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No swaddle!

ReeseMReeseM member
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So we found out last week that DD is a tummy sleeper. We have been putting her down for naps on her tummy and no swaddle, and she has been doing ok. But, terrible mom I am, I put her down for bed, on her tummy, with the swaddle after a couple nights of it not working without. She was fine, she could get her arms out, as I kept it loose. Yes, I knew that wasn't the brightest idea, so I slept in her room.Yes, I knew that it still wasn't the brightest idea, but cold turkey wasn't working.

Anyhow, last night she went all night, excpept for about an hour without it! Tonight I put her down without it, in her sleep sack, and am hoping for the best.

It has been a long 5 months of swaddling for sure! I am so over it, and I know she is too. So glad to be without! I swear, I do not even want to swaddle our next child!

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  • brideatbeachbrideatbeach member
    I am feeling you on the swaddle thing. I tried to nights ina row to do without the swaddle sompletely and she kept tryig to play with her feet so we are back to only have the arms out. I was hoping to stop all together but i think I will be going to buy a sleep sack. Definitely no swaddling next time around.
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  • Jamie0506Jamie0506
    I hope this goes well for you - we're still swaddling and I am super scared of what we have coming when we try to break her. She sleeps on her tummy for naps when I am in the room with her, but when she's not swaddled on her back she wakes herself up every 30 minutes or so!  ugh...
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  • MrsJuneHawkMrsJuneHawk

    Good luck!

     

    I am SO not looking forward to breaking the swaddle habit.  He claws his ears, makes himself bleed and wakes up.  Without fail.

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  • ReeseMReeseM member

    It was a long time coming. I tried every couple of weeks for the last few months, and it did not go well at all. I think the no swaddle for naps really helped. Plus her am and hand control is just SOOO much better recently, and I think that helps.

    Good luck to you all! I dreaded this day, and thankfully it is better than I thought it would be!

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  • colleen724colleen724 member
    Try putting her to bed across the crib, so head and feet touch them bumper.  It made Ryan feel more snuggly, and he hasn't needed the MB in a month.  That very night he turned into a tummy sleeper.
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  • Mrs.BLGMrs.BLG
    imageMrsJuneHawk:

    Good luck!

     

    I am SO not looking forward to breaking the swaddle habit.  He claws his ears, makes himself bleed and wakes up.  Without fail.

    We had the same problem too! We just started leaving one arm out (the left one b/c he always breaks it out and then it wakes him up). We just put a mitten on his hand and it keeps him from scratching himself. Tomorrow I am trying it with both arms out.

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