Unswaddling Success stories?

watermellens · July 2013

So DS is so close to rolling over, he's trying SO hard whenever he's on his back to roll to his side. He does as soon as we put him down at night, so last night I started the process to unswaddle. Instead of cold turkey, he's got one arm out. We'll do that for a few nights and then by the end of the week maybe 2 arms out?

I'm hoping this won't be as scary as I thought it would be! Last night he woke up a few times for a paci replacement and then up once to eat around his regular time. Tonight, he's only woken up once for his paci.

any other success stories unswaddling?

MrsG071809 · July 2013

we also went cold turkey, along with the switch from RNP to PNP and it went fine. I was super nervous, but she still slept just as long. I would suggest cold turkey too - good luck!

martha919 · July 2013

The first night after DD rolled over for the first time, I just popped her in a sleep sack instead of the swaddle. Put her in the crib on her back and she immediately rolled over and went to sleep! It was like magic! No issues whatsoever. I was partly surprised, but partly not because I figured she'd be a belly sleeper when she was able to do it herself.

The problem we're having now is that she can now roll front-to-back as well, but only rolls in one direction so she gets stuck occasionally on one side of the crib and hasn't yet figured out how to get back, lol. She'll get used to it soon.

MrsWindyCity · July 2013

We did it cold turkey with both kids and it went fine. DS2 woke up 2 or 3 times the first night (normally he wakes once) but was easy to get back down. By night two, he was back to his normal sleep.

mnj05 · July 2013

We are about to start this process and I keep going back and forth on how I want to do it. Part of me wants to go cold turkey and see how it plays out. The other part of me wants to use the swaddle me, keep both arms out (he's always been fine with the arms out, it's his legs that gets him), and each night loosen the swaddle until it's gone.

He's been rolling back to belly for a week now and for naps (in the crib) he's swaddled from chest down and on his belly. At night he's still in our room on his back, but we are transitioning him to the crib this week.

bibby32714 · July 2013

We haven't managed this yet. Her arms are the problem and our problem is when trying to put her down. We just keep trying until I get tired and give in and swaddle.

rm2013 · July 2013

We did cold turkey but it coincided with LO rolling over. We had to swaddle before this point bc she'd constantly smack herself in the face, but the upside to rolling is she now sleeps on tummy or side so no more arm thrashing!

morrisestano · July 2013

I am trying to wean DS from swaddling now, so I am watching this board with some hope! He is 15 weeks and wrestles himself out of his swaddle 3-4 times a night (the Miracle Blanket, of all things). He also has discovered a new trick in his swaddle where he arches his back and rolls to his side and back, which is making me nervous! I am struggling to get him to go down for naps with one arm out; he has trouble settling down and keeps smacking the binky out of his mouth. Perhaps I'm trying too early, but since getting out of his swaddle wakes him up, I wonder if he'll sleep better without a swaddle to escape!

omgitsrojo55 · July 2013

I bought the Halo sleep sack swaddles- basically a sleep sack with the swaddle piece attached. I still put the swaddle part around her chest, but have both arms out.

TikiHut23 · July 2013

We tried cold turkey, and it was awful for us. We gave up & went back to the swaddle after several nights of trying cold turkey, & she slept like magic again.

A week later, we swaddled her arms & put her in a halo sleep sack with the arms swaddles inside to get her used to the sleep sack with the comfort of being swaddled. She slept like that for a week, then we did 1 arm out, 1 arm swaddled inside the sleep sack for another week.

When we finally got to both arms out, it was much better than it had been going cold turkey. But the whole weaning process took us about a month. Some babies transition out of the swaddle really easily. But my DD has wild arms that were always flapping around, so she was waking herself up with the movement. Best of luck to you!

lana22 · July 2013

first son we weaned over about a week with an arm out for a few nights, then no swaddle. with this one (4 months) we just stopped cold turkey cause he would get out every night and wake himself up. after a night he caught on and now even if he wakes himself up he goes back to sleep. don't worry, he'll catch on soon.

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