Baby Sense Cuddlewrap to the rescue!
Hi Meg:
A neighbour of ours had a baby girl just over 2 weeks ago. I popped over to her with a Baby Sense book (life saving manual for new moms) as a gift and when she opened the door I could see she had been crying. I went in, made her a cup of tea, tidied her kitchen a little while she fed the baby and let her let off some steam. It turned out that her baby was not sleeping much during the day, and slept restlessly at night. I asked if she was swaddling her little girl and it turns out she wasnt. I went straight home, dug out Daniels Cuddlewraps from when he was a tiny baby and took them straight over. I showed her how to use it, but I could she see was not that keen to try it out. I left it with her to make her own choice. That was 2 days ago. Today I had a note through my door from her saying that she could not believe the difference. Her baby was now sleeping during the day and sleeping more soundly at night now that she was being swaddled.. She said it had an almost instant effect. Wonderful. Cuddlewrap to the rescue!
Meg - I know swaddling works, but what are the sensory reasons why it works?
MEG:
Hi Nette – it is so nice to get this feedback. I have to say that without question, the Cuddlewrap is my favourite Baby Sense product. I spent months working on the Cuddlewrap before perfecting its design and as far as I am concerned there is no better swaddling blanket on the market. Having said that, the reality is that it doesn’t matter what a mom uses, she must swaddle her baby and there are two reasons:
1. We have two sensory tracts that carry touch to our brain. One is alerting and makes us hyped up – this touch is generally light touch (like tickling). Deep touch such as massage travels on the other tract and is completely calming. By swaddling your baby you provide wonderful deep pressure touch that is soothing.
2. The second reason swaddling really helps to calm babies is that is contains and prevents the immature movements of the arms from disconcerting your baby. In the first three months the primitive reflexes (moro and startle reflexes) move your baby’s arms away from the midline and make her arms jerk around. Swaddling contains these movements making your baby feel more secure like those last days in the womb.
Swaddling with the Cuddlewrap is perfectly safe as we encourage the baby’s hands to be swaddled near their face so they can self sooth and regulate their body temperature.