Almost 6 mos and still swaddling?

LyndsayQ

Anyone else??  I feel like DD will never sleep unswaddled again.    Just looking for some encouragement on swaddling this long.  I have been thinking about slowly breaking her of the habit, maybe this weekend.  All major transitions must be on the weekends, I work FT and I need my sleep! 

punkfiction

7 months here!! (at night)!

we stopped with naps first. then did cold turkey. transitioning didn't work here. she was more pissed than ever 1/2 in and 1/2 out. good luck. it sucked, but it was fine after a few days

proudmama2be

There really is no need to stop swaddling if she likes it.  She will let you know when she is ready.

mrs.george2be04

We swaddled longer than 6 months and then quit cold turkey.  We thought he couldn't sleep unswaddled because he was so wild in his sleep (waving his arms around, etc.).  I think it's because we weren't LETTING him get used to it.  Once we unswaddled him it only took a night or 2 to get used to it.

Good luck!

LyndsayQ

Thanks ladies!  I appreciate the support.  I guess I will give it some more time.  She does seem to prefer it and it always "tells" her it's time for nap/bed.  Once swaddled, she knows its business! 

Heidi Lanigan-Potter

We swaddled until Arlo was 10.5 months!  It was starting to get ridiculous, but with teething going full force, it was still helping to keep him calm/sleeping at night.  We gave it up a few weeks ago with no problems at all.  He loves his new found freedom!

Alexandria Campbell

8 months and 2 weeks and we are STILL swaddling. I don't see an end to it. We have tried to stop but he is the wildest, wildest, wildest, WILDEST sleeper I have ever seen! He also use his nails to claw at our face and arms and it actually hurts. He flips and twirls and moves around in his sleeps and ends up coming out of it after 20 minutes of being in bed so I think until he just natural seems to not need it then I guess we'll stop.

jenifairies

We swaddled every sleep until about 9.5-10 months or so. She's actually swaddled loosely right now.

One day she just started sleeping without it, but on superfussy nights, we still use it.

LyndsayQ

Definitely good to know there are "long-term" swaddlers out there!  I was really thinking she'd go well into elementary school!   

KaitlynDC6

LyndsayQ:

Thanks ladies!  I appreciate the support.  I guess I will give it some more time.  She does seem to prefer it and it always "tells" her it's time for nap/bed.  Once swaddled, she knows its business! 

This is a big reason we are worried about weaning. I feel like the swaddling part of her sleep routine is the biggest reminder that it's time to sleep. I'm scared!  

Sunflower22

Until she was about 5 1/2 mos, DD went down to bed without a peep as long as she was swaddled. At 5 1/2 mos, she started waking frequently (as much as 8x a night one night) as opposed to 1-2x/night from 3 months on. So, when we decided to Ferberize, we also eliminated the swaddle so we wouldn't have to re-Ferber after we took away the swaddle. So, she stayed swaddled until 6 months - and the first night without it after she finally fell asleep, she STTN and has STTN every night since.

(thank God)

jessandty

Still swaddling at 7 months. 

 Sunflower2 - Did you stop cold turkey with swaddling?  I think we are going to try not swaddling this weekend. I am not sure if we are going to try Ferber at the same time or separately. 

Echowysp

Same boat as you with no end in sight.  I chuckle with all of the "lo needs to learn to self-soothe" talk because mine needs his arms tied to his sides in order to sleep more than 20 minutes, so he can't self-soothe. 

We are in the middle of a hellish sleep distruption cycle right now, so I am not messing with the swaddle.