Last night was a complete disaster.

GuitaristsGirl

Help, please. . . I don't know what to do.

So, I posted this yesterday about how we were having to stop swaddling DD for her own safety, but I still wasn't thrilled about it. . .

Armed with your responses, I put her in a sleep sack and went in to last night all prepared to let her rest comfortable on her stomach, and resist the urge to roll her over (and consequently wake her up) throughout the night!

But I didn't even have a chance!  Baby girl woke up fussing every 20-30 minutes all.night.long!  A few times we finally just brought her in to bed with us (we're not opposed to bed sharing in theory, but we don't find it comfortable for DH and I), but that still only bought us about an hour of sleep before she started moving and shaking (and crying) again. 

So night 3 without the swaddle was a BIG FAT FAIL.  I don't know what to do!  She slept like a dream until a week ago (when everything started that made us realize we had to ditch the swaddle).  

Even if we wanted to let her CIO (which I'd rather not), it's not practical because I'm talking about middle-of-the-night stuff and she's still rooming-in with us (we aim to room-in for 6 months with both kids; I think DS was only there for 5 1/2, but he was definitely older than DD is now).

She still goes to sleep great, fwiw.

Oh, also, one other thing is that she sleeps great at daycare, unswaddled - but, there she uses a blanket and often pulls it up so she feels it on her chest/face.  I don't love it, but whatever. . .   I wonder if the blanket/ lack thereof may be key, but  I'm definitely  not giving my 4 month old a blanket at night!  It crossed my mind to ask DC to stop giving her one, but I don't want to jeopardize her sleep there, either. . .  

Maybe there's no advice you can give me, but I had to at least ask. . . 

shipoopiisforme

have you tried the sleep sack with the swaddle attachement thing? i think halo makes it. i used that to transition my kids from the swaddle to the sleep sack.

 if she loves a blanket what about a light muslin one like the aden & anais. my kids love to pull the blankets up to their faces so that is what i give them in their crib. i have these beautiful thick ones that are so soft and they love, but it looked like marlo was trying to smother herself in her sleep so i switched. 

Cassian

I don't have much advice, but I can tell you, we deswaddled Maya at 6 months for the same reason. She was rolling over despite a sleep positioner. She went through the same thing. Doing cold turkey, like you and I did, I think is a big shock to them, and it too M about a week to get used to it. Imagine being snug as a bug for your whole life, then not. I would expect it to be a bit of a transition. It definitely was a week for us with little to know sleep. I hope it gets better for you soon!

Mouseygail

shipoopiisforme:

 if she loves a blanket what about a light muslin one like the aden & anais.

  I like this idea   (but i totally get being freaked out!)  Boo to such a rough night!!!

browneyedgrl4282

I am not much help because I stopped swaddle at 3 weeks old on my kids because they started rolling with it on. I think I would try the sleep sack for a few nights first.

 

Also, I was confused at first because you said DS and I thought wait isn't close to Brady's age than I kept reading and you went to DD. I am gather this is for DD right? 

GuitaristsGirl

browneyedgrl4282:

Also, I was confused at first because you said DS and I thought wait isn't close to Brady's age than I kept reading and you went to DD. I am gather this is for DD right? 

 

Yes, sorry!  Got my letters mixed up.  Fixed it now (I think!)

navyandviolet

I read your post yesterday but didn't reply because my experience with DS has been horrible, and I didn't want to scare you.  We've had 2 weeks of sleepless nights, napless days. (this was after a month break when I tried to deswaddle at 4 and a 1/2 months with the same result, we gave up then) 

I am now proud to say I am having some success with the woombie (we got the convertable one) he is waking up 3 times a night versus 20 times.  of this is still not as good as when he was swaddled with only one time a night. I just wanted to give you another idea.