do you swaddle during naps?

redshoegirl · June 2010

I didn't for the first month or so because I thought that might help the babies distinguish between naps and sleep time at night, but then a nurse told me I should because it would help them sleep during the day as well. Which it does (they'll usually nap for about 1.5 hours at a time), but I don't know if my original idea had any merit.

What do you do for nap time?

lisakeiko · June 2010

J is actually napping right now, unswaddled, and has been stretching out every so often without waking himself up. It's so cute to watch him stretch in his sleep.

I don't swaddle during the day because J takes good naps and also because it's just too darn hot during the day here. We bought some muslin swaddling blankets but even those seem like they'd be too hot during the day.

And the beast awakens.... He napped for almost a full 2 hours so I'd say that a swaddle isn't necessary for him, right?

redshoegirl · June 2010

lisakeiko:
He napped for almost a full 2 hours so I'd say that a swaddle isn't necessary for him, right?

I'd say that's a great unswaddled nap!

I've been putting the boys in their Woombies so they can still stretch a bit in their sleep, but the last time I tried to put them down without any kind of a swaddle, they wouldn't sleep AT ALL. So I don't know if I should try it again or just stick with the Woombies for now...

lisakeiko · June 2010

I've noticed that he doesn't really like to be flat on his back for naps so I usually put him in his bouncer. Figuring that out has made a huge difference in the length of his naps! Where do the twins nap?

redshoegirl · June 2010

In their bouncers. Stick out tongue

I suppose I should have them nap in their cribs, but the bouncers are in the living room and the living room is downstairs and that's where we spend all of our time because it's kind of a PITA to lug them both up and down the stairs all the time.

HulaLove · June 2010

I use a regular blanket to swaddle Elyse for naps and bed time now. She gets her arms out very easily, it's just to keep them down for her to go to sleep.

When she was little (cause she's so big now Stick out tongue ) I only swaddled her for night time. She napped anywhere and everywhere: the couch, my bed, her swing, the car seat. I liked looking at her

myday1708 · June 2010

Whenever Alexa slept in her crib, naps or nighttime, I swaddled her. However, if she slept in the car seat or bouncer, then so be it, she slept how she fell asleep. When we moved her to the crib at 2 months, we swaddled her whenever we put her down in it. She slept better that way.

When we stopped swaddling around 4 months, we moved straight to sleep sacks. When she sleeps in her crib, be it a nap or nighttime, I always put her in a sleep sack. My reasoning is that getting into the sleep sack is a cue to her of what comes next: Sleep.

inamra · June 2010

Nope, we only swaddle for nighttime slumber. For daytime naps, he just sleeps in his car seat and loves it so much that he'll sleep up to 4 hours sometimes! Now if only he'd sleep that long at night...it's tempting to put him in the car seat at night too =P

redshoegirl · June 2010

inamra:
Nope, we only swaddle for nighttime slumber. For daytime naps, he just sleeps in his car seat and loves it so much that he'll sleep up to 4 hours sometimes! Now if only he'd sleep that long at night...it's tempting to put him in the car seat at night too =P

LOL whenever people say their baby naps in the carseat, I always have this millisecond of confusion thinking, "You put them in the car to nap???" I forget that a lot of people have snap-n-go travel systems - we don't, so to me a carseat is something that stays permanently in the car. Stick out tongue

lola808 · June 2010

Generally, he falls asleep easily for naps, so we don't usually swaddle. When he's been fussy, though, we have used it.

We always swaddle for his nighttime sleeps -- goes down at 6 pm and wakes for the morning at 6 am (feeds every 4 hours in between).

jaysgirljulie · June 2010

Ryan will NOT sleep unless he is very tightly swaddled, so the answer to your question is that we swaddle at nap time. If nap time is when he is in the car, he will just scream because he is so tired but can't sleep. I now bring a blanket or even our swaddle thing with us whenever we go out. That must be why today is the first day I've left the house in four whole days Sad

He does usually take some pretty good naps now that I've learned to swaddle him so tight and every time. Too bad his first 3-4 weeks of life I didn't swaddle and our lives were Hell. I don't know what's going to happen when we can't swaddle anymore.

Married2MrWright · June 2010

We did when Libby was younger, now, we only do it if she's super fussy.

mrspresley · June 2010

we swaddled miss A at the beginning for naps. i can't remember for how long though... 1-2 months maybe? then i stopped for naps b/c i was worried we'd have trouble unswaddling her when the time came....so i figured if she had some time sleeping swaddle free it would make the transition easier. she would only nap 30-60 min before startling herself but in the long run i do think it made stopping the swaddle cold turkey (when she started rolling) easier on all of us. now that she can roll on her tummy for naps she naps anywhere from 1 hr to 2.5 hours on average!!

of course there are still some days where she is miss 30 minute napper but overall she does really well now

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