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weaning from swaddling

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my lo is 12 weeks old in a couple days and i would like to break her of her swaddling addiction.  she is currently swaddled for night time and day time sleep.  she puts herself to sleep sometimes but most of the time i rock and shhh her swaddled.  i am just so worried that she will not sleep during the day when my mom watches her.  she refuses to swaddle her.. she says she feels bad for her being all tied up.   everytime i try not to swaddle her she just cries and cries and i give in :(
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  • jenlynne0624jenlynne0624 member
    Try swaddling her with one arm out a few nights, then both arms out after that then transition to a sleep sack. That's what I plan on doing in a few weeks. LO is getting too long for his swaddle mes and he's starting to roll so I am not going to go spend more money on swaddle mes when I won't be able to use them much longer anyway. 
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  • Stevens627Stevens627 member
    She is currently sleeping from 10 to 6 and then 7 to 10 every day. I don't want to mess that up.. I guess I'll try again in a week or 2. She hasn't really started to roll over yet so I guess it's safe.
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  • coffee89coffee89 member
    LO is getting his arms out of the swaddle me these past 2 nights so I think we are ready to start breaking it with only his legs swaddled for a few nights. I'm worried since LO barely gets nap during the day aside from being held and I don't want him to stop sleeping at night. We have been going 9pm to 5am with no problems.
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  • emslade982emslade982 member
    How about a sleep sack for a few weeks as a transition? I like the ones that you can do arms in or arms out.
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  • Jenn111211Jenn111211 member
    We started trying to get DD out of her swaddle when she started rolling over at six weeks, but she really needed it to sleep so we stopped trying for a while. We switched to the arms up swaddle with the little zippers so you can take one sleeve off at a time but that didn't really work for us either (She slept great with the sleeves on though). Then we decided to try to put her to sleep in long-sleeved pajamas one night last week (10 weeks old) and it worked. I think it had more to do with her being ready than anything we tried. Just try every few days or so and it will happen :)
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  • nunzchucksnunzchucks member
    edited September 2014
    @skittler2‌ My 2.5 year old is still in a sleep sack in her crib because she's such an active sleeper. When we switch her to a real bed, we will get rid of the sleep sack.
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  • AbbySeidenAbbySeiden member
    We started swaddling arms out when we were transitioning to the crib and he started rolling at about 9 weeks. Things went fine, he sleeps well at night but his naps aren't great. This week was his first week at daycare and the head woman told me he naps betters when she swaddles him arms in - I tried it at home and he went down super easy. Maybe that's just what we have to do for naps
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  • kimmyberly26kimmyberly26 member
    I'm with @nunzchucks‌ , if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Tell your mom that this is how she sleeps the best. If she doesn't do it, she'll have to deal with the consequences and she'll give in. We didn't give up swaddling until DD1 started to roll over. Then we started with one arm out for a week, then the next arm.

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  • flerlgirlflerlgirl member
    nunzchucks said:

    Also, mom needs to get over it and swaddled the poor thing. Good sleep is important for brain development!

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  • coffee89coffee89 member
    My son started breaking out 2 nights ago at 10 and a half weeks. DH didn't swaddle tonight and I wasn't home for bedtime, so far we are still sleeping through just fine. I am terrified it is a fluke though.
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  • Julie&MicahJulie&Micah member
    edited September 2014
    With my DD I'm pretty sure we did at least some type of swaddle till like 5/6 mo! She never ever rolled when she slept or hardly even moved...she was just out like a light! When she started to roll to side we started by leaving arms out and then switching to sleep sack and then just layering jammies on cold nights. At around 2 we added blankets but only because she asked for them. Seriously it's all worked seamlessly...if it's not broke....

    With DS we have discovered the Woombie! LOVE! Wish we had these with DD. I like it much better than the sleep sacks we used to have. We will be upgrading to their version that has snap open arms pretty soon I think. DS is pretty wiggly and this week rolled from back to tummy. (Has been doing tummy to back for a while)

    Try the Woombie though! Don't need to worry about breaking out, wrapping, and the extra fabrics opening. Just zip and they have the freedom to still wiggle all snugly.
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