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2. Receiving blanket - Wikipedia

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   A receiving blanket is a small, lightweight blanket used to wrap or swaddle newborns, as well as in infant care more generally. [ 1 ] In the United States, many hospitals use a standard white cotton flannel receiving blanket, patterned with pink and blue stripes, manufactured by Medline Industries . [ 2 ]

3. Hospitals have been swaddling newborns in this iconic striped ...

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   Decades later, the Kuddle-Up remains a hospital mainstay, and a sentimental family keepsake. Hospitals have been swaddling newborns in this iconic striped blanket since the 1950s. Here's why moms ...

4. Why you see so many newborns swaddled in the same blanket - AOL

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   Fashion trends come and go, but one baby blankie has been in style for the past 60 years -- and you're probably familiar with it. In fact, you were probably wrapped in it. Nearly every newborn ...

5. Swaddling - Wikipedia

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   The swaddling clothes of medieval Madonna and Child paintings are now replaced with cotton receiving blankets, cotton muslin wraps, or specialised "winged" baby swaddles. . Modern swaddling is becoming increasingly popular today as a means of settling and soothing irritable infants and helping babies sleep longer with fewer awakeni

6. Neonatal intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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   The many tubes and sensors used for monitoring the baby's condition, blood sampling and artificial feeding made some babies scarcely visible beneath the technology. Furthermore, by 1975, over 18% of newborn babies in Britain were being admitted to NICUs. Some hospitals admitted all babies delivered by Caesarian section or under 2500 g in weight ...

7. Kangaroo care - Wikipedia

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   The baby is secured with a wrap that goes around the naked torso of the adult, providing the baby with proper support and positioning (maintain flexion), constant containment without pressure points or creases, and protecting from air drafts (thermoregulation). If it is cold, the parent may wear a shirt or hospital gown with an opening to the ...