Swaddling - How to ween?

jkb2606

My daughter is now 4 months old and I have been swaddling her since she was 6 weeks. I think she is getting to the point where she doesn't need to be wrapped up anymore. She hates for her arms to be wrapped now. If I try to put her to bed without being swaddled she immediately wakes up. If I wrap her up and take her arms out, so just her tummy and legs are wrapped she sleeps. How should I go about weening her off of being swaddled all together? Oh, and they have never swaddled her at daycare, where she has been for 2 months. I know she sleeps some for them, but not that great. Thanks for all your help.?

missjake

If her arms aren't wrapped, then you're half way there!  Can you try wrapping her more loosely?  Maybe you can gradually wean her.

KelleyA

you might try the swaddle me blankets and there's a Halo sleep sack that doubles as a swadder.  Perhaps you can swaddle her in that and gradually undo the swaddle part and just leave her in the sack. 

mom2ll

she may not be ready..  We swaddled until 6 months..  When he was ready to stop he would break out of it himself...    We used the swaddle-me blankets

LisaK2b

Try the sleep sack.  But honestly, I dont' think there's anything wrong with continuing with her half swaddle (especially since you can't really give her a blanket at this age and it's the winter time).  She'll eventually not want to be wrapped on her own as she gets older. 

TexasSmith

We were doing the full-swaddle (including arms) until 5 months. We left one arm out, then the other, then dropped it altogether. Sounds like you are on the right track...there's no need to rush her.

savannah11

We stopped swaddling when he started breaking his arms out. ?We moved to a sleep sack first so his legs were still confined and it was surprisingly easy.

nvp05

savannah11:

We stopped swaddling when he started breaking his arms out.  We moved to a sleep sack first so his legs were still confined and it was surprisingly easy.

Ditto. We did the same thing. I love the Halo sleep sacks.

lilycat

There are some who have success with looser and looser swaddling. We ripped the bandaid off; we just stopped (after thinking it over  for a few weeks).

He adjusted after a little time.

Not as bad as we imagined, really.

jkb2606

Thanks for all your help. I think I will give her a little longer and then try the sleep sack. Thanks again