Swaddling

PinkandLove77

Hi Ladies!

 As you can see from my lack of posts, I am a huge lurker. My DS was born 3/7 and is 4 1/2 months old now. Since he was 1 month old he would escape from a regular swaddling blanket so I bought HALO sleep sacks. He has slept great ever since!!!! 

But now I'm unsure if keeping his arms tucked down is becoming a problem. The problem is that he rubs his eyes and face and knocks paci out if his arms aren't pinned in the sack. So he cannot sleep without it. Is this creating a crutch for sleep? 

 I've tried a few times to leave his arms out and it was a disaster; he can't sleep and fusses a lot, misses his prime tired window and becomes overtired. 

 I'm worried that I'll never be able to put him for a nap or for the night without pinning his arms down. Rolling over isn't a problem yet, but he's close and I'm stressing having to stop using the sack  

 Any similar experience/suggestions? 

TIA 

ashleyfrylund

I am having the same problem except dd has been rolling over since she turned 3 mos and cant get back on to her back. Ugh swaddling is the worst!

VPGIRL06

our LO still isn't ready to not have some sort of swaddle/swaddle transtioner. We use the baby merlin magic sleep suit.  when she can roll well from one side to the other (to get comfortable) we will wean her from it.

 

the few times we try with out it she either rolls straight to her tummy and cries for 10 minutes before falling asleep for 20-30 or we put it on her and she passes straight out 

watermellens

We're having the SAME issue. I think he's ready to be unswaddled b/c he tries so hard to sleep on his side or roll to his belly. I'm worried he'll roll on his belly when he's swaddled and not be able to push back over (actually I know he won't - he hasn't done belly to back yet).

I've tried doing one arm out the last couple of days, but he wakes himself up trying to get his other arm out. Then he knocks the paci out and cries b/c it's gone. It's tiring.

MrsG071809

With my DD she just had to get used to it.  We dropped the swaddle and switched from RNP to PNP all in one night, and the first few nights she did wake up more, tried to roll over but woke up frustrated, etc, but now she does fine.  I just started using the halo with her arms out to see if she likes that better, and she seemed to squirm less with that so I'm going to keep that up a bit longer to see if that helps.  Also, we don't swaddle her for naps, never really have, so maybe if you try to unswaddle for naps first that may help?  

bibby32714

We are having the same issue and don't have any answers yet. We have never swaddled for naps but can't seem to sleep at night without it. The arms flail and paci goes and all heck breaks out. I have tried cold turkey and I get tired and give in to her. She is rolling during the day but with her legs pinned by the swaddle she hasn't been able to roll at night. 

PinkandLove77

I've tried keeping his arms out/unswaddled just for naps and he doesn't sleep for more than 10 to 20 minutes after spending 30 minutes falling asleep. It just doesn't work.

And I am afraid to try at night because I know it won't work and I'll eventually cave, putting him back in the HALO sack.

Maybe I'll try using the sack but keeping his arms out (rather than just his sleeper outfit) .. but I'm not looking forward to the day when he rolls and I CANNOT put him in it anymore. We may just be going cold turkey here. 

LexpectoPatronum

We were going to try to wean off the swaddle this week ... but we changed our minds last night.  She fights it too much, and clearly isn't ready. She's to the point now where at least once her hand(s) escape during the night, it doesn't wake her up anymore, so that's a step in the right direction, but I don't want to force it.  We do try to keep at least one arm out for some naps if she is tired enough, but at this point, it is just too hard for us (and her) when she gets over tired because we're trying to force her out of it.

Sooo ... In the meantime, I will make her a cute new swaddle instead of buying more bigger sized ones