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Swaddle vs. Sleep Sack

mamacat123mamacat123 member
in January 2012 Moms

We stopped swaddling DD about a month ago...and I can't even really remember why lol. She is still sleeping in her RNP and I'd like to transition her to her crib soon. She sleeps in a sleep sack and we get 45 minute-hour long naps in the day and a 4-5 hour stretch at night followed by 2 3 hour stretches. 

 Some of the moms in my playgroup recommended that I go back to the swaddle for the transition to the crib. Anyone here still swaddling? If so, how long do you plan to swaddle? DD isn't rolling over yet so I think we still have some time before going back to the sleep sack. 

I'm curious to know if the swaddle is working for y'all-DD is constantly hitting herself in the face, rubbing her eyes, putting her hands in her mouth, etc, so maybe she wasn't ready to sleep without the swaddle yet!

Thanks for any input! 

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Re: Swaddle vs. Sleep Sack

  • rebelina1rebelina1 member
    We still swaddle (we use the Miracle Blanket) and our DS sleeps solid through the night.  He does still sleep in the RNP (but it's in his room) and we are thinking of transitioning him to the crib this weekend.  We will continue to swaddle through the crib transition and then once he is good with that we will start the transition to the sleep sack.
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  • sanbrysanbry member
    I still swaddle bc my daughter is all over the place in her RNP. In the swaddle most nights she sleeps from 830-930 til 630 the next morning. She also just started naps in her crib, also swaddled. I plan on doing it as long as I feel she needs and benefits from it, though it is getting hot here and I'm nervous she'll get too warm.
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  • megaloo27megaloo27
    My dd does fine without being swaddled. She sometimes half wakes up but if I leave her alone she puts herself back to sleep. She likes to rub her head and put her fingers in her mouth. I actually use a blanket they she ends up kicking off. 
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  • theladyjesstheladyjess member

    We never swaddled, even in the hospital.  After she was born she kept dropping her temp every time she was swaddled so I'd unwrap her and do skin to skin.  At 30 hours old she was rushed to the NICU to be put under the bili lights, where she stayed for the next 9 days.  She spent so much time in nothing but her diaper that when she finally could wear clothes she'd scream every time I dressed her and swaddling was pretty much a mute point by then.

    At night she sleeps in a sleep sack or gown with a blanket pulled up to her arm pits.

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  • sarahd123sarahd123 member
    We use a swaddle pod, it's fantastic, if we don't she smacks herself in the face and wakes herself up. It's just a tube of fabric with a zipper up the front, it makes her look like a little caterpillar. She sleeps in her cosleeper from around 9:30-10 unroll 7:30
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