Hi ladies - anyone still swaddling? I've been reading a lot of the sleep threads and noticed lots of people talking about sleep sacks or magic Merlin's. Wondering if anyone else is still swaddling.
DS is 4.5 months and we are still swaddling. The couple times I tried without were a disaster. He literally wouldn't even go to sleep. If he breaks out of the swaddle he is fine until after the MOTN feeding. Then if he has become I swaddled I need to rewrap him to get him back to sleep.
He was sleeping really well until about a month ago from 630/7 until around 430 straight. Maybe DH would pop in a paci here and there. Now he's regressed up to two wakings a night and multiple fussings. We are working on it by upping his last feeding with nursing and a bottle of pumped milk. But I digress.
Wondering if anyone else is still swaddling and if anyone has info on if it's a bad idea at this age? He's not rolling over back to tummy. Has done tummy to back a few times here and there. In your opinions is it ok to continue swaddling? Any downside? (FYI yes I'm a second time mom but we had DD out of a swaddle at 2 months and she did great. This guys hands are still crazy all over the place and he literally calms down the minute I swaddle him in his halo sleep sack swaddle. We don't swaddle for naps but do wrap a blanket lighly around his arms)
Thanks!
Edited for spelling/clarification
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Re: Still swaddling?
No harm
Unless they roll over. My DD only sleeps in woombie. I don't plan to stop unless she doesn't love it.
He rolls to his side to sleep so it is nice he can get comfy. He used to attack his face with his hands but that has actually calmed down quite a bit, I rock him to sleep then place him in the PnP.
It was nuts. Twice last night I found him on his tummy, fussing, but okay. If he wasn't flipping over, he would still be swaddled.
The first night without the swaddle she startled herself a million times and I ended up sleeping with her on the couch. Second night I stuck two of our big pillows from the guest room under her crib sheet. She had a little nest to sleep in and she did much better. Just an idea for when you decide to quit swaddling.
first son stillborn 7/20/13 at 39 weeks due to Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
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