Today I was reminded on how schools try to educate children about the responsibilities and costs of having a baby by having each child take care of an egg for a week or two week period.
They have to work out budgets and wake up every four hours to "feed" and I suppose take care that the egg doesn't break.
One boy when asked about his clothing budged replied that he intended to keep his egg wrapped in towels inside a shoe box. This reminded me of Jesus who was wrapped in "swaddling clothes" and placed in a manger.
In the German New Testament, swaddling clothes are called Windeln, which in today's language would translate to "nappies". But after reading the Wikipedia article on swaddling I realised that word Windeln probably has the same root the word winden, which means to turn or wrap.
Even though swaddling has fallen into disuse because of various health issues, it seems to be making a come-back.
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