I need a pep talk!

jaeleigh25 · February 2012

Due to an extremely busy weekend schedule for the rest of the month, and DD's vastly expanding physical abilities, we are removing the swaddle this weekend. She already has gone back in the night time sleep department, and I must admit, I am intimidated at the thought of going sans swaddle. We have been doing one arm out since Christmas, knowing the day would come, and she is starting to bust out of the halo Velcro sacks. I know I need to just go in full boar, but I need a little pep talk! Anyone have good stories? Or bad?

Jazzym12 · February 2012

We went swaddle free this week and so far it is going extremely well. I think having her arms free makes her sleep better and when she flips out she shoves her hand in her mouth and falls back asleep. We have had the longest stretches of sleep without the swaddle. Amazing! Good luck!

anasazi17 · February 2012

You can do it!! We have been trying to go no swaddle for a few weeks, I won't lie it has been rough for us. As of today she is a rolling machine so we need to break it for reals this time. (we tend to "give in")

DD can't handle not falling asleep being swaddled, but she breaks out of it within 10 minutes of falling asleep. Sometimes we have to re-swaddle sometimes not. I haven't had luck just putting her down in a sleep sack with free arms...she goes bananas.

Keep me posted, we can commiserate as we go through this swaddle detox!

mrsgabus · February 2012

I have no advice as this will be the weekend that we fully removd his swaddle. Lately he is likd a worm and gets all worked up when you put him In the swaddle so the last few night I have left his arms out. I wish you luck

Sunburn19 · February 2012

It can be done! You're so close. If A either isn't falling asleep well without his swaddle or wakes up when I put him down, I just hold his arms and legs down until he falls (back) to sleep. Seems to work like a charm....so far.

ellewoodsSC · February 2012

We've dropped the swaddle and put her into her bassinet from the RNP cold-turkey last week and the first few nights she woke up several times to cry, eat and grumble but by the end of the week, she went back to sleeping her typical 8-9 hour stretches.

Last night she went into a banshee mode at bedtime and we had to go to the full-on Happiest Baby on the block mode and put her into her miracle blanket straight jacket. Hopefully that was an off night for her.

lavender12_81 · February 2012

She has been sleeping arms out for about two weeks. She kept trying to break out and then getting upset if her arm got stuck in an awkward position. I just velcro the Halo around her body so she still has a little bit of security. The only problem is that now she can take her mittens off with ease and then sometimes scratches her face from rubbing. Go for it.

sewpinkgal · February 2012

My child has never consistently done long stretches of sleep, so I'm not a success story in that respect, BUT finally removing the swaddle only led to like one or two nights of sort of off sleep for him, then he went back to his normal. Granted, it's not great, but it's not like he regressed into really awful sleep.

I think if you've been doing one arm out since Christmas, the transition will be easier than you think. Good luck!

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