To continue swaddling or not?

mrsdeanna · August 2013

DS is now 4 months old and still LOVES to be swaddled, but is starting to break out of them. We have already been thru the Halo Sleep sacks and SwaddleMe's. My question is should I just start with going cold turkey on him being swaddled? I feel like if I continue to keep trying to find swaddles that will work for him, I am only delaying the inevitable. Because at some point we are going to have to go cold turkey, right? Because isn't this about the age that swaddling becomes more dangerous as they can start rolling over? He seriously sleeps so much better being swaddled but not sure how much longer I can continue swaddling him for. And what other products out there might even work.
TIA.

Crequito · August 2013

Sleep sacks are good. I went cold turkey with DD and just the past few nights added a sleep sack over her sleeper. I was doing just a blanket wrapped around her but once she started rolling into her tummy consistently the blanket would get all tangled. DD slept 8 hours straight the first night unswaddled and 8-10 hours straight every night after that. Good luck!

LisaLisa1980 · August 2013

Get a woombie. Can't escape those

Don't quit cold turkey if he's still got his startle reflex. And with babies in general I would not just quit cold turkey.

lauralovesbob · August 2013

i don't plan to quit until DD has better control of her arms.

KLL22 · August 2013

My DD is 4 months also. She still LOVES to be swaddled to the point where she won't calm down unless she is. I plan to stop when she is rolling back to belly often and when the startle reflex goes away. I'm not to worried about it just yet

karijohannsen · August 2013

Have you tried a Miracle Blanket? Those swadles my 4.5 month old can't get out of. She loves to be swaddled - giggles and smiles while I'm wrapping her up. I tried a Merlin's Magic Sleep Suit to break the swaddle and she hated it. My Dr. said not to worry about breaking the swaddle until LO can roll over while being swaddled. There is room for concern though if your LO is breaking out of it, meaning the velcro is coming undone and the blanket can come up to the mouth. But if it's simply getting one or two arms out but still velcro then there shouldn't be a worry.

iumegan716 · August 2013

If it were me, I wouldn't buy any more swaddle products at this point since your LO is likely to be rolling soon. DS2 was busting out of the halo sleep sack w/ swaddle so I bought a woombie on amazon. He started rolling before it even arrived and we had to stop swaddling pretty much cold turkey (did a couple of days with 1 arm out but then he started rolling with that also). It didn't really impact his ability to stay asleep, but he did have a problem getting to sleep on his own after that.

VPGIRL06 · August 2013

it's really hard to say. The reason is babies all liked to be swaddled for different reasons-some babies like the feeling of being "cocooned" and cuddled, some babies see it as a cue to go to sleep and some need it to muffle their startle reflex. If it isn't for their startle reflex, than you can probably do cold turkey, have a few rough nights, then your baby will sleep as they did. If it's because their reflex wakes them up, then I would continue to swaddle as much as possible. maybe just around the arms if necessary.

we did magic sleep suit, and it worked great for our LO.

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