What is the secret?

mrs.schwery

I am going to have to swaddle DS til he gets married then his wife is going to have to do it. I have tried putting him down awake and tried sound asleep. I have tried soothing him without picking him up and I have tried rocking him back to sleep. What do I do?!?!?

mfransdell

If he sleeps well swaddled then don't stop. Send him to college with a giant home-made swaddle-me made out of a snuggle and some velcro. If it works and you all get sleep, keep at it.

staycee

one night our LO fell asleep downstair in her PnP.   I was thinking "crap - she's gonna wake up when we swaddle her for the night".   

But DH carried her up to her crib and just put her down and she went right back to sleep.   That was when she was just about 3 and a half months.   She's been de-swaddled ever since.   

It just happened.

GL to you

(and giggling to myself at the thought of someone having to swaddle their 6'2" football playing 17 year old!)

mavilabride

Is there a reason you want to stop right now?

We stopped at 3 months because DD was just ready.  We were able to stop cold turkey because she was over the swaddle.  Any time we tried before then it was a disaster.

Hopeful1!

Try a gradual approach, swaddle him but leave his arms out.  Once he is used to that you can try a sleep sack.  Good Luck!

RandZB

He will let you know when he's done with it.  C was leg-swaddled until he was 5 months old, and fully swaddled until 4 months.  I did one arm out, then the other, and then he kicked out of the leg swaddle one night and never looked back.  If swaddling helps your baby sleep, I wouldn't push deswaddling right now if he isn't ready. 

easyBreezie

mfransdell:

If he sleeps well swaddled then don't stop. Send him to college with a giant home-made swaddle-me made out of a snuggle and some velcro. If it works and you all get sleep, keep at it.

This made me LOL! My parents would rub my back when I had trouble going to sleep and if I have trouble now I will have DH rub my back.

mallen727

Hopeful1!:

Try a gradual approach, swaddle him but leave his arms out.  Once he is used to that you can try a sleep sack.  Good Luck!

 

Thia is what we did and it worked like a charm.

mrs.schwery

He's just not sleeping well at all and fights the swaddle... I thought he was ready but maybe not. I guess we can chalk this up to the 4 month wakeful.

MattysGirl81

We deswaddled at 4 months because being swaddled no longer calmed him down.  Not having his arms just made him really mad.  I'd stick with it until he gives you reason to stop!

purple_posies

Have you tried putting him on his side or tummy?

eeclem

MattysGirl81:

We deswaddled at 4 months because being swaddled no longer calmed him down.  Not having his arms just made him really mad.  I'd stick with it until he gives you reason to stop!

We just realized this and deswaddled for the first time last night when he kept fighting us as we wrapped him. We used a sleep sack instead.He slept really well for the first five hours, but then he woke up once an hour. I'm hoping he does better tonight. 

Jen&Joe06

This is why they invented the snuggie!!

tovachava

We are in the same swaddled boat. We spent one long horrible weekend trying to go cold turkey because I thought she was ready. She kept breaking out of the miracle blanket. But without it she still startles (a lot!). And hits herself. Pedi. Said it was ok for now. At night we put her in the mb and then put her in the woombie. For naps just one or the other, but she gets mad in the woombie because she can almost eat her hands. I have no idea what we are going to do!

cabo_kate

I say keep swaddling unless you have a reason not to.

We deswaddled around 4.5 months, DS did great for a week and then started teething and would not sleep without it. So we're back to swaddling (loosely, just with an A+A blanket now).

He doesn't roll at night and hardly moves at all, so I figure there's no reason not to swaddle him and he'll let me know when he's done needing it.