How to stop wrapping

[steph_alyssa]

Hi all i would love some help!! My 4 month old bub still needs to be wrapped to get to sleep, otherwise when i put her down her arms start flailing around and she gets upset. i don't mind wrapping her but the problem is she has started to wake up when her arms get free. It's not a huge problem, it only happens every now and then but just wondering how i can wean her off wrapping so i can stop having this problem?? I have tried to sneak in and loosen her wrap when she is asleep but then she'll wake up soon after when she realises her arms aren't tucked in. My mum thinks it might be because her hands are cold in the middle of the night, has anyone used mittens?? I have also tried tucking her sheets in tightly around her but she always escapes that as well!

[KarniF00l]

hey steph,

i had the same problem with DD and unfortunatly i didnt find anything that worked.. i think it's when they are ready. DD didnt grow out of it until 7 - 8 months :banghead:

Goodluck and i hope you find something that works. :fingerscrossed: :hugs:

[jessgray]

try a sleeping bag and a pair of mittens and if that doesnt work you know your mum was wrong :laughing:
im not much help coz my DS was one of those bubs whoo needed his arms out when he was wrapped or else he would get cranky and he stopped being wrapped at 2 months

[Littletreasures]

well xavier didnt stop been wrapped until he was about 7 months and that was only beacause he kept getting out of it and waking it just became a waist of time cause 2 mins after i wraped him he would wake up so i just stoped doing it.. it took him a couple of days to go back to normal with his sleeps but after that he was fine.... I also used mittens until he was about 6 months cause he used to scratch his face but then he figured out how to take them of so that stoped to...

[amymay]

you could try the grobag. great things they are

cheers

[steph_alyssa]

thanks guys i'll see how i go! she's already in bed now but if she wakes up i'll put her in a sleeping bag with some mittens and see how she goes! or a snug as a bug has anyone used those??

[melbryan]

Stopped wrapping about 8 mths as he became too strong. I started wrapping his trunk as I weaned him off wrapping. He liked to knock his dummy out so then I had to put it in. Soon enough he rolled over and I have never been able to keep him under blankets at all .Even now he is sideways in his bed and I have to go and spread the blankets on him.
Goodluck

[steph_alyssa]

lol goodluck to u as well!!
found another contributing factor ... her first tooth is coming through!! that could have something to do with it!!

[Tayla'sMum]

I stopped wrapping my DD in full when she was about 7 months and then just her bottom half until she was about 9 months... they let you know when they don't want to be wrapped any more!

[kylie80]

try Grobag baby sleeping bags.

[NZMama]

My daughter is also 4 months old and has the same issue, she still likes to be wrapped, more-so during the day but I have started putting my daughter into a baby sleeping bag, the 2 that I have, have cuffs on the arms that you just pull over and they act like mittens, her hands are kept warm and she no longer wakes from scratching her face. Unfortunately mittens were not an option for her as she has extremely long fingers and I found they came off her hands anyway..... She is slowley getting used to not being wrapped... I hope that this helps in some way :)

As a side note, Atiana has also been able to roll onto her back from 2 months of age so I sleep her in a breathable anti-roll pillow, this has def helped with that issue

[beetlgrl]

Hi guys
hopefully this mite help! My daughter is 6 months and up until about a week ago i HAD to rap her for every sleep! even in the pram... if i didnt wrap her she would pull the dummy out and get frustrated that she couldnt put it back it, she would wake up 4 or 5 times a night. i had tried a few times b4 to wrap her in different ways but nothing realy worked! so i decided just to go cold turkey, i went and brought her the sleeping bag pjs, one that cover her hands like mittens.
The first night i was up and down alot with her because she wasnt use to it, but as the days have gone one she has gotten so much better.She cant pull the dummy out and she is still snuggeled up in the sleeping bag. im only getting up once a night now! i wish i had just gone cold turkey sooner.
Its realy hard the 1st few days but it was worth it. she was getting so big it was getting hard to find wraps.
good luck!

[MissSparkle]

My DS is 15months and still likes to be lightly wrapped at bed time. I stopped wrapping him at 10months but started again when I stopped BF at 12months as he wanted extra security. If I don't wrap him he stands stright up and yells out to me. If I wrap him he snuggles in and falls straight asleep.