How did you stop swaddling and at what age?

snowflakemom

DD#2 is 3 months and I would like to wean her from her swaddle. It is just not working that well anymore. It does help her sleep great at night (usually about 10-11hrs) but she is super long and the small sized SwaddleMes crunch her legs up and I can't get the larger size snug enough around her body. And with either one, her hands inevitably worm their way up to her face anyway. 

So...what age did you stop swaddling, how did you transition or did you go cold turkey and how did it go?

juniper19

We did it cold turkey at 4 months when we did CIO.  By the second night she went to bed without a peep and only woke up once.

AnnapolisLari

I'm not really any help. Both of my kids hated the swaddle after the newborn days, and busted out by themselves at about 4-6 weeks.

So I guess that's cold turkey.

Both of them are belly sleepers, so there was none of the arm-jerking that would wake them up.

Desert*Flower

I stopped swaddling once he could roll over, so around 4 months.  I think around 3 months we would swaddle with one arm out, then a few weeks later we stopped swaddling.  Good luck!

snowflakemom

See DD#1 loved to sleep on her tummy, too, but #2 hates to be on her tummy, asleep or awake.

Edit: Oops, quoted the wrong poster!

elm1032004

Both of my kids hated the swaddle and were breaking free before we left the hospital.  Since they were fine without it I never really did it.  But if your DC likes to be swaddled there is this option as well

https://www.susiesswaddlers.com

 They carry extra big swaddling blankets.......

HappyTXChick

We stopped swaddling when DS could roll over, bout 3.5 mos maybe??  We started by leaving his arms out and only swaddling his bottom half.  We did that for a couple of weeks, then stopped all together.  Around 4 mos we did CIO and I know he was not being swaddled at all by that point b/c he loved to flip to his tummy and sleep at that time.