Sometime ago I wrote an article about the benefits of swaddling it cited a research study from May 2005 by researchers at the Paediatric Sleep Unit of the University Children’s Hospital in  Brussels which compared the sleeping habits of swaddled and unswaddled babies. It found that swaddled babies slept significantly better. They were more easily wakened by outside noises and their heart rate was more responsive. This study was undertaken because it was theorized that babies being swaddled on their backs greatly reduced incidences of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

A further study at the Washington University School of Medicine confirmed these findings when babies were laid to sleep firstly with a conventional blanket and then on another occasion in a lightweight swaddle. The team measured rapid eye movement (REM) breathing patterns, brain waves and the number of times they were startled or woke. When swaddled the babies not only woke up and startled less frequently they also fell asleep again much sooner after arousal. Length of REM sleep during the nap doubled for swaddled infants from about 450 seconds to 900. A study in the Journal of American Medical Association supported the idea that babies should be wrapped in light fabrics.

Cozy cocoons were developed as a very simple way of swaddling your child. There is nothing to wrap or snap, no velcro and no fuss. No skill in swaddling is needed you simply roll it up over the baby making it the perfect solution. Once on there is no jerking, startling movement, no skin irritating synthetic fabrics and little limbs are able to explore and stretch safely. Baby is held close as though still enclosed in the womb providing comfort containment and security.