Wrapping

Might be a stupid question, but does it matter that I have stopped wrapping Lauren already when she goes to bed? She is a hands above the head sleeper and she looks so comfy sleeping like that although I do have to put socks on her hands at night as they can get a bit chilly.

Is she still meant to be wrapped? She gets a bit frustrated with her hands pinned against herself??

Hmm thats a good point, she does get that startle reflex, but it doesn't wake her, I think she likes sleeping too much to let that wake her up!

Maybe I could wrap her at night then.....

Like someone else mentioned its too do with the startle reflex, but also to do with the muscle tone in their chests. If their arms are up like that all the time it can make it harder to bring them into the midline later on when lying on their tummy propped up on their arms, and when in sitting.

Though in saying that, many many babies arent wrapped and dont have any issues with that, so if she is happy and sleeping fine I wouldnt worry about it.

aww cute I think they look so cute with their wee hands above their head.

Some babies love being wrapped, some hate it...I can't get Bella to sleep during the day without tightly wrapping her , yet she doesn't need it at night. Her cousin who is 2 months younger hates being wrapped and has done since birth, so you just have to go with what Lauren prefers...

Cooper doesn't like being wrapped anymore either, gets really frustrated with it.. so I brought a Peke Moe for him.. that way his arms are kind of free, he's not interested in his hands yet..they have winter and summer weight, so it might be something you could consider, it's not a wrap as such...

Here he is in the summer weight one:

Daniel hated being wrapped so I stopped but what I do do is when I tuck him in I make sure his hands are tucked under his sheet and hes holding his taggie. And I tuck him in tight. Most of the time his hands stay in there or he gets one hand out to suck on.