Popular Questions - How long should I wrap for?

1. Do what works for your baby and for you, not what your Plunket nurse, midwife, mother-in-law, coffee group or anyone else tells you!

2. Listen to what your baby tells you. If your baby has been sleeping well swaddled but starts to get frustrated or tries to escape their swaddle, they may be ready for at least one arm out or to drop the swaddling all together.

3. Does your baby need her hand out of the swaddle to make self settling easier? once your baby is over 5 months she will start waking 4-6 times a night and 'sleeps through' when she can get back to sleep without help. It is generally easier to self settle with at least one arm out, so baby can cuddle a comforter, suck her hand or put a dummy back in.

4. Is your baby rolling or close to it? Swaddled babies sleeping face down have 7 x SIDS risk compared to swaddled babies sleeping on their back. So it's not safe to carry on swaddling once your baby can roll over when swaddled. If your baby is rolling we recommend using a Safe T Sleep sleepwrap to keep your baby safely on her back.

5. If your baby escaping her wraps? It could be time to either change to an escape proof wrap such as the Love To Dream swaddle or ergoPouch Cocoon Swaddle Bag, or to stop wrapping.

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