby, child care experts recommend swaddling for a number of health reasons.  These professionals may offer additional help or recommendations depending on the type of personality your infant is developing.
4. Don’t give up – Parents who have learned these techniques won’t go anywhere without their swaddling blankets.  Learning to use these products takes a bit of practice but the rewards are wonderful for both parents and children.

Swaddling is recommended by many child care experts for health and wellness benefits.  Don’t get frustrated by using a baby blanket that is too small, too heavy or the wrong type of fabric to do this properly.  A well made, carefully designed swaddle blanket is worth the extra money you will spend and should give you months of good use with your young infant or child.

Buy Swaddle Blankets from Luna Lullaby

About the Author

Luna Lullaby is committed to providing not only the best infant soothing products on the market today –but also teaching parents how to effectively use them to comfort their children. Our award-winning products are made of the highest quality materials available today which make for practical uses every family can benefit from. Our swaddling blanket comes in a handy pack of 3 and includes the instructional DVD. So don’t wait – start shopping NOW and find the perfect design swaddling blanket for your infant or baby!

where in Canada can I buy 100% cotton muslin 10' wide (seamless) for making photo. back grounds?

Ten feet wide?
Theater supply carries a fabric this wide - it might be cotton duck, a much stronger weight and weave.

Try cotton drop clothes, the kind you use when painting a room!

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Organic and Other Sheets Explained - The mystery behind all the fancy names

What we know about sheets is that they protect our expensive mattress set; a process that used to be referred to as "sheeting". Today sheeting is marketable and profitable industry of its own providing consumers with many difficult choices of materials, sizes, and styles. Obscure fabric titles add to the confusion as advertisers and marketers attempt to persuade us to buy a product that is not really in our best interest. To clarify, let's start with a few basic materials used to make sheets for today's bedding.

Organic sheets are generally cotton or bamboo grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals. Manufactures use only all-natural plant and vegetable dyes to achieve its patterns and earth tones.

Percale sheets are a closely-woven plain weave of all cotton or cotton-polyester a blend that is firm, smooth, cool and comfortable against the skin.

Muslin sheets more coarsely loosely-woven cotton fabric of high durability. Muslin breathes well and does well in hot, dry climates.

Flannel sheets Christmas time favorite as they are popularized in the winter months, are woven with nappy cotton fibers that provide additional warmth.

Linen sheets Linen is made from the fibers of the flax plant and is labor-intensive to manufacture and is not processed in the united states; it is either imported from Eastern Europe or Britain. Linen has a color range in shades of ivory, tan or grey with a high natural luster, pure white linen has been heavily bleached.

Synthetic sheets made from man-made fiber, improvements on naturally occurring animal and plant fibers which gives us nylon, polyester, acrylic and polyolefin. Since real silk is expensive, rayon is usually the process for the silk/satin novelty sheets.

Blends add synthetic fibers to any of the natural fibers above and you have a blend.

The history of sheeting can be traced back to the Egyptians who, of course used linen. This may be why there is some confusion since many times bed sheeting may be called linen but not actually made of the fiber of the flax plant or actual linen. This history also makes Egyptian cotton sheets ironic in that Egyptian cotton is a term applied to the extra long staple, a species of cotton plant, grown in Egypt today and marketed worldwide.

Since size and style are dependant on an individuals taste and needs basis, the next consideration is thread count. Most of us are familiar with thread count in that the higher the thread count number the more expensive the product. This means the consumer that a higher thread count produces a more comfortable sheeting. The National Textile Association (NTA) attempts to provide consumers with an international standard through the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). However, thread count can still be misleading over 500. Talk about splitting hairs, here we start splitting and counting ply of yarn (thread) getting the thread count higher much faster than single ply yarn since some yarn has multiple ply or piled. Talk about piled higher and deeper! The Federal Trade Commission had to step in or in it and ask the experts to come up with a formal definition. There was a minority of dissenters that wanted to use "average yarn number" instead of the ASTM proposed definition. Therefore, thread count is a unit of measure establishing the fineness of a fabric by counting the number of threads in one square inch of said fabric.

About the Author

By Suzanne M. author of the-life-organic.com. Suzanne has written numerous articles on organic sheets and organic living.

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