As your baby gets older, you can choose to forgo the interior pouch so he or she can have more legroom. It helps foster the cocoon-like feel of the product and aids your baby is sleeping through the startle reflex. You simply place your baby’s legs into the interior pouch to create a snug fit for the Zen Swaddle when he or she is younger. The Zen Swaddle is designed with a built-in pouch for babies smaller than 23” and younger than one month. With both of our boys, we found that they didn’t particularly like the motion of getting swaddled, which as new parents initially made us believe they didn’t like the swaddle – however with both of them, once they were wrapped they quickly calmed down and we certainly found that swaddling helped us. New parents will love that the Zen Swaddle comes with instructions that include great pictures that are clear and very easy to follow making swaddling your baby very easy. It’s important to ensure that your infant doesn’t get too hot while they are sleeping so it was wonderful to see that Nested Bean took careful consideration when picking their 100% cotton textiles. Upon receiving the wrap the very first thing I noticed was the lightweight material and the cute little weighted chick on the centre. The Zen Swaddle was developed to combine the benefits of swaddling and touch to provide a safe, secure environment for your baby. Touch or simulated touch is medically proven to calm babies by triggering a self-soothing response thus improving an infant’s ability to regulate stress. I was fortunate enough this time around to be introduced to the Nested Bean – Zen Swaddle.ĭesigned to mimic a parent’s touch, the Zen swaddle is unlike other products as it has lightly weighted areas that gently apply pressure to your infant’s sides and center to mimic the comfort and security that they feel when they are being held. We were advocates of swaddling with our first son and we certainly can attest to the benefits so with the arrival of our second we hoped our newest addition would adopt the same behavior. A properly swaddled newborn, with their face up, will be less likely to fidget and shift in sleep and end up on their tummy. For that reason, babies should sleep on their backs. Babies who sleep on their stomachs are at higher risk of SIDS. Swaddling may reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).Research has shown that swaddling can decrease crying by 42% in infants 8 weeks old or younger. Imagine: Getting your newborn to stop crying in a few simple folds! It’s not magic, though. This is the benefit that compels so many parents to try swaddling. This deeper sleep state may make it less likely for a baby to fully awaken when roused – which for parents means fewer trips to baby’s bedside. It’s been said that swaddling appears to increase the amount of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep that newborns get. While a newborn sleeps around 16 hours per day, that sleep is in 3- to 4-hour intervals. The possibility of longer, sounder sleep.There are many benefits of swaddling including: In many hospitals, a nurse swoops in after a woman gives birth, swiftly wrapping the squirmy tot into a baby burrito.
Moms have been swaddling newborns for centuries.
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