Comments on: What age should I stop swaddling my baby? http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/what-age-should-i-stop-swaddling-my-baby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-age-should-i-stop-swaddling-my-baby Tips and advice on solving your child's sleep problems! Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alicia http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/what-age-should-i-stop-swaddling-my-baby/#comment-23039 Alicia Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:16:05 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=3#comment-23039 I finally got my baby out of her swaddle! She is 7 months old. She would never fall asleep without being swaddled (miracle blanket with another blanket on top to keep it tight)...she became increasingly able to get out of it in the night, but still she would never go back to sleep unless we put her back in it. This past week, she started rolling onto her stomach while swaddled--which caused the swaddle to come off and be loose in the crib or just made her upset because she couldn't roll back onto her back. Everything came to a head basically, but it honestly felt like there was absolutely no way she was going to sleep without that thing. We went "cold turkey" (one arm out did just make her angry)...and this means that we had to let her try to soothe herself (cry hard for an hour a couple of times which really broke my heart). Specifically, I put her down in the crib with a sleep sack on, and she rolled back and forth, rubbed her eyes, cried, etc. I didn't go in and console her because that NEVER works for her anyway. I just watched her on the video monitor and let her try to soothe herself. At one point, I went in once just for myself to pat her back because I was so upset--but it didn't help. And finally she did it! She rolled on her stomach and went to sleep. An hour later, she woke up and took an hour to put herself to sleep again. Since then, it takes 5-20 minutes for her to put herself to sleep for the night and for naps. Anyway, I had a hard time finding "success stories" on strategies for getting a 7 month old baby out of the swaddle, so I just wanted to share that Dana's advice did work for us! I finally got my baby out of her swaddle! She is 7 months old. She would never fall asleep without being swaddled (miracle blanket with another blanket on top to keep it tight)…she became increasingly able to get out of it in the night, but still she would never go back to sleep unless we put her back in it. This past week, she started rolling onto her stomach while swaddled–which caused the swaddle to come off and be loose in the crib or just made her upset because she couldn’t roll back onto her back. Everything came to a head basically, but it honestly felt like there was absolutely no way she was going to sleep without that thing. We went “cold turkey” (one arm out did just make her angry)…and this means that we had to let her try to soothe herself (cry hard for an hour a couple of times which really broke my heart). Specifically, I put her down in the crib with a sleep sack on, and she rolled back and forth, rubbed her eyes, cried, etc. I didn’t go in and console her because that NEVER works for her anyway. I just watched her on the video monitor and let her try to soothe herself. At one point, I went in once just for myself to pat her back because I was so upset–but it didn’t help. And finally she did it! She rolled on her stomach and went to sleep. An hour later, she woke up and took an hour to put herself to sleep again. Since then, it takes 5-20 minutes for her to put herself to sleep for the night and for naps.
Anyway, I had a hard time finding “success stories” on strategies for getting a 7 month old baby out of the swaddle, so I just wanted to share that Dana’s advice did work for us!

]]> By: Plavuse http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/what-age-should-i-stop-swaddling-my-baby/#comment-13860 Plavuse Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:58:20 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=3#comment-13860 Ues, but not everthing black and white, something is gray :) Miranda Ues, but not everthing black and white, something is gray :)

Miranda

]]> By: nita http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/what-age-should-i-stop-swaddling-my-baby/#comment-131 nita Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:14:06 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=3#comment-131 Hi dana, my son is 8 months and still .wants to be swaddled, what do I do? He wakes crying if he isn't tightly wrapped n its driving me nutS! Please help! Hi dana, my son is 8 months and still .wants to be swaddled, what do I do? He wakes crying if he isn’t tightly wrapped n its driving me nutS! Please help!

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