Weening from the swaddle

jennp1979

so I believe someone put this on here before but I'm on my cell and it won't allow me to search...
LO is ready to start the weeping process from the swaddle. He currently sleeps with one arm out. We attempted during Thanksgiving to have both arms out. He did great the first couple nights and only woke up once...but since then he started waking up multiple times for an hour and a half each time. My husband and I have very demanding jobs where we need our sleep so Sunday we had to re swaddle again. LO is now waking up at least once per night which he never did before and last night he woke up multiple times (Swaddled).

Well this morning I was watching him in the camera because he was making noise and he flipped onto his tummy and he was sideways in the crib...he fell asleep and was in a pretty good deep sleep...I went in there because it of course freaked me out and repositioned him.

So long story ...really long lol...
Has anyone had success with the unswaddling and what did u do?

SuperKim13

Ugh, yeah, we just went through this with DS.  We stopped swaddling him cold turkey when he rolled over.  The first few nights were tough, but he is adjusting now.  Of course, he stopped sleeping through the night about this time, too, but I think that's more related to the 4 month sleep regression.  So I guess I don't really have any advice, except hang in there?  

PregsMcSnoozalot

We actually didn't have much trouble going from swaddled arms, to both arms out, then had zero trouble transitioning to no swaddle from both arms out.  

Your LO's sleep trouble may not even be related to the swaddle. From what I can tell, their sleeping is an unpredictable mess no matter what you do...

:-??

nolemomma14

We also went cold turkey with DS when he was about 3 months. He wasn't rolling, but he seemed to be waking himself fighting to get out of the swaddle. The first couple of nights were a bit difficult but he does fine now. If it is a cold night, not often in FL, we put him in a sleep sack. His sleep is pretty terrible now, but he's in the middle of the fun sleep regression. Good luck with your LO!

VTKatie

We are going through this now. We are using Merlins magic sleep suit. It keeps DD from pulling her pacifier out. She's a terrible sleeper and is up several times a night, so I'm not certain how much it's helping.

ariel8200

When dd started going through the 'dreaded four month sleep regression' that is when she started to rollover and started screaming when she was swaddled. She was also waking up every 45 minutes whether she was swaddled or not. I ended up getting a couple Zipadee Zips and started putting her in that.

I'm pretty sure she is through the regression now, and she rolls to her slide to sleep, and sometimes rolls on to her tummy.

Soon2BMrsN

We've been swaddling one arm out for at least a month. I've tried both arms out but she's just not ready. I don't think either of my sons still had the startle reflex at this age, but DD sure does.

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We went cold turkey around 3 months and just put him in a long sleeved sleep sack. He did fine but some LOs take a little while to adjust. Like PP said, though, the poor sleep could be related to something else, especially new developments like rolling or whatever.

missilini

DD loved her swaddle so I was really scared we would have a really hard time transitioning her. During the 4 month sleep regression she started getting her arms out somehow and would hit herself in the head all night. We decided since she wasn't sleeping already we would transition her out. We basically went cold turkey. We did move her into a sleep sack, but she can move around a lot more. She did surprisingly well. She woke up a couple times the first few nights, but now she is doing well. She has some new thick pjs she's getting for Christmas so we will transition her out of the sleep sack next.

alohababy14

We weaned DS starting at night but kept him swaddled during naps for a week. Then we cut it out completely. He's still dealing with 4 month sleep regression, but the swaddle had to go once he started rolling. It's hard. Good luck!

jennp1979

Last night wasn't so bad...I probably just jinxed myself. We left LO in the sack but left both arms out. At 2:49amj woke up freaked out because I didn't hear him all night...I looked in camera and he was snoozing. 30mins later he woke up and after two different times of having to get up and give him paci...he slept until j woke him up at 5:45am. Thanks for advice and keep your fingers crossed

mustangholly

we started with naps and moved to bed time in about a week at 3 mos old. LO did just fine.

HomeyDontPlayThat1

LittleDude has been swaddled and STTN since he was born. We used the Merlin Magic sleep suit last night, fingers crossed and it paid off! He did wake at 4am for a quick nursing and crashed again until 7:30 so I'd definitely recommend it.

Jordanjkmr

missilini said:

DD loved her swaddle so I was really scared we would have a really hard time transitioning her. During the 4 month sleep regression she started getting her arms out somehow and would hit herself in the head all night. We decided since she wasn't sleeping already we would transition her out. We basically went cold turkey. We did move her into a sleep sack, but she can move around a lot more. She did surprisingly well. She woke up a couple times the first few nights, but now she is doing well. She has some new thick pjs she's getting for Christmas so we will transition her out of the sleep sack next.

Noticed that you were talking about transitioning out of the sleep sack. I have loved the sleep sack with all three kids and keep them in as long as possible (the other two were 18 months before they were out). I found that kids move out from under blankets but the sleep sack stays on so they never woke up from being cold. If their room was too warm I took of the pajamas instead of the sleep sack.

I'm sure you've thought this through, but I love having my kids in sleep sacks and didn't find any cons to outweigh the pros of keeping my babies in them.