Wrapping Baby For Settling & Sleeping
Its a good idea to wrap or swaddle your baby to prepare for them sleep. When your baby is wrapped up nice and snug they feel comforted and it resembles being back in the womb for them. Wrapping/swaddling also prevents babies from waking themselves up when asleep. Babies have some jerky arm movements in their sleep and can sometimes hit themselves in the face causing them to wake.
Organisations such as Karitane, Sids & Kids, most midwives and most maternity hospitals all promote wrapping (swaddling) for sleeping and settling your baby.
1. Start with your swadding wrap laid |
2. Place baby's arm under the fold and |
3. Do the same with the other side, folding |
4. This way the arms are kept nice and |
5. This will prevent baby's arms disturbing sleep with jerky movements that babies
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6. Now baby is all tucked in and ready |