Swaddling.......if I had only known

[Smurfette]

Hi there

Just looking for some advice. My dd who is 6months is still swaddled. I have tried to wean her out of it in the past, but have never succeeded. Is it just me or are there other Mums out there with the same issues. It used to be she would knock her self around the head, now its her pulling her dummy in and out and eventually losing it all together and then me having to replace it.

She sleeps perfectly while being swaddled, but lets face it I can't swaddle her forever. Will she eventually just sleep without or am I up for some sleepless nights.

[Brooksy]

Hi there,

My friend swaddled her little boy until he was about 15mths. He had gotten so use to it and it helped him to go to sleep, she just kept it up until he didn't want to be swaddled anymore. Maybe you can try to cut out swaddling her gradually like let her go to sleep without it during the day and just see how it goes.

I swaddled dd when she was first born but she seems to go off to sleep without it now, plus its been so hot here.

Goodluck

[O&GMUM]

I swaddled my babies until they where 8 months, then went through some hard nights of no sleep until i gave up and reswaddled. The problem was they where just getting out so easily I felt like I was contantly re wrapping. The other thing was they kept standing up in the cot.
I bought some gro bags and this seemed to help, and they are used to it now and sleep like angels, there was a definate readjustment period though.
The other thing you colud do is wrap leaving one arm out for a while then two out and then just get rid of it all together
Hop that helps

[my babyemmy]

im not sure when DD will want to stop as she absolutely loves she & she is nearly 8 months!My MIL had to make me some bigger wraps out of muslin material & they came in very handy! My family & i joke that she will still be swaddled & breastfed til 17 years old:laughing:

[lovemybub]

I wouldn't worry about trying to wean your DD off swaddling. She'll let you know when she's ready.

One way of finding out whether they're ready to give up swaddling is by leaving one arm free when you swaddle them. If they're still waking themselves up or disturbing themselves, then they're not ready, but if one arm out goes well, then you can try just wrapping them around their body with their arms out, or then no wrapping at all. I have a friend who still wraps her 10 month old son and another friend whose 8 month old has been wrapped with both arms out for a couple of months now. Some babies just like being wrapped I guess, but there's no right or wrong about it.

[pigeon~pair]

Hi, I have to agree with the one arm out transition.

I still wrap my Sons torso for his day sleeps, for him it's a sleep association. I don't wrap his arms anymore for day sleeps. I do still do a 1 arm wrap for his night sleep. I am hoping to stop doing it soon, but he just loves it and if he feels cozy it makes me happy.

Nicole

[tron]

yeh i tried the 1 arm out during day sleeps and it seenmed to work,one night bubs stayed over at grandma's ( at 4 months ) and she had probs trying to do the wrapping so she just didn't wrap him and he slept all night and since that day he's never been wrapped and sleeps like an angel.