How to break from the swaddle?

lcoutsof

Our baby is almost three months old and we have been swaddling her for sleep.  Recently she has started to rebel and break out of the swaddle.  We use the halo sleep sacks and she fights the swaddle and ends up pulling it over her face, which isn't good.  Seeing if anyone has broken their baby from swaddling and how you did the process?  She still is an arm flailer so I am concerned that she won't sleep without the swaddle, but also concerned that she is going to suffocate herself with the sleep sac.  Thanks!

Starfish113

My DD started breaking out of the swaddle, so we just stopped swaddling her. She sleeps just fine even with arms (and legs) flailing. You could always try it, and see how she does without it?

LMark

Our DD wiggles and squirms out of her blanket swaddle so we started using the swaddle me's. 

Maybe try a sleep positioner?

paxilchyk

We started using swaddle me's and DS has yet to break free.  We just switched to the larger size which I'm hoping will work for a few more months.

smittendorff

It's recommended to stop swaddling when LO shows signs of breaking loose, not wanting it, or rolling over, which yours clearly is.  Not sure how she's able to pull it over her face though, given the way the Halo ones are designed.  As for de-swaddling, we just did that this past weekend.  We did one arm out for one night, then both arms out while still wrapping his belly (in the Halo sleepsack swaddles).  Soon we'll remove the swaddle part and use just the sleepsack part.  I love that the swaddle part works so well wrap with his arms out and is removable on the Halo ones - it's really helping with the de-swaddling process.   

tiknigge

Hi there, I'm with HALO and I recently saw your question about swaddling.  Doctors advise and we recommend that when baby shows signs of rolling over or breaking free from the swaddle that it is time to discontinue swaddling.  Thankfully, HALO makes it easy to transition gradually from being fully swaddled.  Start by wrapping baby with one arm out, then swaddle with both arms out as baby gets comfortable with each position.  Within a short while baby should be sleeping soundly with just the wearable blanket which will continue to keep your little one sleeping safely.  Hope this helps!