Pacifier or Fingers/Fist

orangegoggles · March 2013

My son is just about 3 months so I thought I would ask you ladies. I still swaddle him for night (he sleeps decent at night) and also for naps. We have a big problem with half hour naps and him being cranky/overtired throughout the day

I have tried almost everything suggested for 30 hour/45 intruder naps but nothing really helps him get past that sleep cycle.

He uses a pacifier but if it pops out of his mouth he often wakes up (usually at the end of the 30 minutes) and will not go back down with me and he obviously can't put it back in. At night, after his first good stretch of sleep (doesn't seem to mind if its in or not then) I have to do the same thing from about 4 am on.

He is really into his hands lately and sucks on them for comfort. A part of me wonders if I should try without the swaddle or with one hand/both hands out so he can soothe himself if he wakes up. Though when I have tried before in the past his arms go nuts.

Was there a time when you dropped the swaddle so LO could suck on his fingers or do you continue to swaddle and have to keep popping the pacifier in for LO?

rjeller32 · March 2013

I love/hate paci's for the simple fact that as soon as they pop out in the night, your LO is whining for it back. DD1 had her paci up until 2, and for the first year every time it would pop out or she would lose it in her crib, she was screaming up a stor

vettymama · March 2013

We started to unswaddle before he really found his hands. We started with one arm out. We use Halo Sleepsacks and they have worked wonderfully!
He sleeps with both arms out now and either soothes with his hands or cries when he wants his pacifier

Cellis · March 2013

We recently started swaddling with one arm out. So far it has been going well. He sleeps just as long as he did before and he likes to suck on his fingers at night to soothe himself back to sleep.

orangegoggles · March 2013

Thanks ladies. I think I will try one arm out for his next nap.

melody921 · March 2013

DD hated the paci, so that was never really an option for us. We swaddled until about 4 months, I think, just bc it gave us such glorious sleep out of her. But as soon as we stopped swaddling, she started sucking on her fingers as soon as we'd put her in

ForeverEverAfter · March 2013

LO never took a paci. She also never had her arms swaddled though. Even in the hospital she slept with her arms over her head. We still swaddle waist down for warmth. She was nursing to sleep. This week we tried feeding til done then a short rock and lay

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