Swaddle/sleep help

Deanne Shehane

I have swaddled my baby with a Summer velcro swaddle since birth. He is almost 11 weeks. He is starting to hate the Swaddle. He sleeps in a bassinet but will be moving to his bed in a few weeks. He is a wiggle worm and when I have just laid him in bed he wiggles and keeps himself awake. He is almost turning over so I worry about that too. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

HML5382

I went from swaddle to sleep sack when she started busting out of the swaddle around 3.5 months. She wiggles and sucks her thumb to put herself to sleep, so her hands are free for that. I was nervous about her startling herself awake without the swaddle to keep her arms put but she adapted pretty well. Good luck!

smitt2619

It's definitely important to stop swaddling once he does roll over.  We also transitioned to a sleep sack when he was done with swaddling, and that worked really well.  We had been swaddling in the Halo ones, and it was a really easy transition to just remove the swaddle feature and sleep in only the sleepsack part.  We weaned him gradually (one arm out, then both, then the sleepsack).  He still has a little confinement with the sleepsack, and it keeps him safely warm.  

samacharlie

Two words... miracle blanket!!!

MJHershey

When DS started rolling side to side and once onto his tummy, we quit the swaddle and he does really well. he is just in a sleeper and sleep sack. He hated having his arms in from the get-go so I guess we were halfway there anyway.