Why do YOU want to wean from the swaddle?

Liz&Eric · March 2009

I want to wean because I nervous about her rolling over in her kiddopotomus. I am curious if other people have good reasons for "deswaddling" besides their LOs fighting it. I think Savannah is going to be swaddled until she goes to kindergarten. Last night I totally caved after weeks of one arm out and swaddled her up all the way because she wouldn't go back to sleep at 3:30. She rubs her eyes with her arms out and totally wakes herself up. It is driving me crazy. She fights the swaddle at first, but pretty quickly goes to sleep. She even woke up this morning still swaddled and just talking to herself, so she must not hate it as much as I thought. I am totally losing this battle and wished I hadn't swaddled her from the start.

cbwm · March 2009

We use the kiddopotamus. DS has yet to attempt to roll while he's swaddled.

I honestly wouldn't stress out about it that much.

I, too, am convinced that this kid is going to be swaddled until he goes to kindergarten.

krismtg · March 2009

I am in the same boat as you. We tried the one arm thing but he rubs his eyes and can't fall asleep. We went back to the full swaddle. I am nervous about him rolling over and I want to transfer him to his crib without it. Also the swing belt is too tight with the swaddle on. I don't have any advice for you but I feel your pain.

chrisnj0614 · March 2009

Ahh...the swaddle...

I hate it because he fights it and I have to reswaddle him 2-3 times a night. If I don't, he wakes up in the morning early because he gets his arms out. We have the miracle blanket and he can't fit in the leg part anymore. So his fighting moves the swaddle up to his head. So annoying.

We went sans swaddle this week....He sleeps fine UNTIL you put him in his crib. If he sleeps in my bed or on me, no swaddle necessary (he actually sleeps great in my bed without it). It takes an extra minute to get him to sleep, but no biggie. But the minute you put him in the crib, eyes wide open! His arms flail, he rubs his eyes and pulls out the paci. crying ensues...

This morning, I quit and gave in. I swaddled him and sure enough he fell asleep in his crib (only for 20 minutes, but its more than he will do without it). I brought the swaddle to daycare today (he is doing 2.5 hours there to get used to it).

Ugh...the swaddle 1 mommy 0

craziheazo · March 2009

I could have written this post myself! My DD will probably be in her SwaddleMe until she's 5. She sleeps so well with it though....

chrisnj0614 · March 2009

OH yeah...I told the dr I will be swaddling him until he is 12 and she laughed. She told me to just get a bigger blanket.

And Colin rolls over BOTH ways in his swaddle. Nice. but he has no issue lifting his head. He wakes up and cries since he usually finds himself in the corner of the crib.

When he is in my bed without the swaddle, he doesn't move. Go figure.

pixiedustie · March 2009

I love the swaddle, but my DD only sleeps well in the Miracle blanket she can break her arms out of the other types and I know she is getting to be to tall for her MB Tongue Tied

. I really do not want her to be unswaddled I am afraid she will stop sleeping so well.

janinekrause · March 2009

i got nervous about her rolling over and want her to learn to sleep without too many "props". she did the same thing as you all are describing the first 2 days- rubbed eyes, flailed, etc. but surprisingly fell asleep on her own. it took longer but that was her way of putting herself to sleep. when you say they are rubbing eyes, etc...how long have you left them? do they cry out or just trying a new way of getting comfortable? i kept stressing that she wouldnt fall asleep with all the eye rubbing, etc but she did- i gave it 20 mins. now it takes her much less time.

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laur1120 · March 2009

My only reasoning for weaning is bc at some point she is not going to fit in the damn swaddle me anymore!!! It's not a possibility at this point to not swaddle as she is crazy with the scratching at her own face when she is tired. Seriously she would look like she was in a car accident if I just let her try and sleep without it- she still gets in a scratch or two sometimes.

Liz&Eric · March 2009

janinekrause:
i got nervous about her rolling over and want her to learn to sleep without too many "props". she did the same thing as you all are describing the first 2 days- rubbed eyes, flailed, etc. but surprisingly fell asleep on her own. it took longer but that was her way of putting herself to sleep. when you say they are rubbing eyes, etc...how long have you left them? do they cry out or just trying a new way of getting comfortable? i kept stressing that she wouldnt fall asleep with all the eye rubbing, etc but she did- i gave it 20 mins. now it takes her much less time.
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I let her "cry" for 20 minutes last night to see if she would go back to sleep and she just got more and more awake. I said "cry" because she really doesn't cry hard like some babies. She more or less whines and yells at us. She has soothed herself back to sleep before, but I believe that was with arms in.?

Court0026 · March 2009

I have very mixed feelings about swaddling. DS hates it unless he is already asleep, but I don't think he can sleep in his crib without it. The whole process is so awful and his sleep is so awful...we want to do Ferber, but not while we are still trying to get the swaddling to work.

Liz&Eric · March 2009

laur1120:
My only reasoning for weaning is bc at some point she is not going to fit in the damn swaddle me anymore!!! It's not a possibility at this point to not swaddle as she is crazy with the scratching at her own face when she is tired.? Seriously she would look like she was in a car accident if I just let her try and sleep without it-? she still gets in a scratch or two sometimes.?

Yes! This is Savannah too! She will scratch til she bleeds! I believe my post yesterday was titled. Deswaddling, itching and eczema for this very reason. ?

Echowysp · March 2009

I'd love to not have to swaddle anymore because ds has gotten so strong he can break out of the miracle blanket (and swaddle me weeks ago). It's a pain to swaddle him back up in that stupid miracle blanket at 3 am in the dark. But, he needs it to calm his waving arms. I think we will just swaddle until he can sleep on his side, which he seems to prefer.

Rangergal9 · March 2009

We stopped swaddling this weekend because DD would just grunt and groan all night trying to bust out of it. Once she fell asleep she was out for 4 hours, but once she started to wake up thats it, no getting her back. Now we use the sleep sacks and she is now sleeping 4 hours at a time again. She is getting better at falling back asleep on her own if her arms jerk and wake her up.

janinekrause · March 2009

i forgot to say that even though we weaned arms- we occasionally still swaddle her legs and put her in a sleep sack. the arms were what she was busting out of and it would wake her up. now, she stretches out and looks so comfy. i hated the swaddle for some reason.

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