a so all
             medieval mothers breast fed for the first two or three
             years. There was an interesting technique that was practiced
             in medieval times. It was called "swaddling". This was done
             because of the tenderness of the limbs, the child may easily
             and quickly twist and bend and take abnormal shapes. To
             prevent this the child's limbs would be bound with strips of
             cloth and other suitable bonds. This also kept the infant
             4warm as well as out of trouble. During the first few years
             of life the child was almost always under female
             Childhood in the Middle Ages was a time of great
             danger, due to the ever present risk of illness or disease.
             It definitely was not like today when you have all these
             vaccinations you can give to a child to prevent disease and
             the cleanliness for today's standards. Infants are at a much
             lower risk to develop illnesses, at least opposed to those
             times. Another issue in infants was accidental death. These
             occurred with more of a risk to poorer families because
             household duties would leave the infant unattend
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