Can swaddling cause clicky hips or hip problems?
Research has found that in occasional cases, swaddling can increase problems with baby’s hips. This is generally when baby’s legs have been very tightly wrapped or in particular, if all leg movement has been restricted. For exmaple, in some traditional cultures a ‘cradle board’ was used for swaddling, which as a piece of wood that babies were tightly swaddled to and it restricted leg and hip movement completely, for most of the first 6 months or longer!!
