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For those who transitioned to crib...

spainy17spainy17 member
in January 2013 Moms

..and have deswaddled...

DD currently sleeps in her swing with her arms swaddled at night.  The four month wakeful has been a nasty biiiitch at our house and doing this has kept her to two wakeups a night instead of insanity.  However, I realize this is crazy and cannot continue for much longer and since I have 12 days off work starting next week I am thinking it is time to bite the bullet.

DD will be 20 weeks on Sunday.  I am completely unable to handle CIO (I get physically ill, I swear) so I was wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to make the transition go as well as possible?  I have heard to deswaddle and crib it in one move to just get it overwith.  Do you think this is a good idea?  DD also escalates with being upset if I come back and comfort her without picking her up so I think Ferber would be a fail.  Has anyone used a no-cry solution?  If so, what does it entail?  I keep putting sleep books in my cart on Amazon.com but there are so many that I have yet to pull the trigger.  Ugh, I am not looking forward to this.  Any help/insight would be SO appreciated.

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Re: For those who transitioned to crib...

  • martha919martha919 member
    Well, when we transitioned to her crib I honestly don't think she even noticed. I'm thinking of coldturkey deswaddling starting Sunday night though. I'm looking forward to the responses on this one...
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  • OhBaby+2013OhBaby+2013 member
    We did cold turkey deswaddle it went WAY better than I expected.  He honestly didn't notice much.  I have read the no cry sleep solution a bit and if I was going to buy a book it would likely be that one.  Check out the online reviews.  It starts with keeping a sleep log and since you are still a few days away from starting you are in a good position to start the log now.  With all this said Ido a modified Ferber I think. If DS cries, which isn't very often, I let his cry for 3 minutes before I go in and comfort him with belly rubs and smiles.  Then I do another three minutes, then five if it gets to a third time.  I also suggest that if your LO wakes in the night that you should wait a few minutes before getting her.  Max 3.  Good luck!  You can do it!
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  • hansonam446hansonam446
    I'm on the boat with the cold deswaddle. LO kept busting his arms out so I did one or two nights with one arm out and then just stopped doing it. He's slept without it for over a week now. I think they just get to a point where they outgrow it. But you could try leaving one arm out and see how she does.
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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger member

    If you're worried about deswaddling, you should look into the Merlin Sleep Suit.  It muffles their movements and helps prevent them from startling themselves awake.  Sleep training/CIO is a really touchy subject and everyone will have an opinion, including your LO.  You can follow any method that you want, but if your LO isn't ready, its not going to take.  So if a method fails, you may just need to be patient and try again in a few weeks.

    You don't have to follow her CIO stuff, but this woman has a really informative blog about a variety of sleep topics:

    https://www.troublesometots.com/

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  • miss.brittanymiss.brittany member
    We cold turkey deswaddled about a month ago. DD is 17 weeks old now so she was probably only 13 or 14 weeks when we did it. It was getting so hot in our house and I just couldn't bear to wrap her in the swaddle. So we just didn't put her in it. She did really well! She didn't even seem to notice, and there was no change in her sleep. She may have been ready for it though, because prior to us deswaddling her, she kept breaking her arms free. And she's a hardcore finger sucker now, and not a fan of the pacifier. She puts her pointer and middle finger in her mouth to self soothe. So she likes having her hands free for that.

    We haven't attempted the crib yet though. DH and I just aren't ready for that!!
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