Reading a post about how you dress your baby for bed got me wondering how may are still swaddling LO. I still do, LO still seems to wake himself up with his arms. DS is not rolling over, and he never seems to move while sleeping, and most of all he seems to really enjoy it, but when is it not OK to keep swaddling?
Re: Do any of you still swaddle?
Right now I can't imagine not swaddling. He can't stay asleep for long periods with out it. We've tried, in the crib, the swing, carseat. He is still startling, a lot.
I am not looking forward to the day we have to stop, I think its one of those things that tells him its time to sleep now. I have a friend who swaddled for 5 months, but I am guessing that is too long.... ???
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We still are. He breaks out regularly as he wakes up at night though. I'm scared to switch, although I've bought a sleep sac.
I've tried not swaddling for naps, and he wakes himself up after 10 or 20 minutes. I'll stop swaddling when he rolls, but he seems a ways away from rolling back to tummy.
We stopped cold turkey when she started rolling.
For those of you that say your LO can't sleep without it...there is going to be an adjustment period when you deswaddle, but IME, it doesn't last more than a week. Also, for the sleep cue, a sleep sack worked well for the transition period, but I ditched that once she went back to belly.
I'm happy to be done with it, and so is DD. She's now sleeping on her tummy and back to STTN after her new found love of rolling
She also loves to suck on her hands to soothe herself in the MOTN.
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We still swaddle for nighttime. I'm in denial that we'll eventually have to stop.