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Swaddle Hell (update)

macncheese0712macncheese0712 member
edited January 2014 in July 2013 Moms
DS learned how to roll in his swaddle which obviously means no more swaddle for us. He was sleeping 2-3 hour stretches in the swaddle.

Over a week ago we got a sleep sack and ditched the swaddle. Last night he woke up 17 times. We've tried one arm swaddling, belly sleeping, rocking, putting him back in the mamaroo. Nothing is helping. He cries basically all night unless he is nursing. He is eating enough to soak through 2 overnight diapers each night.

I guess this is more a vent than anything. I am so mad at myself for letting him get so dependent on the swaddle. I seriously wish we had never used it at all.

I feel like CIO isn't for me (especially with his reflux,) but I'm at a loss for what to do. There are days that I am so tired I feel like it's unsafe to even drive.

Mamas of no sleep ninjas, please give me hope that I will sleep again.


TL;DR: My kid doesn't sleep and I'm losing my mind.

Update 1/30- after reading some of your advice I decided to go back to the swaddle. LO woke up every hour. I put him in my bed. Still every hour. After a few days of this I decided to take him to the pedi just to be sure. Sure enough he has a mild ear infection. I feel awful. Never a fever or runny nose or anything. I just assumed it was the swaddle combined with teething an desperation anxiety. We started antibiotics so hopefully he will feel better soon.

Thanks for all your advice!
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  • emmanemmemmanemm member
    When we ditched the swaddle the sleep suit was all that would work for us and she transitioned out of that easily. Sorry you aren't getting any sleep, fx you are able to get some rest!

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    I ran an important stop sign the other day, right there with ya on the no sleep thing.
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  • Stacey099Stacey099 member
    G is going through crazy seperation anxiety and wakes up if we try to put him down. I have to hold him all night if I want either of us to sleep. I feel ya on the lack of sleep.
    Hope your lo gets better without the swaddle

     

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  • heatherbrownmheatherbrownm member
    When we stopped swaddling, we used the sleep suit with okay results. After a little while, she started waking up a million times. We tried swaddlig again, moving her back into the RNP, arms out swaddle, sleep sack, everything. Then finally we tried letting her sleep in just her pajamas. Crazy enough, she only woke twice to eat (which is normal for her).

    Maybe it would be worth a shot to try it? Or maybe my baby is just weird haha.
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  • Pink724Pink724 member
    Just wanted to say I'm sorry you're dealing with this!  Hope you can figure something out soon.
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    You didn't make your baby dependent on anything. It's baby's temperament. DS loved the swaddle. Heavy fleece footy PJ's are the best that we've found. It's the need to be wrapped up that he might be missing.

    It gets better. ((Hugs))


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  • macncheese0712macncheese0712 member
    Thanks for the advice and kind words. We do have an Angelcare monitor. I think we will try a little longer to wean him, but it is good to know others are continuing to swaddle.

    Hopefully we can all get some rest soon.
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  • Sincera4Sincera4 member
    We ditched the swaddle 2 weeks ago when he tried rolling and got pissed off. He now sleeps on his tummy in a sleep sack with a swaddle blanket on the lower half of his body. We do have a space heater (set at 68 and oscillating) in his nursery because it's drafty. If he's cold he wakes up all the time. It's taken some trial and error. We swaddle one arm out for a long time as well. Hope you get some sleep! We still wake up 1-2 times.

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  • Stina2012Stina2012 member
    I'm sorry! We use the Magic Sleep Suit. But she's strong enough now to try to roll over so will be weaning off that soon as well. I say go whole hog and try that for a few nights. I think it took about a week for life to get better for us when we broke the swaddle. Hugs!
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  • madimyluvmadimyluv member
    emmanemm said:
    When we ditched the swaddle the sleep suit was all that would work for us and she transitioned out of that easily. Sorry you aren't getting any sleep, fx you are able to get some rest!

    This!

    I believe the sleep suit will help you transition to the sleep sack.  Since LO will be laying flat in the sleep suit it helps when he has to lay flat in the sleep sack.  This is what I did with LO and the transition was easy.

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