Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Sleeping without a swaddle??

No problem ma!

Apparently my anxiety over unswaddling wasn't necessary because DD actually slept better unswaddled all weekend than she had been last week.  Tuesday-Thursday nights last week she started waking up around 2am.  I figured she was hungry or just wanted to play.  I knew we were going to unswaddle this weekend as we didn't have any plans that I needed good sleep for so if we had some bad nights it'd be ok.

Boy was I wrong!  DD slept about 9pm-5am then back down at 6am for another 2 hours Friday night/Saturday morning, 8pm-6am Saturday night and 7:30pm-5:45am Sunday night!  Last night was 8pm-5am.  I should've unswaddled weeks ago!  My next issue to tackle is putting her down drowsy but not completely asleep.  I'm guessing I'll have a harder time with that.

To all the mamas out there worried about unswaddling - don't!  DD will be 4 months old on Thursday and she tackled it like a pro.  I have also discovered that she likes to sleep on her side - she rolls onto her left side when I put her down, even though she's completely asleep.  I now think this is why she was waking up at 2 am all last week - she couldn't roll onto her side in the swaddle.

Re: Sleeping without a swaddle??

  • Ours went much better than expected, too. He woke up a few times the first night (usually he wakes up once), but after that he was back to his usual self. Phew. He also likes sleeping on his side.
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