Extended swaddling

kat.in.the.hat · February 2009

Did anyone swaddle past the newborn stage (like, oh, until five months or so)?

If so, I have questions

CindyandScott · February 2009

I think that 5 months was around the time that we weaned her of it.

PAGAS · February 2009

I am still swaddling and plan on continuing. I just bought the Swaddlemes in the large size.

TexasHarmony · February 2009

I think we stopped around 5-6 months when she could break out of the swaddle on her own. We moved to sleep sacks and she did fine.

savannah11 · February 2009

TexasHarmony:
I think we stopped around 5-6 months when she could break out of the swaddle on her own.? We moved to sleep sacks and she did fine.

?Same here. ?Only I think he was a little younger 4ish months when he started breaking out.?

kat.in.the.hat · February 2009

Well we swaddle her in the Moby wrap, so that's 5m of fabric she can't break out of Smile

But she's started waking up a lot at night, and sometimes it's just briefly and it looks like she's trying to sit up or roll over and is getting frustrated because she can't do those things.

I'm wondering if she'd still wake up if we weren't swaddling her to "practice" or if she's waking up because the swaddling is keeping her from practicing.

mom2ll · February 2009

we went to 6 months... He was sleeping really well.. I didn't want to mess with a good thing.....

jkb2606 · February 2009

We just stopped swaddling last week. She has only liked her arms to be out for about 1 month, so we were just swaddling her legs. My neighbor called it the "mermaid" wrap. She would probably like to still be swaddled, but I am trying to get her to nap and didn't want to have to re-train her with out the swaddle. I say swaddle as long as you and your DD are happy.?