Humor me with another sleep question :)

summerbride529 · September 2011

DS has been swaddled since he was a few weeks old, and it has really helped him sleep longer stretches since his arm movements can't wake him up. We currently use the SwaddleMe sleepsacks. BUT...this morning I saw him (on the video monitor) roll over onto his tummy. He hasn't rolled over from back to tummy while awake yet, which is why we kept swaddling. Of course after seeing this, I am scared and know we have to stop swaddling. He is just shy of 4 months old. My question is do we stop swaddling and start sleep training at the same time (to get it all over with at once) or stop swaddling first? He has his 4 month check-up next week so I will know if he has doubled his birth weight at that time.

Thanks!!

ETA: Just went back and read the UO Thursday posts. Guess I won't be getting much advice with this topic...lol

McAllie5 · September 2011

I highly recommend you reading some books (different tactics, if you're not sure which method you want to try) and go from there.

But a quick answer to your question: you can do it all at once or bit by bit. It's up to you. Bit by bit may be a gentler way to go , or it may turn out that by drawing it out, you're prolonging the disruption to your LO's sleep. (Think Band-Aid removal.)

I'm not suggesting the best way to go about sleep training your LO because all babies are different, and only you know your LO best.

CanuckFan03 · September 2011

We did it together. I figured that it was easier on both of us that way. Otherwise he'd have to learn to go to sleep on his own (which takes a while) then you change up the game again and he has to learn to go to sleep on his own unsaddled. But that's just how we did it. You decide what is comfortable for you.