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2 Month Old Baby Swaddling....
Read all 14 responses: "My son is 2 1/2 months old and loves to be swaddled since he was born. My question is, is there a point where you swaddle too much?
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- He will let you know when he doesn't like it anymore, but it may frustrate him. My youngest loved it and now that he is 5, he still loves it, but he obviously had to r...
- Mine was the same way as far as sleeping goes. I think when she made her natural movements during sleep she felt unslabe and it would wake her up. One of those sleep...
- my 2month old son is the same way. if he's too big to be swaddled in a regular recieving blanket, but still needs the tight ssecure snuggley feeling for sleeping. i ...
Swaddling
Read all 6 responses: "Hi Moms - My daughter is 7 months old and I haven't been swaddling her since she 2 months old. Sometimes when she has trouble falling ...
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- i say swaddle as long as they like it. my older son was swaddled until he was almost 7 mo and he wouldn't sleep otherwise. it may be a crutch for her but when you need...
- I have to agree with the other posters...in my opinion with a baby there is no such thing as a crutch! Do what you've gotta do to keep her comfortable, happy and healt...
- If she likes it then go ahead! I would say just make sure that it is not so tight that she can't get out of it by herself (in case she wants to at some point in the ni...
When Did You Stop Swaddling?
Read all 11 responses: "I have a three month old who is a great sleeper (about 2 3 hour naps a day and 11-12 hours at night) and I put him to sleep on his ...
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- I say swaddle him as long as you can. Once he starts rolling over around 4 months or so then he probably won't want to be swaddled and he will sleep longer on his tumm...
- mine stopped just after we got home, he could finagle his way out of a swaddle from the nurses at the hospital day one so he really only gets swaddled when he's stress...
- I didn't use any special swaddling blankets, just the receiving blankets, and I swaddled until they could kick their way out. For my daughter it was probably around 3...
Swaddling Vs. Sleep Sack
Read all 16 responses: "Here's my dilemma, my 8 week old does very well with swaddling, in fact, it was a god send for us. Our problem now is that she ...
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- Hi Kelli, I had the same issue when my little one was about the same age. I found that, yup, it's time to stop swaddling. I didn't use the sleep sack. I just covered ...
- We went through that same phase. Our son hit that 8-10 week old mark and wanted to flail about, but that then woke him up. We also tried the sleep slack and that did...
- Hi Kelli, My daughter loved the swaddle me at first, too. Around 8-10 weeks she wanted more freedom, so we switched her to just the sleep sack. It worked for us. ...
Swaddling
Read all 22 responses: "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 ...
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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...
Weaning from Swaddling?
Read all 18 responses: "My son is 4 1/2 months old and we still swaddle him when he sleeps. I have been using one of the swaddle me's and he sleeps great ...
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- Hi T.- My son was also swaddled until about 4 months. To wean him we put him to bed with the swaddle with only one arm swaddled. We did that for a few days. Once w...
- We weaned our baby one arm at a time. Swaddl ehim with one arm sticking out for a week or two. Then swaddle with both arms sticking out for a week or two and then no...
- While your pediatrician may have a point, we swaddled our son until he was 5 mos. We were never told anything about weaning him from swaddling, and he really did it o...
Swaddling
Read all 18 responses: "Hi Moms! I've been swaddling my 15 week old daughter at night and she sleeps BEAUTIFULLY. However, she is getting very big and no ...
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- Good Morning! I would recommend the Halo SleepSacks? Our 2yr old son LOVED them. Here's the website: http://halosleep.com/ If you google this product, you'll...
- My daughter was what we affectionately referred to as "burrito baby". We (I kid you not) swaddled her until about 9 months! She wanted it, loved it and so we just di...
- why not try I think there called wedges where you have 2 pillows attached to a balnket and one of the wedges adjustes to the size of the baby i bought mine at babies e...
Swaddling
Read all 4 responses: "My daughter is 3 1/2 months old. I'm wondering how to no when they don't want to be swaddled anymore? She is a good size baby and is ...
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- This is her time. At 3 1/2 months im surprised she let you do it that long. I' ve noticed anything past two months they get upset. This is her way of sayiny enough is ...
- Swaddling is completely independent to the child. And, 3 1/2 mo. is not that long to swaddle. Dr. Karp (Happiest Baby on the Block) says that some babies enjoy the s...
- I swaddled until my daughter was ~4 mos. She started escaping and I reluctantly attempted to "set her free" and let her sleep unswaddled. We tried with naps, first and...
Swaddling and Stimulation Questions
Read all 37 responses: "My son is 11 weeks old, but was born 18 days early. My husband and I have been using the soothing methods from Happiest Baby on the ...
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- Have you tried a 'Swaddle Me'? They're made by JJ Cole, you can get them @ Babies R' Us or Toys R' Us. I used one for both of my babies & they LOVED it. My daughter...
- With my boys I didn't start to enforce cry it out until 3-4 months. We did have a Flutterbye Musical Projector that attaches to the crib and it worked GREAT!! AND wh...
- The real question is how is he supposed to learn to self-sooth when he's so young all he knows is that when he's sad, scared, tired, etc...that mom is there for him? ...
Ready to Wean from Swaddling?
Read all 5 responses: "My son is just about 4mos old, and I swaddle him with a Miracle Blanket. I tried to wean him, but after reading several other posts ...
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- When we took our little guy out of his swaddler we started by only swaddeling his arms and leaving his legs free. We did this for 2 or 3 nights then we swaddeled only...
- My daughter is 10 1/2 mos now and we had the same issue at 4 mos old. She was breaking out of the miracle blanket and beginning to roll over. I emailed the miracle b...
- The same scenario happened with my son. I did end up going cold turkey because I was afraid he'd get tangled. I switched to the sleep sack so that he still had an in...
