? re. swaddling...wwyd? (long)

polar0805 · December 2008

So I swaddled DS #2 for 4 months...until my dr. told me to stop at his last appt. because it could cause sids...So we've been following her instructions the past 3 weeks, he uses a sleep sack. He's had a couple "good" nights and by that I mean waking up around 3 and then up again at 6...not too bad but not as good as when he was swaddled. ?Anyway, lately he's up 2-3 times per night and last night it was 4. ?Plus, he doesn't nap very well so we're both sleep deprived. ?I also have a 22 month old so I can't spend my whole day trying to get #2 down for naps, etc like I could with #1. ?This morning I tried him for a npa....no go. So I jsut htought I would swaddle him and just see...he slept 2 hours in the crib after I put him down completely awake. ?I had to wake him up because we had to be somewhere. ?So the ques...would you keep swaddling if you knew it worked but may not be the right thing to do? ?I know I need sleep but he does too...I wouldn't mind letting him CIO although he's a little young get (almost 5 months) but I can't always do that because then he wakes up my other son. ?Any thoughts? ?THanks!

DaiLyght · December 2008

Maybe try weaning from the swaddle? Swaddle him with one arm out for a while, then the other arm, then gone completely.

I've also heard some people putting their arms inside the sleep sac.

Wan-naBe · December 2008

we swaddled the bean till she was damn near 11 months old. ?she slept longer that way, and our doc never said anything about it.

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katie277s · December 2008

Ok, I may get flamed for this, but doesn't it seem like they are changing their minds every fricken day regarding SIDS? Think about it. When we were little, we were put to sleep on our bellies. We had lead based paint on our cribs. People smoked like it was going out of style. Guess what? We are still here. I think if swaddling works, go with it. Obviously make sure that DS can breath and nothing can block his face. But seriously, tomorrow, it will be that swaddling is the only way to go.