Do we ever comment that if babies don't see you, they don't smell you, they don't hear you and they don't feel you, they don't know you exist. They need to receive inputs continuously to feel safe with our presence and, at the level of touch and contact, they also need look for bodily limits to feel like in the womb.
I am talking about those babies who, when they sleep, move, are restless and it seems as if they are climbing in the crib or bed until they can touch with the head on the edge of the crib or our arm. I'm talking about those babies that if you leave them lying they start to open their arms like saying "I fall!". I'm talking and we're going to talk about those babies who, when sleeping, they need to feel like in a womb.
That I fall, don't let go!
Surely you know what I mean. I am referring to the reflection of Moro, that when they feel they fall makes them reach out and firm their hands as if trying to hold on to something imaginary.
Many babies have to be provoked to see what they do, but many others do not need so much, and leaving them lying on a flat surface is enough for any movement of their own to start stretching their arms, hold their breath and cry because really they feel they are falling. These babies, more than others, need those bodily limits we are talking about.
In Babies and moreAutomatic gait reflex: when it seems that the newborn "walks"Looking for the butt in the head
There are also those who do not know how they are moving at night, up in the crib or in bed, in search of a stop that gives them security. The end of the crib, our arm if we sleep together, a cushion or whatever, since they don't really know what they will find.
In the end they find that something they are looking for that touches them on the head and then they finally feel they are in a situation similar to that they have lived a few months inside the belly, when the head continually touched some of Mom's structures. Obviously this It makes them feel better and gives them peace of mind.
Cuddles better
That's why when a baby is sleeping, putting on something that touches their heads can be a good idea. That is why many parents touch their heads in those moments, even the belly, so that they feel a certain pressure on the head and abdomen that serves as a body limit and that gives them some heat.
In Babies and more The reflection of Moro or startle in the babyIt is not that it is the hand of a saint, but often it helps them to sleep peacefully for a little while. To bad, you know, a little containment, have them snuggling in our chest or simulate a uterus with a blanket (keeping them in fetal position wrapped) can work wonders to make the first weeks and months a little more bearable for the baby, and also for us parents, of course.
