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Daytime swaddle?

pineconeypineconey member
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Do you swaddle during the day or just at night? DS is a crappy napper unless I'm holding him but does ok at night with the swaddle.
Just worried about having his arms pinned down so many hours per day...

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  • MamaFantasticMamaFantastic member
    All crib sleeping is with the swaddle (which is about 75-80% of sleeping). Unswaddled sleeping only happens in the car seat or the front carrier. Kiddo was the same way... swaddled 100% until he learned to roll back to belly at 4 months, at which point the swaddle ended permanently. I am assuming we'll follow a similar pattern with Tessa too.
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    DS is always swaddled at night and swaddled for most of his naps. If he falls asleep without being swaddled, fine, but the swaddle is the go to to calm down and sleep!
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  • pineconeypineconey member
    Omg this may be a game changer. Thanks!!

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  • fourthnlastfourthnlast member
    LO hates the swaddle at night, but actually naps if she's in a light swaddle during the day. I will hold her and let her chest nap and then put her on the boppy or in the swing and pray.
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  • ambarnett1ambarnett1 member
    mamrotu73 said:

    If he falls asleep without it, great. If he fusses and keeps waking, I swaddle him and he sleeps better. Always swaddled at night, probably half of his day naps.

    This exactly for us.

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  • Elf2718Elf2718 member
    First day I got my LO to nap in crib!!....and its because I half-swaddled him. I kept his arms free.but wrapped him from midchest down.
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  • KeckersKeckers member
    Arms and legs are swaddled for all night sleeping, and most daytime naps are half swaddles with arms free. We call it the "mer-man" swaddle.

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  • RocksInTheWater RocksInTheWater member
    I swaddle for all naps unless he falls asleep in his car seat. I use A&A blankets during the day and a swaddleme swaddle at night.
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  • hordolhordol member
    I swaddle immediately at night and it's not my go to during the day but I don't hesitate to do it if I need to calm him down to sleep. I would say I probably swaddle him for one nap a day, and just let him fall asleep on his own the other naps. I should mention that usually when he takes his other naps it's because he fell asleep riding in the car or the stroller.
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  • ashcole28ashcole28 member
    Ambarnett1 said:

    mamrotu73 said:

    If he falls asleep without it, great. If he fusses and keeps waking, I swaddle him and he sleeps better. Always swaddled at night, probably half of his day naps.

    This exactly for us.
    This for us as well R loves to be swaddled.
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  • strawberrytreestrawberrytree member
    I swaddle for his afternoon naps. His morning naps are almost always in the carrier while we are out so he's unswaddled for those. 

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  • *sparky**sparky* member
    LoriMc12 said:

    I swaddle for all naps unless he falls asleep in his car seat. I use A&A blankets during the day and a swaddleme swaddle at night.

    This is exactly what we do!

     

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  • twins4kimtwins4kim member
    We have no swaddling after 3pm until bed time, we were advised that from 3-8pm just let them fall asleep wherever they are bouncer etc. so that they sleep better at night it has worked great
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