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The swaddle saga (F/U in comments)

sbuxsweetiesbuxsweetie member
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Lately DS has been wiggling his little hands up and out the top of his sleep sack swaddler (despite the velcro!), so last night I decided to swaddle just his waist and legs, & left his arms out. Well... I ended up having to go soothe him a total of six times, with one of those times being a feeding. Once, I broke down and re-swaddled him, arms and all, and an hour later when I heard him fussing on the monitor, I went in to check on him and he had gotten both arms out. So.. looks like we're done with the full swaddle. I feel like a zombie today, and am not looking forward to the nights ahead if they're all going to be like this! Yikes... has anyone else been transitioning out of the swaddle (WITHOUT using a CIO method) and had any success? 



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  • teshy1teshy1 member
    We haven't yet tried transitioning out of the swaddle, but I just wanted to say our DD has also been escaping her Swaddle Me recently, either one or both arms.  However, I'm not sure if she's escaping first and then waking up, or starting to wake up for her usual feeding, and getting her arms loose in the process.  I'm assuming that we may have a rough go for a bit while we work on transitioning out of the swaddle, but we obviously can't swaddle her forever.  Good luck and keep us updated...
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  • honkytonk_kidhonkytonk_kid member

    My LO has been doing the same thing recently. He's too strong for anything I swaddle him in, but he sleeps so much better that way.

    Can you try swaddling with one arm out? We do that now, he seems to like it. The plan is to eventually do both arms out,  then no swaddle when he seems ready for it.

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  • GardenMageeGardenMagee
    I was just about to post a question about this. LO starts out in her crib, which is in my room, and then usually ends up in bed with me at some point in the night. But recently when I've gone to get her in the middle of the night she's managed to wiggle herself into some other place in her crib. And she's also starting to really try to turn over from back to belly so I'm worried about her getting stuck on her stomach and not being able to move herself back. So I feel like it may be time to start the "deswaddle" process. I was planning on doing the one arm out method starting next weekend. I'm scared though, because she's only had one night without being swaddled since she's been home and it did not go well. No CIO! Just a baby that was waking up every hour or so. :)
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  • weeblekweeblek

    We just did the de-swaddle process this weekend, but it ended up being a partial de-swaddling...Friday night we went cold turkey, which ended up putting him to sleep with the swaddle around his middle with both arms out.  He let us know for about an hour or two that he was not happy with this new change with lots of whimpering and crying, but we just stayed with him and tried to comfort him as best as we could.  He ended up sleeping longer than he'd ever slept in one period!  He is a lot harder to put down for naps and bed now, but after one night, he pretty much accepted that he's now a big boy and sleeps with his arms out. 

    We'll eventually move from swaddling him around his middle to wearable blankets to nothing but I'm pretty happy with the progress.  I think the anticipation was worse than the reality.

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  • mistyflamemistyflame member
    We transitioned out of the swaddle at around 3 months because DS was wiggling his arms out.  We started with just one arm out, and it's kind of trial and error to find the one hand that he can use to sooth without keeping him awake... if that makes sense.  DS preferred his right hand out so he could keep it by his face, but if I left his left arm out he'd keep himself awake.  We did that for a couple weeks and then tried both arms out.  It took a couple nights but he did eventually stop waking himself up.  After that we just go rid of the swaddle all together and DS has been sleeping great ever since, only waking once or twice to eat.
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  • sbuxsweetiesbuxsweetie member

    Thanks for the comments, ladies. We swaddled him from the waist down again last night, and it went much better. He only woke 3 times instead of 6, like he did the first night. I also clipped his nails short so he couldn't scratch himself and wake himself up (pretty sure this was one of the issues we had a couple nights ago). Only once did he want to eat (at 4 am) and the other times, I was able to soothe him and get him right back to sleep w/out even picking him up. I already feel a little better this morning after a decent night's sleep! Here's hoping tonight goes just as well- or better even. That'd be great. :)



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  • smitt2619smitt2619
    We weaned gradually - one arm out, then both, then sleepsack.  I thought the sleepsack was a great transition, and a practical and safe way to keep him warm.  It provides a bit of confinement, but his arms are out.  We use Halo sleepsacks, and absolutely love them. 
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