from wrapping to grobag

[hummingbird]

Does anyone have any advice on getting bubs used to not beng wrapped when settled? I have bought a grobag with the intention of using it soon as bubs has started to wriggle out from her blankets. I tried it last night and and hour and a half later she was still awake....

[draught]

I have never used a gro bag as we have had summer babies and mild winters in Qld but a friend of mine in Canberra used to wrap her baby then put her in the gro bag - meant that when she became unwrapped she was still snug and warm - could be a good way to transition from one to the other.

[Jax Tellers Old Lady]

My ds was wrapped until 4 months as he was wriggling out all the time it took about three nights for him to get used to it and sleep through. It shouldnt take long she will adapt. I use gro bags and the polar fleece sleeping bags, they are great as my wee tiger never keeps the blankets on and it means i dont have to keep getting up to cover him because he is snuggly and warm. I would say that if she is just lying there awake and not crying just leave her and she will soon see that its ok to sleep unwrapped. Hope that helped.

[kylie80]

Hi There, you do it progressively. You start by taking out one arm one night, then the other arm the next night, then you just wrap around the body after this they should be ready to go into Grobag. This is the advice that Grobag themselves gave me.

Good Luck!!

[KarniF00l]

Hi.. I've wrapped all my little babies but never used the growbags. I know this is probably no help to you but persistance is the key :thumbsup:

Goodluck :fingerscrossed:

[Pixie]

I have never swaddled Eliza she hates it but loves her gro bag I put her a decent vest and in her yummy sleep sack :D

[hummingbird]

thanks for the tips - not sure how I didn't think of it myself! Will try one arm at a time and see how she goes.

[Kade's Mummy]

Siobhan - how has it been going? I am thinking about starting to try with one arm out tonight, DS has started waking more in the night and seems frustrated he can't put his fist to his mouth. But when I lay him down without wrapping him he just doesn't sleep.

[hummingbird]

Hi Kade's mum,

It just depends how tired / fussy she is. So far I am still up to one arm out only. She's only 12 weeks this week and still doesn't have complete control over her limbs, so she's rubbing her eyes and whacking herself in the face every now and then which makes it a bit harder for her to go down.

If she begins to cry when I put her down, which has probably been twice so far, I usually put the dummy in. And with an arm flailing about she knocks it out over and over, so I have then ended up covering her arm loosely in the wrap, just so she can get to sleep.

I think I'll leave it at least another week before I leave the other arm out.

Oh, also the arm that I am leaving out is the arm that she doesn't prefer, her right. She's always sucking on her left hand, so I thought best to leave that one tucked away, otherwise she'll never go to sleep!

[Kade's Mummy]

I am just trying it now with Kade's morning sleep but he keeps knocking his dummy out and therefore crying for me to come in and replace it. I've tried tucking it under the top sheet but he just wiggles it out.

He was doing so well at night! Fed and to bed by 7pm, waking for one feed around 1am and then starting to stir from 5 but I could hold out getting him up til 7 (by replacing the dummy a few times).

But the last week or so he has been waking for a feed around 10/11pm, and then again at 3am. After the 3am feed he stirs for an hour and I am up, down, up, down putting that dummy back in! Aaaaaahh!

I thought changing the wrapping style may help but perhaps it will make him worse. He is 17 weeks old but still can't put the dummy in himself. It's driving me crazy! I miss sleep :crying:

[hummingbird]

Sienna's just started the 7pm settle, 1am feed, 6am wake routine and I am loving it. Dreading her reverting to two feeds a night again.

Have you tried replacing dummy / other settling techniques when he wakes at 10pm? Sometimes Sienna wakes at 9.30pm ish and pop the dummy back in straight away and she's asleep again until 1am.

I find Sienna is harder to settle during the day as this is most likely when she will want a dummy. At night she's pretty good and can go to sleep all on her own. Perhaps just try one arm out with the night sleeps?

[Kade's Mummy]

Yeah, I think you are right. My MCHN advised to start him with a 10.30pm rollover feed which is why I have gone with feeding him at that time, but the whole purpose is so that he will cut out an overnight feed! Perhaps he is just going through a growth spurt.

Thanks for your advice and good luck! Let me know how it goes x