Swaddling - Dallas, TX

Hi J.. I have a daughter born 2 days before your little girl. We still swaddle her and I have even had to make bigger blankets to use because she is too big for the receiving blankets.

We did the same thing with our son (now almost 3). I can't remember when we finally stopped swaddling him, but I know that the transition was easy!

We swaddled my daughter until she was 7-8 months and she was fine. We then started putting her in the sleeping bags and it was a great transition. You are not strange, you have to do what works!! I SWEAR upon swaddling!

Hi J.,

You sound just like me a few months ago! My son LOVED being swaddled and would sleep so much better swaddled. But, I began to be paranoid that I would be swaddling him forever, so I quit using my miracle blanket and only used receiving blankets to swaddle him. He began to learn how to work his way out of them and eventually (It took a few months to be able to completely stop swaddling him) he started sleeping just as well not swaddled as before. I think she'll start working her way out during sleep and eventually become comfortable when she is not swaddled. Good luck! I understand your worries!

C.

i did it until my daughter was 7 and 1/2 months!! I know I am nuts!!! If you would like to give me a call to talk about how I did it please feel free!!!! ###-###-#### I know what you are going through and I wasn't ready either. I am a stay at home mom and my daughter is asleep right now so give me a call J.!!!

N.

J.,

We swaddled my daughter well into her 8th month... she slept so much better! And, since my daughter was born just about a year before yours (10-31-05), I can remember this time last year and I was not ready to give up the swaddling, either. In fact, in June, we were cooling her room down at night very cold so that we could still swaddle!

I don't know if there is ever a "too late" to stop time, but eventually, she got so big that she got really hard to swaddle and would try to get out of it. It was very tough to get her to go to sleep for a while, because she was already crawling and when we could finally get herself out of the swaddle in bed, then she started "exploring" when I'd put her down. It was like for what seemed like (at the time) forever... but, in retrospect, I think it was only about a week and half...

I don't think she'll get used to it, other than the feeling of comfort and my daughter eventually worked out how she comforted herself on her own and seemed to like her freedom.

P.

J.,

I too know exactly how you feel. I swaddled my sweetie until she was about 7 months. We then transitioned her to a halo sleep sac. This actually worked very nicely for us and made a very smooth transition....I finally stopped doing the sleep sack when she was starting to walk, because she was standing in it in her crib, and I was afraid she would slip and hurt herself. I can vividly remember the fear of stopping...oh yeah and by the way...before we started the sleep sac we would swaddle her arms and leave her legs free, then transitioned to the sac. Alot of advise I got was to do one arm at a time kind of thing. It just worked best for us to let the legs go free first because our baby flopped like a fish(ha)

Best of luck to you...it really was easier than I thought it was going to be! Hopefully you will find the same!!!