|Articles|November 1, 2007

Warm and fuzzy circumcision

In an effort to calm babies during circumcision, I wrap the infant from the waist up in one of the new, specially made "swaddling blankets," made with Velcro. I have found that the babies are calmer with the swaddling blanket than restraints, and it helps keep them warm!

Kristin Veneman, DO Whitefish, Mont.

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