Swaddling - Farmville,VA

She will stop on her own when ready, just like others have said. Babies don't need to have habbits "broken" by us, they have them for a reason, they need them. When day you will go in and she will have gotten out on her own and eventually, not need it anymore.

Hi K., I would keep on swaddling her! If she likes it and you like it, why stop? I wrapped up my son until he kept getting out of it. And then in the colder months we got a Grobag for him to sleep in. Eventually your little one will decide she wants the freedom to move around in the crib and you won't have to "break" her of any habit, she'll decide when it's time. Good luck!

I swaddled my little girl until she was 4 months. By that point she could break out of any swaddle we put her in, but we just reswaddled her. I was concerned about how we would stop. One night after I put her down, while I was in the shower she woke up. My husband went in and took the swaddle off(which she was out of anyway) and calmed her down. He laid her down unswaddled and she feel asleep and slept through the night (she had been waking 3 or so time a night before that). She still sleeps through the night and went down for naps unswaddled after that point too. Maybe she is just ready to be unswaddled and will easily take to it. If she cries, I would just continue to calm her and lay her down and repeat as long as she continues. She will give in and go to sleep.

We had our daughter in sleep bags until she started to stand up. Halo makes them to to 36 months ( I think) then has a version with legs. We swaddled our daughter as well and first few nights were tough, but she got the hang of it pretty fast.

I kept swaddling my daughter until she was old enough to roll/wiggle out of it. You could try the blanket sleepers, or the sleep bags, but I think the sleep bags are for up to 6m. Not too sure. You could also try just tucking it around her.

M.

I had to do the supernanny routine. Where everytime you wait alittle loner before going back in and I do not talk and do not pick up. Just lay them down I she can rollover herself you can put her on her belly Mine preferred that. And just shhhhh shhhhh and rub her back and make it shorter everytime. Took my three nights. to get her to go to sleep on her on she did wake up alittle more. I just went in put her back down, rubbed her back and then left. And it worked for me. Your night time routine sounds great. I would break the bassinet first though. I would not want her to flip out. If she is not swaddle. Hope this helps Mine was 5 months when i had to break her of it.

If she likes to be wrapped then you could get her a sleeping bag , they go inside them and they have a zipper up the side and then straps go over their shoulders and popper into place , that would give her the feeling of being inside something which she is used to. As for letting her get herself off to sleep you just need to decide what works for you , do you want to be able to put her to bed at the same time every night fully awake? If so then do just that , yes she is going to fuss for a while as you are changing what she has become used to , but you've not left it too late to make changes. My kids routines are the same the bed times just vary as they are different ages , but they all get a bath and into pj's , then my youngest (18 months) has some milk and then she get's put into her crib around 7pm , some night she goes out like a light , other nights she may be awake for 10-15 mins chatting , and yes some nights she causes a complete fuss , we check on her to make sure all ok and then leave. That is the main thing , check them by all means and give a little Sshh Sshh and rub there backs but don't end up picking her up and doing the thing that you want to stop doing. Some babies like soft music playing (does she have a crib toy that plays music) if so put that on. If you do the same thing every night , after a week you should be at the point where you can put her to bed awake and let her drift off to sleep by herself.

Good luck

K.

My daughter really liked the swaddle as well. I was worried about her being in it so long but he didn't like her feet in so the dr. said it wasn't a problem. She finally was done with it at around 8 months. We tried swaddling keeping one arm out for a few days and then both arms out and so on. Ultimately she just got herself out of it every night so we just stopped putting her in it. It took about a week and she didn't cry at all. Good luck!

Why do you feel the need to stop? It sounds like you have a routine that works. My baby girl is 3 months old. She needed to be swaddled for a while or her sleep would be restless. I wasn't as consistent as you are, so some nights she'd sleep without it. You have such an awesome comfort routine for your baby that she might be drowsy enough to go to sleep unswaddled without any crying. Just try it and see. If she crys, swaddle her and leave it be. There are a lot of habits to have that are worse than swaddling. I think you have a good thing going and you may regret trying to "break her." Good luck.

Both of my sons were swaddled until around 7 - 8 months. They eventually just started to work their arms out of the swaddle and I continued to just wrap it around their chest below their arms (to keep them warm in our chilly house). Try loosening the swaddleme just enough so she can start to work her arms out and eventually she will not need it anymore.

....and who says she shouldn't be in it any longer? Every baby is different and she may just need to be swaddled for a bit longer. Try not to read too much into what everyone else says your baby "should" be doing....it will drive you crazy! It sounds like you have established a good bedtime routine and that is great. Just do what you think is right for you and your child and everything will be fine.

Good luck!

M.