Sleep Sacks & Swaddlers
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New Sleep Issues.. Mommy Needs a Nap, or 7
Asked by S.E. from New York
on January 20, 2013
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my daughter finally got used to not being in her swaddler (miracle blanket) at night.. shes almost 6months.. she got back into almost her normal schedule.. she would w...
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- Here's one of my many issue's with CIO. Sure a baby may not need to eat in the night, but how do we know they aren't hungry or thirsty. I should be able to sleep throu...
- It really stinks when your baby is waking in the middle of the night, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious reason. I'm not always great at thinking in the middle o...
- Your friend is right. It's okay - you know now. What is happening is that your baby is not self-soothing. She is expecting the bottle to do it for her. She doesn't...
Sleeping Methods for Newborns
Asked by I.V. from Los Angeles
on December 21, 2008
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how do most moms dress thir babies for sleeping at night? swaddle? sleeper only? my baby is a wiggler and tends to pull the swaddle blanket off. i worry about havi...
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- I know it's not recommended, but I co-sleep right from the start. They make special "bassinet" type beds for co-sleeping. They also make a "crib" that comes right up...
- I have 3 kids and only 1 of them liked to be swaddled. I put them to bed in fuzzy sleepers. I was paranoid about SIDS. So no blankets, no heater. not all kids nee...
- Congrats on your newborn. I have a newborn too. Sometimes I use the halo sleepsack. I also use the swaddler too, but my baby doesn't need it much. Some babies need to ...
Please Help! My Daughter Is Breaking Out of Her Swaddle and Won't Sleep!!
Asked by E.B. from Denver
on July 8, 2008
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My post is long so I appreciate all of you moms taking time out of your busy schedules to read this and hopefully respond. I feel the need to give you all as much info...
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- E.; I agree with both other posters. #1, I used the miracle blanket and it worked wonders...the only one she didn't get out of...but eventually got one arm up and out...
- If swaddling works and you want to continue I would try the Miracle Blanket. It is a large swaddle that wraps multiple times around the baby. I don't know many babies ...
- She may be ready to stop swaddling, but not cold turkey. Try swaddling her as tight as you can with 1 arm out. Then two. Hopefully if she has a little more mobility...
How Do I Stop the Swaddle
Asked by J.C. from Chicago
on August 20, 2011
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My son is 3.5months and we still swaddle him. I'm wondering when we should start transitioning him out of it and how?. I use a swaddle blanket and i can't imagine him ...
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- We switched to one arm in, one arm out. Then, after a bit we switched to a sleeveless Halo sleep sack, which she still sometimes sleeps in.
- Hi J., With each of my 3 kids I would start by leaving 1 arm out. It seemed to work for us maybe it will also help your little guy. Best Wishes!
- swaddle until he gets himself out of it consistently... I swaddle as old as a year You should not say you wish you never swaddled - you did a GREAT thing for your ...
Swaddling
Asked by A.S. from Sacramento
on January 12, 2008
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I have a 5 month old daughter who has been swaddled since birth. The problem I am encountering is that she is growing and moving around much more, so she unswaddles he...
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- I had the same problems, but at 4 months decided to unswaddle my son. I am only doing this at bedtime now and it did take him some getting use to. I use the sleep sa...
- Most babies can't stand to be swaddled after three or four months - so she is a bit old for it, and certainly behaviorally ready to be grown out of it. Put her in her ...
- My son was the same way, and he took about a week to get used to not being swaddled. The key is not going in to her room and letting her get herself back to sleep. T...
Question About Swaddling
Asked by S.T. from Minneapolis
on October 10, 2008
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How do you know when your baby is ready to sleep without a swaddle? Any ideas on how to ease into sleeping without one? What about using the wedge so they do not rol...
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- I have swaddled both my boys, the older is 6 yrs, the younger 7 months. I still swaddle the little one, cause he has become used to it and it is a routine. With the ol...
- S., I swaddled my kids until they kicked out of it at about 2 -3 months old. I used a sleeping wedge until my kids threw it out of the crib at about 5-6 months. E...
- We used a swaddling blanket (the swaddle me by kiddopotamus) until my daughter was about 4 months old and started to outgrow it. Once she was too big for it, she woul...
Alternative to Swaddling in Warm Weather
Asked by S.L. from San Francisco
on July 3, 2009
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My 6 week-old sleeps well when swaddled (in blanket or Swaddleme wrap). The weather is getting warmer and we don't always turn on the air conditioning unless it gets v...
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- I too was worried about swaddling when it got warmer so I decided we probably needed to stop swaddling my 4 month old son. We just started doing naps without swaddles...
- I had a similar problem - here's how I swaddled without wrapping my little one up.... put a light recieving blanket down in the crib with a corner at the top - fold...
- why don't you swaddle him with only a diaper on underneath, and maybe put a fan somewhere in the room - (not to close to him) just to circulate the air....????
Swaddling
Asked by J.L. from Louisville
on December 23, 2008
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My daughter will be 4 months old Jan 1st. We still swaddle her at night and I'm wondering how we can gradually ease her away from the swaddling - or should I give her...
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- Why mess with a good thing? I recommend the book Happiest Baby on the Block for an idea of when swaddling can end, but I say don't stop if she is sleeping well.
- Not a thing wrong with swaddling as long as they accept it. They will 'grow out' of swaddling naturally on their own. When they get to the point that they kick or thra...
- General consensus appears to be to not worry about it, and I totally agree. She will let you know when she doesn't need to be swaddled, and if she's not napping well w...
5 Month Old Only Sleeps Swaddled
Asked by K.K. from San Francisco
on June 15, 2008
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I have a 5 month old daughter who will only sleep at night if she is tightly swaddled. If she manages to work even one arm out she wakes herself up every time and sta...
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- Currently my son is still swaddled and I think he sleeps only well when swaddled. I can't remember at what month but we gradually started to swaddle only one arm. Th...
- My son slept swaddled until 8 months of the same reason- I was sure he couldn't sleep without because of the few times he got a arm free he flailed. One day we realize...
- The same thing happened with my daughter - at the same age. For a few days I swaddled her bottom half only, with her arms free; then I transitioned to a sleepsack. T...
Swaddle Weening Help!!!
Asked by M.P. from Provo
on March 11, 2010
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I have a 5 month year old son who is getting to be to big for ANY swaddle (he is either off the charts of in the 95th%) and I can't afford to keep trying new ones that...
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- I made my own swaddling blankets for about $3 a blanket and they worked really well. I just got 45" fabric cut in a square and hemmed them up. The video "The Happies...
- we started by swaddling with one arm out, then eventually both, then none. I agree with Jae that a sleep sac might be good. On the other hand, we just bought the l...
- My daughter really enjoyed being swaddled for sleeping and when the little 'hospital' or recieving blankets were too little, I just went to the fabric store and bought...
