Day 2: Deswaddling attempt

IEtoLA

I guess its not that bad, but anyway.  DD normally sleeps from about 7pm to 6am and gets up around 12/1am and then 3/4am to eat (BF).  The past 2 days I've tried to deswaddle her without a transition.  First night she woke up her regular times in addition to 1130am, which wasn't so bad.  Well last night she did it again!  I wait until she gets really fussy to the point she is going to cry, but she just starts squealing and giggling the minute I walk in and she sees me.  The thing is, she is so wide awake at this point that patting/shushing/ or pacifier won't get her back to sleep so she starts crying and wants to be fed and I'm scared to make a bad habit of it.  Having DH go in is not an option because he gets up 345am the earliest to go to work, so he needs his sleep. 

At any rate, this got me thinking...could she be starting that wakeful period and it just so happen to start when I stopped swaddling her? Or is she just happier without being swaddled that she wakes in a better mood?  I also wonder if she could be cold and that's why she is waking up at 1130 now.  She is dressed the same, but doesn't have the blanket to swaddle her and keep her warm.  Ugh!  I just wish I knew what to do...it's throwing me for a loop. 

MrsSandro

This is the exact reason why I don't want to begin the unswaddle process. To me I don't see what the rush is. But to each their own. I have no advice just wanted to add my two cents in.

elizabow

if you're worried about her being cold, try a sleep sack.

I am going through the same thing. DD flails without being swaddled. Yet, she breaks out of the swaddle. Ugh...I wish had had more advice.

Good luck!

juliane2004

MrsSandro:

This is the exact reason why I don't want to begin the unswaddle process. To me I don't see what the rush is. But to each their own. I have no advice just wanted to add my two cents in.

This exactly.

 

Mee83shell

Hmm...That's a tough one.  We aren't dealing with the deswadding thing, but he has been waking up at 4am and wanting to play.  Since he's been STTN I just pick him up, don't talk to him, but just rock him until he's sleepy.  I'm not sure if that will help you or not.

And 3m isn't too old to swaddle if she enjoys it at bedtime and it helps everyone get some sleep...so if you can't break the swaddle right now, there's no shame in still doing it, right?

sgrl

I have to start deswaddling because the daycare won't (actually CAN'T, legally) do it and she is starting there in March!

MrsSandro

sgrl:

I have to start deswaddling because the daycare won't (actually CAN'T, legally) do it and she is starting there in March!

What type of law is that. Craziness. They swaddle at the daycare. I used to only half swaddle with her hands out but the daycare swaddles her all the way and she sleeps okay for them. (it's easy for her to break out of it) My swaddle is not so easy to break out of...so she sleeps better for me. (well for now)

sgrl

MrsSandro:

sgrl:

I have to start deswaddling because the daycare won't (actually CAN'T, legally) do it and she is starting there in March!

What type of law is that. Craziness. They swaddle at the daycare. I used to only half swaddle with her hands out but the daycare swaddles her all the way and she sleeps okay for them. (it's easy for her to break out of it) My swaddle is not so easy to break out of...so she sleeps better for me. (well for now)

The director told me that in the state of TN, they aren't allowed to swaddle at daycare due to the SIDS risk. I remembered ladies on here talking about their babies being swaddled at daycare, so I was surprised. Now I wonder if she was making it up!

IEtoLA

Mee83shell:

Hmm...That's a tough one.  We aren't dealing with the deswadding thing, but he has been waking up at 4am and wanting to play.  Since he's been STTN I just pick him up, don't talk to him, but just rock him until he's sleepy.  I'm not sure if that will help you or not.

And 3m isn't too old to swaddle if she enjoys it at bedtime and it helps everyone get some sleep...so if you can't break the swaddle right now, there's no shame in still doing it, right?

 Correct!   The only reason I tried it is because the other day I put DD down and she looked so comfortable...she also has a lot more control over her arms so I figured why not just try it.  I might go back to swaddling her tonight to see if that 1130am waking goes away, if she sleeps through, I'm gonna just try later.