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How to Unswaddle 4 Month Old
Asked by H.S. from Hartford
on July 24, 2010
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My son is four months old. For about six weeks now, he has been taking his naps completely unswaddled, with arms out, just in his sleepsack. For the past few nights, w...
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- My sons never took to the swaddling from the beginning because they were too rambunctious and always tried to kick out of it. I suggest you continue to let him fall a...
- hi there-- so i had a similar situation with a different "problem". my daughter refused to sleep in her crib when she was born-- she just didn't like to be horizont...
- Why do you want to him to sleep without a swaddle? I swaddled my daughter until she got out if it on her own. We used the swaddling sleep sacks. As long as he is c...
1 Month Old Won't Sleep on His Back
Asked by D.P. from New York
on September 27, 2007
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Hi moms! I'm a first time mom of a beautiful baby boy. Everythin is going pretty well except for the fact that he does not want to sleep on his back. I'm well aware o...
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- D. for your sleeping problem, you have alot of good advice, i don't think i can really help you...plus i didn't do ANYTHING i was told to do as far as the sleeping go...
- Hi D. I strongly recommend you allow your son to sleep on his tummy. In this position babies feel safe and secure. Remember that the SIDS warnings are for the entire ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. If you put her down on her back she would just start screaming. It didn't matter if she was asleep already. Someone had sugges...
4 Month Old Ready to Lose Swaddle?
Asked by L.T. from New York
on November 17, 2010
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So my son is 4 1/2 months old and has always been an awful sleeper. We have tried every suggestion in every web site, discussion board, book, and class we could find, ...
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- I def thinkhe is too old to swaddle...I think mine only did that for a couple of weeks. Once he can roll over to his stomach he will most likely get a better sleep. ...
- Have you tried the Miracle Blanket swaddler? My daughter did finally wrestle her way out of this, and we weaned her out of it, it made a huge difference.
- 1) You cannot stop a baby from not startling. That is their "startle reflex" and it is just what a baby does. Yes it does wake them. But it will go away when they are ...
Advice for Starting My 1 Month Old on Babywise
Asked by J.J. from Dallas
on December 7, 2009
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I read Babywise before I gave birth to my son and was sure that I could easily implement it right away. But, with family in town, the fact that he was growing so quick...
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- Your baby is way too young to "cry it out". Everything you described seems very normal for a 1 month old. All I can say is the older they get the better it gets and th...
- Hi J., I used Babywise on all 4 of my kids. The 1st one was the hardest but I swear by it. Try not to stress too much right now about implementing "everything Babywi...
- I understand this works for some families but there is quite a few doctors that DO NOT support the CIO method. Dr. Sears, Dr. Karp, and Mr. Faye from Love & Logic. Chi...
4 Month Old Sleep Issues
Asked by K.S. from Dallas
on June 3, 2008
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I have a 4 month old son who was sleeping really well during the night. He was doing his last feeding around 10:00 and staying down until around 4:00. He would get u...
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- We bought The Miracle Blanket (can be found online at The Nesting Place) and used it until our daughter was about 7 months or until she learned how to roll over. G...
- We had a similar issue at that age of baby working his way out of being swaddled, so we had to eventually stop. It was so hard b'c he slept better being swaddled. We...
- Most likely he's just outgrown the swaddling phase of his life. It seems that just when we find a great trick that works with our kids and develop a pseudo routine th...
4 Month Old Will Only Sleep in Swing
Asked by J.P. from Dallas
on January 1, 2008
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For the last month, my 4 month old only wants to sleep in her swing. I am trying to get her into her crib. Do you have any suggestions?
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- When a baby sleeps in a swing, it is because the motion is similar to the womb. It is comfort... Do you swaddle your baby? I would purchase a SwaddleMe blanket from Ba...
- My first daughter only slept in the swing for a long time. Really until she was too big for it. When we moved her to the crib we just started out slow. Start having ...
- You could put a bouncy seat in the crib and let her sleep in that for a while. When she starts showing signs of rolling over it is obviously unsafe to remain in the s...
Transitioning 5 Month Old from Sleep Swaddle
Asked by G.M. from Washington DC
on April 3, 2008
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We have swaddled our 5 month old son for naps and night time sleep since he was two weeks old and it has worked out great. He has gotten too big and strong for the sw...
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- My almost 7 month old son went through the same exact thing. We started swaddling him with one arm left out, then both, then before we knew it he was used to it and w...
- Hello G. you might find a speaker that we are having Thursday evening helpful. Kim West, “The Sleep Lady” Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Our Savior Luth...
- Hi, I had to chuckle at your question, only just because we have been there! What we did is put her in a sleep sack and to give her a blankie to sleep with. This seem...
Sleeping Without a Swaddle?
Asked by K.L. from Savannah
on March 15, 2011
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My son loves to be swaddled, but at 4 months old, he is growing too large for his swaddleme and swaddling with a regular blanket is too loose for his liking. We have ...
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- We have been debating this in our house for quite some time. My dd is 5 1/2 months old, and we have used the Miracle Blanket since she was a newborn, which has worked...
- I used the swaddle until I couldn't any more. At first it was really rough. I would suggest to stop using it when you have a few days off work because you will be up...
- Do your best to keep him swaddled. It is only a matter of time before he outgrows it.
5-Month Old Won't Sleep More than 2 Hours in a Row
Asked by C.P. from Chicago
on September 8, 2009
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Hello Mamas - I desperately need your help. About a month ago, we transitioned my daughter from the bassinet to the crib. She had been waking up once or twice a nigh...
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- I have a 4 month old and has been in her crib since 10-weeks. I swaddled her for the 1st several weeks with the swaddle-me blankets until she was pretty much able to s...
- Hi there, first of all, good luck reading/trying all these responses! Remember that the "crying it out" method is really a way to TEACH your baby how to sleep by h...
- Would you consider co-sleeping? My son has never been a good sleeper, and co-sleeping has been so helpful. Especially since your baby is nursing, you would find it r...
Help 4 Month Old Sleep Without Being Swaddled
Asked by D.S. from San Francisco
on August 26, 2008
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Recently we have been trying to get our 4 month old son to sleep without being swaddled at night. It takes him close to an hour to finally fall asleep!!! This involves...
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- Hi there! Both my kids were swaddled until about 5 months. I guess I'm not sure if what you'd prefer to do at this point is teach your baby to sleep without being sw...
- Hi D., We tried to unswaddle our daughter at around 4 months and she wasn't ready. We got the miracle blanket and she stayed swaddled until at least 6 months. Then ...
- If your son is able to roll over then why do you feel it necessary to keep flipping him over. Think about you. You have a certain position that you are most comfortabl...
