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HELP....trying to ween the swaddle.....

queenie521queenie521 member
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OK, so DS rolled over this weekend (and he is getting to big for the swaddle) so we decided it was time to ween him of his swaddle last night and it went AWFUL!  I started by just unswaddling one arm but he would not fall asleep because he started pulling the binky out of his mouth (he cant put it back in).  We tried unswaddling both arms and it took a while but he fell asleep about 45 min later.  He woke up at 12:30 to eat, though and we were up with him for 2 HOURS!!!  We finally gave up and swaddles him and he was asleep in 5 minutes!

I dont know how to do this.;  HELP!

 

P.S.  He sleeps unswaddles at naptime but he sleeps on his tummy then.  Should I just let him tummy sleep at night?  (I'm sure Ill be a nervous wreck)

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Re: HELP....trying to ween the swaddle.....

  • Temp436861125006648Temp436861125006648 member

    Sorry I have no advice. However, I am in the same boat. I finally given in to swaddling. I hope he will just grow out of it someday soon.

    About tummy sleeping I would be a nervous wreck too so I would end up getting no sleep anyway. 

    I feel your pain. GL 

    If you find something that works please let me know! :)

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  • cbwmcbwm

    I, too, wish I could help you but my almost 6 month old won't sleep without being swaddled.

    If it helps, Kiddopotamus makes large swaddle blankets. You can get them on Amazon.

    We have three.

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  • jkiss58jkiss58
    my LO never kept his arms in the swaddle after 1 week old so I just stopped trying. they're going to form their own sleeping habits no matter what. now my LO flips onto his belly, kicks off his blankies and scoots to the top of the crib. good luck!
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  • laur1120laur1120

    Yeah I'm right there with ya. My 4 month old still needs it. Otherwise she scratches the crap out of her face! She got one arm out last night and ended up with a huge scratch on her forehead. 

    I also was debating about letting her sleep on her belly since she can roll over but I think I will wait it out longer.  As long as she can fit in the swaddle me ( i also have the large size) then I will keep swaddling.

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  • queenie521queenie521 member
    DS can get out of the kiddopatomus swaddles........miracle blanket is the only one we find that works now and it has only one size.
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  • zach'swifezach'swife
    Sorry no help here...just commiserating. It does make me feel better that so many kids are addicted to the swaddle like mine!
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  • Sunflower22Sunflower22
    We are in the same boat and also have the miracle blanket (she got out of every other swaddle).  She is starting to get too big for it also, so I know our time is limited.  She sleeps REALLY well swaddled (usually 7-9 hours straight) so it's going to be tough on all of us when the time comes.
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  • SarahMay77SarahMay77

    I'm in the same boat.  DD is scooting around the crib a bit now, but not rolling over (unless she's not swaddled).  I tried to go swaddle free on Saturday night and it was terrible.  She woke up screaming every 30 or 40 minutes until I finally swaddled her and she slept through the night.

    When she is swaddled, DD sleeps 10 or 11 hours at night . . . awesome.

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  • mavs_girl07mavs_girl07 member
    I would just give it another week or two then try again.  If it still doesn't go well, then swaddle and try again after another couple of weeks.  The first time we tried to wean dd it was awful.  She couldn't sleep, couldn't put herself to sleep, cried.  It was a big fat fail.  A couple of weeks later she kept breaking out of it, so I decided to try again with one arm out for naps.  It went well so I did it at night and that went well.  Around 6:00am she woke up, wiggled her other arm out, and fell back asleep for another 2 hours!  She'd never done that!  So I figured maybe she was just ready.  That day I put her down for all naps totally unswaddled and she slept great.  Same thing that night- put her down unswaddled and she slept just the same as when she had it, it was like she didn't even notice it was gone.  So my best advice is to just keep trying, one day they'll just be ready.
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