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If you "broke" your LO of swaddling...

aggielaurenaggielauren member
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For those of you whose LO used to be swaddled but isn't now, how long did it take them to get used to sleeping without the swaddle?

DS hasn't been swaddled for naps for about a week but we've just quit swaddling at night the last two nights. Last night he went to bed a little after 8:00, woke up at 12:55 and continued to wake up every 10 minutes until 2:00, woke up at 3:00, woke up at 4:30 and continued to wake up constantly until 6:00 and then woke up at 6:50. He's asleep right now but I don't know for how long. I'm exhausted! He had been going for about 8 hours and, if he did wake up before that, it was just for a second and right back to sleep.

We haven't swaddled his legs for a long time, so it's just him trying to get used to his arms being free.

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  • Lindsey7521Lindsey7521
    we just stopped one day and she was fine with it....i've heard ppl say to de-swaddle one arm at a time.
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  • AggieGrlAggieGrl
    We did one arm at a time.  We also changed from swaddling with a swaddle sack to swaddling with a blanket.  The blanket would gradually loosen through the night.
    DS 12/09, Twins EDD 11/11
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  • karenandjeffkarenandjeff
    We are still in the process of weaning, we have been doing one arm at a time and it's been over a month now.  Every now and then we will try not to swaddle and she constantly wakes herself up.  I don't think she is ever going to get used to not being swaddled!!!  We use the halo sleep sack with swaddling feature.  I just had to order the next size up because she can barely squeeze into the newborn size anymore.
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  • C12H22O11C12H22O11 member

    We did the opposite - swaddled 1 arm only, then just legs.

    I'd say we did the 1-arm swaddle for at least 2 weeks.  Then arms out for a couple days.  Then nothing.  I'd say it took a couple nights for him to get used to no swaddle at all.

    Hang in there!

    Ethan Michael - 12/21/09
    Norah Jewel - 2/26/14

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  • aggielaurenaggielauren member

    We also used the sleep sack with swaddling feature but switched to just using the swaddling part of it around his PJs and not using the sack. He is WAY too big for the newborn size now and busted out of it constantly. That's part of the reason I decided to try to quit swaddling is because he would wake himself up when he would bust out of it.

    I've been going cold turkey (no swaddle at all) the past two nights. Would it be reversing any little tiny progress I've made to go back to just doing one arm? I'm really ready to just be done with the swaddle but I can't go a month with him waking up like that.

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  • karenandjeffkarenandjeff
    imageaggielauren:

    We also used the sleep sack with swaddling feature but switched to just using the swaddling part of it around his PJs and not using the sack. He is WAY too big for the newborn size now and busted out of it constantly. That's part of the reason I decided to try to quit swaddling is because he would wake himself up when he would bust out of it.

    I've been going cold turkey (no swaddle at all) the past two nights. Would it be reversing any little tiny progress I've made to go back to just doing one arm? I'm really ready to just be done with the swaddle but I can't go a month with him waking up like that.

    I am not sure if it would reverse your progress.  I haven't had the guts or the patients to go cold turkey yet.  I try it every now and then for a part of the night and once she starts waking herself up, I swaddle the one arm.  I am working three days a week so the thought of having to go through several sleepless nights deters me from this.  I am hoping one day she will just be over it!!!!

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    imageaggielauren:

    We also used the sleep sack with swaddling feature but switched to just using the swaddling part of it around his PJs and not using the sack. He is WAY too big for the newborn size now and busted out of it constantly. That's part of the reason I decided to try to quit swaddling is because he would wake himself up when he would bust out of it.

    I've been going cold turkey (no swaddle at all) the past two nights. Would it be reversing any little tiny progress I've made to go back to just doing one arm? I'm really ready to just be done with the swaddle but I can't go a month with him waking up like that.

    I think I would try going back to one arm only.  I tried a couple times to let Ethan sleep without the one arm swaddle and he'd wake up or couldn't get to sleep, so I'd do the one arm for that night.  He basically let me know he didn't need it anymore when I'd find him in the morning with both arms out instead of just the one.

    Ethan Michael - 12/21/09
    Norah Jewel - 2/26/14

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  • superauntsuperaunt member
    after finding her every morning for a week with an arm and/or a leg free from the swaddle, we went cold turkey one Friday and had NO problems. we just kept our routine the same and instead of wrapping her in a miracle blanket, we zip her up in a sleep sac.
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  • Novem06Novem06 member
    WE did it last night for the first time cold turkey and it went over fine.  I think he preferred it as he was fighting the swaddle like crazy
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  • Mereou12Mereou12 member
    We swaddled with one arm out for about two weeks. Probably could've taken the other one out sooner since he handled it so well, but I was a little scared!
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  • smittendorffsmittendorff member
    My first LO weaned himself at about 3 months by breaking his arms loose.  We kept wrapping his belly for awhile before transitioning him to a Halo sleepsack, and the process went pretty smoothly for him.  If your LO is not yet showing signs of breaking loose, rolling over, or not wanting it, then maybe he's not ready yet.  And if he is doing one of those things, then try weaning him gradually.  It will likely take some time for him to adjust.   
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