Did You Swaddle?

Yes, my son liked it.
I did it until he was 5 1/2 months then it was obvious it was no longer
needed.

My son liked it a lot and I think he stayed in for 5-6 months? Then he got himself out :) Do it for as long as they like it. It can be very comforting for some babies.

My son was swaddled for about the first month, until he started busting out of his blankets at night. Then we swaddled just his tummy and legs and left his arms free for another couple of weeks or so before going swaddle free and putting him in warm footie pajamas. He wasn't too into the swaddling. My nephew was swaddled until he was 6 months old. It depends on the baby, some need it for comfort longer than others. DS slept through the night starting at a month and never looked back. I was quite relieved he didn't need the swaddle, it was such a hassle trying to get him swaddled nice and tightly if he fell asleep before we'd done it, he'd wake up and we'd have to start all over.

Yes. 5 1/2 months with my daughter and about 4 months with each of my boys. I think it really helped all of us get a little more sleep and the babies seemed so much more content. Congrats on your new baby!

If you are swaddling, generally it is stopped once the baby is getting out of it themselves or have started to roll over.

Then, there are things such as "sleep sacks", which can be used.
Look on Amazon for example, so you can see what it is.
This is for even older babies.

Nope. Both DH and I were completely incompetent at the swaddle. Also - I can't imagine being constrained like that would be reassuring rather than really upsetting - yes that is an adult projecting but still.

Aside from the initial hospital stay, my son was not swaddled. He hated it, so I didn't even bother trying.

Yes, for about 5 months

my daughter , not more than a few weeks, she got out of every swaddle we put her in, even at the hospital when the nurses swaddled her. I have a newborn pic of her with her arm sticking out the top stretched out strait after the nurse had swaddled her. My son was swaddled until he was 2 or 3 months. He out grew the blankets by then.

Yes with our son. Can't remember how long... maybe 2-2 1/2 months?
No with our daughter. She had hip dysplasia and had to wear a foam brace that made her legs stick out like a frog, so swaddling was not an option.

Yep, both of my little meatballs loved to be swaddled, and slept much better that way.
We used the Swaddleme blankets with velcro, which were so much easier for exhausted parents and squirmy babies, and we used them for what seemed like a long time, 6 months or maybe more?

Yes, we used the Miracle Blanket and it was a life-saver! I think we stopped around 5 months.

My son hated it...so no. My daughter, yes...she loved it slept great and then the blankets got too small.

Until 4 months. Out pediatrician cautioned us to not swaddled for longer then that, because it can do something bad to the hip joints.

Yes. Probably about four months and then we switched to a sleep sac! If I do it again, I will use those pre-made swaddles so baby won't kick himself/herself out of the amateur parent ones!

i swaddled my daughter for a couple weeks maybe a month.. but then she starting kicking out of it so i stopped.

Yes, but not for long. Only during infancy. Once they experienced the freedom of moving around, they were no longer soothed by being in a straight jacket baby burrito.

Yes, up until about 9 months. Coincidentally, 9 months is the largest size swaddle we could find.

By then, he was Houdini with the straight jacket and was done with it anyway.

ETA - oops - swaddle to about 4-5 months, then sleep sack to 9 mos.

As long as possible, until they started pulling out with their arms. Probably 10 to 12 weeks if I remember. (wrapping them tightly with a swaddle blanket)

I use the Sleepsacks up until about 2 yrs with dd #1.

Yep, both kids, until they indicated they didn't need it anymore. I swaddled my son for 4 or 5 months (I can't remember). I swaddled my daughter for 7 months, and was beginning to think she would never be ready to be unswaddled! But then she was, and it was clear. I have read that you should or shouldn't swaddle for certain lengths of time, but when I brought up that my daughter still liked to be swaddled to my AWESOME pediatrician at my daughter's 6-month appointment, she was not concerned as long as she spent her waking hours engaged in activity and had plenty of tummy time.

Good luck.

ETA: We used the SwaddleMes by Kiddopotomus. They are awesome, and they come in small, medium, and large. The large will fit even a 7-month-old baby whose height is in the 90th-percentile (I have personal experience with this!) ^_^

I swaddles my daughter for 3 months. My son hated it. We stopped at 5 weeks.

I did use sleep sacks with both kids till 18 months.

Yes, until they can roll over.

Nope. ROFL... the nurses gave up in the hospital. He HATED it from day 1. Tried a few times (not sure why!), and it was hellish. Then my common sense kicked in. This kid has ALWAYS liked his space. He couldn't do a bassinet, or cosleeping, either. Even today (at age 9) he doesn't want his arms or legs touching anything. He takes up as much space in bed as a cat / aka an impossible amount.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I've recently learned from NICU nurses and a friend who's on a SIDS task force, that swaddling is now a big no-no. Hospitals no longer do it and no longer recommend it.

This is something you might want to double check with your pediatrician.

Swaddling never worked on Carl, even the NICU nurses couldn't keep him swaddled, he was too much of a spazz. I have friends whose kids loooooved sleep sacks well past 18mos. Good luck :)

Up until about 6 months. Then she just didn't fit into the swaddling blankets and she actually no longer liked it. Up until then, she liked it.