One month old, sleeping unswaddled?

kristinasmall

My baby can break her arms out of almost every swaddle I tried. I did find one a YouTube video called escape proof swaddle that would work for we where you use a receiving blanket to hold their arms straight down at their sides and then use a swaddle wrap over that. But with that she seemed to be waking up and being angry that her arms were straight. Also, she is very warm blooded so she was sweating like crazy. So is started using the AA muslin swaddle blankets and just wrapping her with her arms almost out. The first night she slept great. Went a 5 hour stretch. Then the second night was horrible, with her waking every 2 hours. Now I don't know if it has to do with the swaddle, or just one of those nights. Does anyone have a little one who sleeps with their arms unswaddled??

kelly422

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

epeytonw

I could not get my son to sleep swaddled. He wanted his hand free all the time and would get angry if they were tucked in. As soon as we left the hospital he was never swaddled. He slept in a swing for a while (which he loved) and now he is 3 months old and sleeps in a crib. Try a swing. That is what finally worked for us because we had the same problem

Jillsee

kelly422:

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

This!

kristinasmall

Does she sleep pretty well at night that way?

TheyCalledHerKate

Get a Woombie. Babies can't get out of them. They were designed by a NICU nurse.

CraftGirl

Halo sack saved us. LO didn't live being swaddled but sleeps much better with one. She doesn't fight it anymore until she wakes up in the morning and wants to stretch.

amberdanielle68845

Jillsee:

kelly422:

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

This!

Ditto.  We swaddled the first couple weeks and she was constantly breaking out so we went to swaddling from the chest down and quit swaddling around one month bc she just didn't like the constraint.

megaroo64

B has never really liked to be swaddled- he like his arms free. And he sleeps fine. 

bumpuser3155624

Jillsee:

kelly422:

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

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We use swaddle me's with arms up. Seems to work.

musicalsilver

LO was amazing at breaking out of the swaddle - even the nurses' double swaddle in the hospital.  And LO loves sleeping with his hands above his head.  So we've been swaddle free since our second night home from the hospital.

notquiteblushing

We're about 50/50 with the swaddle and he seems to be fine without it. I only really break out the swaddle if we're having trouble getting him to sleep.  For naps I almost never use it.

pinottoparenthood

We have never swaddled our DS and he is a great sleeper, STTN. At 2.5 months. I think it just depends on the baby... I would give it a few more nights/keep experimenting!

mgm84

Glad to hear I am not alone!  DD likes to be in the Halo or Swaddle Me sleep sacks, arms out!

KikiCohen

DS just sleeps in a onesie with a footed sleeper over it.  He sleeps with his arms above his head, so swaddling never worked.

Mufflerlove

My LO sleeps in a sleeper and then a sleep sack to keep her warm. She hates when her arms are trapped.

Runaway22

We didn't swaddle. DS didn't break

momintraining2013

I am a FTM and baby is still on the inside, so you can take this with a grain of salt. But I went on a hospital tour the other day and the RN giving the tour mentioned that many babies prefer to have their hands free. She said, "Think about where their hands are when you see them in ultrasounds...always near their face!" She said just keep their nails filed and you're all set.

prazenjc

baby Gs mommy:

kelly422:

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

This for us too. Ds hates to have his arms restricted.

if we swaddle, this is what we do. if it is too hot, then we will just let her sleep in a sleeper.

she doesn't get awakened with the startle reflex, typically, either.....

Ssequestrians

We didn't swaddle and our LO was fine! He hated being restrained and would wake up constantly if we tried to swaddle him.

jlpev

kelly422:

I swaddle LO from the chest down. She hates her arms tucked in!

This!

cmw327

My daughter hates being swaddled. She has to have her arms out. I bought those swaddle me blankets with the Velcro. I swaddled her from the waist down. She sleeps great.

DANR2012

Check out "The Happiest Baby on the Block" dvd or book. It explains why LO's don't usually like to be JUST swaddled. The secret is in the "5 S's"

Really, you'll be glad you did.

kriskell

We don't swaddle. DD hates it so we gave up. She's 7 weeks and sleeps from 11pm to 4 am every night.

lhotkami

We used to only swaddle without his arms tucked in (with Halo sleepsack).  Now he doesn't get swaddled.  He has been sleeping 8 hours here and there before 2 months and after two months 8 hours, and now 10 hours each night!  One time he even went 11.5 hours (and on the weekend allowing us to sleep in).  So I do not believe swaddling is the key to them sleeping well!  If he/she does not like their arms tucked in, do not tuck them in.  His poor hannies get cold but I always warm them up when BF'ing him.

costa2011

My LO never slept swaddled. Never liked it. She prefers footsie pajamas and a blanket.

Robi1

We have never swaddled her. She sleeps just fine and does not startle awake.