by Sara McGinnis posted in Parenting

I'm an expert-level baby swaddler, thanks to desperation. When my second son cried for 20 minutes out of every hour as an infant I perfected the technique of wrapping him in a blanket to simulate the womby coziness he seemed to be missing.
Savannah Guthrie is also an expert swaddler, it seems. Watch what happened when the mom of two under age 3 recently tried out her skills on Today co-host Matt Lauer:
 

 
Not only does 59-year-old Matt Lauer make a pretty cute "baby" burrito (despite putting his foot down about trying a pacifier), he's now tried out one of the latest trends.
According to the BBC, this type of therapy is called otonamaki. New York Post goes on to explain that otonamaki "originated two years ago, when Japanese midwife Nobuko Watanabe wanted to reassure nervous new parents that swaddling isn?t scary for babies. So she had adults try it out themselves." A peek at what it's like to be swaddled for therapy in Japan...
Does that not look kind of amazing and also like the people are being tied in doggy poo bags at the same time" All the same I'm totally in!
Although I can't recall the last time I was truly swaddled, one of my favorite places to be is tucked tightly under a heavy jean quilt my mom made for me years ago. There's something undeniably cozy about being encompassed by fabric, and after years of snuggling in the blanket, it's a cue for me to chill.
You know what I can do while wra...