Swaddling - good or bad?

Neither of my 2 could bear to be wrapped and now dgd won't be also.

All of my three where swaddled in light all cotton sheets and they where all good sleepers (maybe DS1 not as good as other two) they where also laid in their pram without a pillow until they where 9/10 mths old as my old nana said this kept their backs strong now I do see babies propped up on pillows in their prams from such an early age I'm sure it can't be good for future posture

Funny how these things come back. When I had my children (over 40 years ago) the District Nurse/Midwife suggested swaddling - her reasoning was that the baby had been very confined in the last few weeks of pregnancy and to be suddenly unconfined with the feeling of "wide open space" and different light and sound was disconcerting for the baby.

Like others I swaddled in large muslin squares for just a few weeks and it did seem to work.

When my sister had a baby (at home) a few years later swaddling had gone out of fashion. Her baby was very miserable etc. and I got a "cry from the heart" please come I cannot cope! I suggested swaddling and lo and behold baby slept. Horror of horrors I also suggested putting her down on her front!

Mine also slept on their fronts! Could lift their heads and turn from side to side very quickly. Never felt comfortable about lying babies on their backs, seem to me they were more likely to choke.

Tiny babies feel secure when tightly wrapped - my daughter in Oz swaddled hers in a large muslin so they weren't too overheated but secure at the same time. It certainly helped the sleep when they were first born.

I had a square cotton sheet that I used to swaddle my newborns in, I did it with all three of mine and they were very good sleepers when very young waking regularly for a breast feed , but I only did it for a couple of months or so . We had no central heating in those days and as we lived in a tiny flat I was most often in the same room as the baby anyway. I don't see that there is a problem with it as long as Mum is also keeping an eye on how warm baby is.

Over heating is thought to be one cause of cot death, I think.
I am not sure you can do anything about your daughter's way of looking after her baby. I think having a baby close to its mother by way of a sling or back pack is a good idea during the day, but I would not recommend it when the child is put down on its own.