Help/Advice: 5 mo old DD still wants to be swaddled

misses625

BUT she is getting too big for it, and they don't make swaddle blankets any bigger (at least, I can't find them).  I've tried the sleep sack, and she hates having her arms free, however, and this is odd - when she wakes up in the morning, her arms are out of the swaddle blanket.  I think she likes to fall asleep feeling snug and secure, but wants to wiggle out of it later.  I don't know what to do.

jen5-03

Why not just use a receiving blanket? That's what they're for.

Some of them are too tiny (crappy gerber ones run small just like their clothes!) But the Koala ones from BRU work well - they are rectangular so you don't have to turn the blanket at an angle, just lay the baby down on one end of the blanket, put the blanket snuggly over her and put the other end under her as tight as you can.

winomom22

I swaddled dd until she was 7 mos old and she was a big girl. They do make larger sizes. I just bought the larges and eventually she was ready to be unswaddled and the transition went fairly well.

misses625

naybride04:

I swaddled dd until she was 7 mos old and she was a big girl. They do make larger sizes. I just bought the larges and eventually she was ready to be unswaddled and the transition went fairly well.

 

This is good to hear - I thought we HAD to break DD of it by now.  I didn't think it was okay to keep swaddling her. 

Mominator

I used the Swaddle Me for DD and I know that they had bigger sizes in those. And at 5mths I don't think you need to break her of the habit at all.

MamaSmurfette

Have you looked at something like the woombie?  They have a 'big baby' and a 'mega baby' size.