Discover the emotional and physical benefits that being close to you brings to your baby.
When the baby is born, he feels strange with so much space around him. His arms and legs respond with “leaps” if they do not soon find a physical limit that contains it. You just came out of a small space where you were fully protected. It was what he needed and what he somehow still needs. So when you wrap him up in his blanket and coo him he feels relaxed, confident, safe.
Studies show that lulling the baby to sleep helps prevent the toddler from waking up spontaneously at night, and relieves crying (sometimes stops immediately) because physical restraint relaxes the nervous system.
The technique is very effective with newborns, but it must be limited as they grow. In the second month of life, the baby needs more freedom of movement and at three months many give signs that they do not want to be wrapped. Others may still need it to sleep, although we should stop doing so when they learn to turn around on their own.
The fabric to lull your little one should be soft and not very thick, between 1 and 1.20 meters on each side. It is essential to wrap firmly since if the fabric is loose it does not transmit an effective regulation signal to the nervous system. Surprising!