If you've de-swaddled

Mary0913 · August 2012

How did you do it? Cold turkey, one arm at a time? DS started rolling over last week and rolled in his swaddle the other morning - he's got great neck strength, so I'm not really super worried about the safety aspect of it, but he seems to be getting progressively more frustrated by the swaddle when he wakes up.

Also, how did their sleep change during/after the de-swaddling process? He's a great sleeper, so I'm dreading this. DD was much older when we ditched the swaddle and she was already a crappy sleeper when we did it, so I don't remember a huge change. Stick out tongue

TIA!

dragonmommy422 · August 2012

Cold turkey. One night it was just too hot, and there was no a.c, so I didn't put him in a swaddle. He actually slept better that night, and we have had no problems since. Some babes do just fine. If he seems agitated by the swaddle, maybe just try arms out at first, so they still feel the comfort of the swaddle at their waist. You never know, it may be a lot easier than you think!

Moneypenny424 · August 2012

The first night I tried one arm...but because I switched back to the Halo sleepsack to do that, LO broke out. When I tried again a week later, I just did it cold turkey and it was fine!

eav2c · August 2012

Cold turkey and he's sleeping better.

BabyMakes6 · August 2012

Cold turkey here, too. We didn't have any problems.

AshleyDG83 · August 2012

Cold turkey. It's been hotter hear anyway. Also, now that she is rolling over, she sleeps on her tummy most of the time for naps and sleeps great. I've never swaddled at night because she sleeps in bed with me.

manning15j · August 2012

Cold Turkey too. He wasnt a very good sleeper to begin with and he had started rolling, so I just stopped swaddling one night, it was rough for a couple of nights, but now he sleeps 8 hours, most of the time.