Infant's binder

see it as a preparation for later proper corset wearing, or as a way to diminish the baby's restlessness.

By tightening the infant's binder the care giver could lower the yell and squall from the baby by crushing its airways.

The Hawaiian Filipino has used this traditional practice, Latin and English cultures since the early 1800s.

[1][2] Although there is a common belief that the use of baby belly binders can keep the abdomen warm thus reducing the risk of colic, there is no scientific evidence that this is true.

Whether baby binders reduce the risk of umbilical infection has not been shown scientifically.