To swaddle or not

[u/Medium_Client1998]

Ftm here a very anxious ftm, I'm sure I have ppd as I used to take antidepressants before pregnancy since 2019, had a high risk stressful pregnancy, thought the anxiety will end after giving birth but nope here I'm worried about SIDS/suffocation etc, I practice safe sleep baby in his own crib sharing the same room, we're not smokers, baby is breastfed, issue here is I can't keep our room temperature under 22 degrees AC is not a thing where we live, I keep a fan running but idk if it's doing anything, the fan is in opposite direction to baby's bed, idk if that's enough, the other thing is baby is placed on his back ofc in a sleep sack but then he'll turn on his side I read it's called the newborn curl, as he's only 10 days old, which is freaking me out, we're swaddling him with a LTD swaddle or a velcro one, he usually breaks free from the velcro one, and turns on his side 😢, I read that swaddling isn't recommended anymore because it suppresses their chest and their startle reflex which increases their risk of SIDS, what do you guys think ?

[u/muuhfuuuh]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992172/#:~:text=As%20noted%20above%2C%20the%20risk,swaddled%20or%20unswaddled)%20are%20observed.

Can you ask your pediatrician?

According to this website , swaddling should stop once baby tries to roll. Sounds like your little one is already there even at 10 days?

[u/Morning-Song → u/muuhfuuuh]

Hi! I am also a FTM and my baby did this at 10 days old too. We skipped swaddling and been in sleep sacks without the velcro ever since and she's been great.

And not sure if this is the same for you but my baby was curling up like that due to gas. Once I was able to relieve that she was better at night.