swaddling

kseccomb17 · May 2014

How often are you guys swaddling the babes? Ive only been doing it at bedtime.

rockstarlaw · May 2014

Pretty much all day. He loves it. Is this bad?

Sisimama10 · May 2014

Mine doesn't like it. I don't ever swaddle.

kseccomb17 · May 2014

No I don't think it's bad. I was just curious if I was doing too little compared to you guys.

irisheyez7 · May 2014

I only do it at night but she has been seriously lacking on naps during the day so I might have to start adding in a swaddle session or two during the day.

*sparky* · May 2014

Only at night but we do arms free because she's apparently a free spirit who hates to be restrained.

Dixon813 · May 2014

Always at night, only during the day if DS won't calm down.

britrundell · May 2014

Mine hates it! She liked it for a week prob. She even hates being covered with a blanket

Avion22 · May 2014

We only do it when he's in bed. The swaddle blanket lives in the crib, and we lay him down on it when he put him in the crib, then swaddle him in place. We don't use the DUDU swaddle though, we kind of do a cheater-swaddle because it's faster and easier, but it relies on tucking the ends of the blanket underneath his body and using gravity to hold the whole thing together, so as soon as we pick him up the whole thing falls apart.

MadBloom · May 2014

Penny hates being swaddled. I honestly think she prefers being naked!! She kicks off anything we put on her and it's hilarious to watch her in a sleep sack.... She just kicks and kicks and kicks. Haha

KM0715 · May 2014

Always at night, and then only during the day if fussy/needs help calming down for a nap

EmmaD312 · May 2014

Only at night. This week we've been using the Miracle Blanket and it's a game-changer. Before, he squirmed out of everything and kept himself awake doing it.

alice928 · May 2014

KM0715 said:
Always at night, and then only during the day if fussy/needs help calming down for a nap

This exactly!

maelic · May 2014

We did it for a couple if days when she was born but she didn't really like it. She sleeps in a sleep sack but her arms are free and her legs are just covered, not particularly confined.

fourthnlast · May 2014

Never. She is not a fan.

MamaFantastic · May 2014

For all sleeping.... so that's about 10 hours at "night" and 3-4 naps during the day. Unless she is super fussy and fighting sleep, I won't swaddle for feedings... I usually just pop her off the boob and swaddle immediately afterward, then rock her to sleep for a few min. I like her to have arms available for nursing, but she needs them to be tucked down for sleeping or she works herself into a frenzy and never settles.

LaNorte · May 2014

Just at night, daytime he usually just gets a loose blanket wrap.

patunia7321 · May 2014

This and this

MrsStanton87 said:

Always at night, and then only during the day if fussy/needs help calming down for a nap
Same. We do the SwaddleMe blanket for bed time. Also I'll do it first thing in the morning with an A&A blanket after waking up/changing diaper so he goes right back to sleep after I feed him. Then I can have breakfast, etc.

chichi589 · May 2014

We haven't swaddled since the first week. He needs his arms free he hates being covered so I just cover his torso down with a normal blanket

rtv3 · May 2014

Just at night. She's not quite 2 wks old yet though, so that might change, we're still kinda figuring things out...

AmberLiz99 · May 2014

Always at night, an for about half her naps. I don't do it right though, and she often works her arms out. She just likes them tucked in to help her get to sleep. I don't swaddle for feeding though, just once I put her in her crib.

kseccomb17 · May 2014

Thanks guys. He sleeps so much better at night when he's swaddled. He's a crappy daytime napper, so maybe I'll see how he does swaddled today.

pineconey · May 2014

Bedtime... If he feels like it. He's a picky little burrito.

baileymama3 · May 2014

Sisimama10 said:
Mine doesn't like it. I don't ever swaddle.

This. We do an underarm swaddle only. If he can't wave his arms in the air or chew on his fingers...not gonna happen! We only do it so we don't have a loose blanket on him.

homediva · May 2014

Bedtime, or if he's being super fussy and I'm desperate

CalinAZ · May 2014

I was just doing bedtime, but I've been reading "Happiest Baby on the Block" which is big on swaddling, and have been swaddling LO for his naps today, which has been fantastic. He's sleeping in the pack n play for the first time and has been sleeping great.

As PP pointed out (and as I knew but didn't really think about until today), babies aren't really at a developmental level to be making connections and associations, so swaddling during the day shouldn't be super confusing. And honestly, he's not sleeping any different at night anyways, so I'm not super concerned.

We'll see if that's actually true tonight, but he's getting good rest, so I'm happy.

MrsZ0811 · May 2014

Always at night - she has a fleece Velcro swaddle that she loves to sleep in. I only swaddle her for naps during the day if I cant get her to fall asleep. Usually she falls asleep faster if I just hold her with a blanket lightly wrapped around her.

Jmblue · May 2014

Bedtime

ashcole28 · May 2014

Whenever she needs it to sleep.

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