Swaddling suit

摘要

A new or alternative swaddling suit that swaddles infants by sufficiently restraining movement of the limbs to suppress the startle reflex, yet allowing movement of hand to mouth thereby facilitating non-nutritive sucking and allowing the infant to self-soothe by sucking the hands.

主权项

1. A swaddling suit for swaddling an infant comprising,
an upper portion for enclosing the infant's upper body, wherein the upper portion includes (a) a bodice portion, and (b) one wing portion of the swaddling suit on one side of the (c) wing portions comprising one wing portion of the swaddling portion on another side of the bodice portion and another wing portion of the swaddling portion on another side of the bodice portion, said one wing portion and said another wing portion extending laterally from the bodice portion at an uppermost portion of the suit, each of said one wing portion and said another wing portion having a wing tip at an uppermost portion of each of the wing portions that is positioned above a level of the neck hole of said suit, each of said wing portions being large enough to completely surround and retain an infant's arm and hand in a hand-raised and elbow-bent position, said swaddling suit being tapered in at a waist line below said wing portions and then widening whereby a narrowest region of said suit is at said waist line.