How does a baby make the transition from a Miyo® Baby Hammock to a normal cot?
The quick answer is very easily. There are two aspects to this the bouncing/swaying motion and the way the hammock cocoons them. In the womb babies tend to fall asleep whilst the mother is moving around and then wake up when the mother stops moving (usually when she is trying to sleep!). This refl ex lasts beyond birth, which is why people rock a baby to sleep in their arms. The hammock simply allows you to do this without having to hold them; however the refl ex starts to fade around seven months old. This is good news because by nine months when they are transferred to a cot, they no longer rely on the movement to get them to sleep. The second part is the security they feel from being held within the hammock. Customer responses (and our own experience as parents) has shown that babies still love to have something close to them when they sleep so expect to see your baby snuggle up close to the side of the cot or their favourite soft toy.
