Whose swaddling?

[ahayden1230]

When do you decide to stop swaddling? Curious how long?

[mapetitefamille]

I've read a few different suggestions: When they can roll back to stomach, when they lose the startle reflex, or when it no longer calms them. For DD1 we switched to the magic sleep suit at around 3 months.

[Deleted]

I really didn't swaddle much at all since we have been home....haven't had a problem.

[luckypenny]

I've heard to stop swaddling once they start rolling.

[heidih21]

I read 3-4 months. But that was based on them rolling over. Swaddled is the only way he stays asleep when laid flat on his back. If he's not swaddled I have to put him in the boppy for him to stay asleep. We will see how things go in the next couple months

[CoffeeOnIce]

I've been wondering this too. I was browsing through my "baby book," Baby 411, and it said 6 weeks. I feel like that's too soon since DD still flails her arms around and wakes herself up during naps sometimes and she's almost 6 weeks. She's been breaking free from her swaddle-me a lot more recently though so we might not have a choice. We stink at blanket swaddling.

[LaBellaVida]

I never swaddled.
I actually don't know when you stop, but mom's on my other bmb had issues stopping the longer they went with breaking the habit of wanting to be swaddled.

[funinthenorth]

I was just wondering this last night. From what I was reading 3 months seemed to be most suggested.

LO is 6 wks and calms so much quicker all swaddled up. We also suck at blanket swaddling but the velcro ones are great.

[3littleones]

I'm not too worried about it, it's the only way I can get Beau to sleep and I honestly hate swaddling. So I compromised with him and swaddle him with arms out. Comfortable snug around his torso and loose around his legs..

[nachomomma]

We waited a long time with DS1 and breaking the habit was horrible. It took a month or more. This time we'll probably try to stop around six weeks. I really should stop now since he sleeps horribly anyway.

[ashlantic]

Still swaddling over here. Lo will be 7 weeks tomorrow. We only swaddle at night and not for naps.

[ladyprof]

We swaddled the twins forever. I know one was still taking naps swaddled in his swing until about 5 months. He was sleeping in crib at night without trouble. To help break the habit we used the magic sleep suit as an intermediate step and then a sleep sack.

[hollydfromtn]

We stopped swaddling around 3 weeks. DS hates having his arms strapped down. I've tried swaddling arms out but it doesn't really seem to help any. Now I just put him in a onesie and footie pajamas.

[shannjohnston]

We didn't swaddle either kid. They both hated the confinement and wanted a heavier weight blanket. Judge away...

[grumpycat88]

We are still using the swaddle sleep sack things. The dictator is 9 weeks on Saturday. He hasn't rolled over yet but we will pry switch to the sleep sacks with arms out then. What is this magic sleep suit?

[ourcrazynavylife]

Mar 5, 2015 19:58:30 GMT -5 shannjohnston said:

We didn't swaddle either kid. They both hated the confinement and wanted a heavier weight blanket. Judge away...

Don't worry. We do the exact same thing.

[rodiesmum]

Swaddled for only around three weeks. We do it ocassionally now when she is super fussy

[tkr7c9]

LO is 2 months and I swaddle her at night and she almost always STTN.

[mapetitefamille]

Mar 5, 2015 20:39:51 GMT -5 grumpycat88 said:

We are still using the swaddle sleep sack things. The dictator is 9 weeks on Saturday. He hasn't rolled over yet but we will pry switch to the sleep sacks with arms out then. What is this magic sleep suit?

This is it: www.magicsleepsuit.com/

DD1 took to it really well and slept for her first 6h stretch shortly after we started using it around 3.5 mos. We didn't use it for long, but I was happy to have it.'

[MoreThanSparrows]

I don't remember how long we swaddled the older two (8 and 6), but I know we didn't have any issues when we stopped. This LO is going on 6 weeks, and he only gets swaddled at night. It's how he knows it's bed time. I lay the blanket out, wrap him (3rd kid and I finally feel like I've got it down pat), nurse him one last time, and then he's out like a light. He does break free some nights, but I just reward him and nurse him back to sleep.

[tomorrowisanotherday]

Mar 5, 2015 19:58:30 GMT -5 shannjohnston said:

We didn't swaddle either kid. They both hated the confinement and wanted a heavier weight blanket. Judge away...

No judgment here! LO hated swaddling and when we figured out he wanted to sleep on his belly, we let him do it! Best decision ever. He sleeps all night, naps great, and sometimes when it's cold I give him a blanket on his lover half! *gasp* I say whatever works!

[christeng87]

Still swaddling LO at night and he is 10 wks. I only do it so he is warm to be honest, he doesn't seem less fussy or anything swaddled. I plan on continuing to use the Halo sack (the only blanket he can't unswaddle himself in!) for a while, possibly starting to leave his arms out soon.

[BabyStandish]

I think we stopped around 4 weeks. LO likes having his arms free when he sleeps. He usually sleeps with them by his head.

[Deleted]

We still swaddle most nights, but whether his hands are free or not depends on how well he goes down. If he fights sleep, they're pinned down. If he's relaxed and ready, we'll leave them free. He knows a tight swaddle means it's time for sleep (I think...? I hope...). He's 7 weeks today.

[raven]

LO will be 8 weeks this Saturday, and we swaddle at night. Like a PP said, it's mainly just to keep her warm. We just started to"unswaddle" during the day almost 2 weeks ago. We swaddle with arms out; she hates the confinement. She would free her arms within 5 minutes and likes to sleep with them by her head anyway.

[sgio7485]

I didn't swaddle at first because he would freak out, but once I put him in a Halo swaddle sack he slept so much better because he's always punching himself in the face while he sleeps. Now he's learned to love the swaddle I only swaddle with a blanket during naps if he's fighting it because it calms him down.

[nemomof2]

We only swaddle at night bc it seems to help him calm down and realize that it is night time. We use the halo sleep sack and it is amazing. They had them in the hospital so we got one and since we have had one he has been doing longer stretches (4 hrs, which is long for us)

With DD she would pull her arms out and sleep with them by her head. We still swaddled her lower half until she started to roll over. We had no problems transitioning her away from the swaddle. She started STTN at 8 weeks

[megpie5]

F loves being swaddled with a hand by her head. She is 7 weeks and we use the Halo swaddle every night. Like pps have said, we plan on transitioning out of it when she can roll over.

[lilouboo2]

Were still swaddling, but we refer to it more as her "bag". Like PPs have said, LO likes her hands up by her head and we tried with regular swaddles only to have her wake up and fight it. We found this little gem (see picture) about a month ago and she's now sleeping 6-7 hours at a time. Her startle reflex is still pretty strong plus it keeps her warm (and her hands warm!). They make them that the arms zip off so once she starts rolling we will just use it as a sleep bag. She loves them and can still get her hands in her mouth like she wants, but doesn't startle herself awake constantly.