For those who didn't wrap bubs from a young age?

[Erin_25]

DS 2 Archie is almost 2wks old, I have not been wrapping him during his day sleeps as a way of teaching him difference between day & night amongst other things & also I think it will help when I stop wrapping him at night.

My question is, it's very hot here & the room he sleeps in is prob the hottest in the house. He has a ceiling fan but it just pushes around the heat & the cool air from the air cond just reaches his room. He was (I know its early days) sleeping longer stretches at night & I'm wondering if he's waking up thirsty as he's hot. So I'm thinking about not wrapping him tonight.

My question is, those who didn't wrap from an early age did you find bubs slept better? or woke frequently due to waking themselves up?

[~Hestia~]

Sorry I don't have any advice but just wanted to say that bubs will sort out the day & night difference on their own. My DS was up all night in the early weeks but slept all day!! He turned his body clock around eventually.
That being said I've tried not wrapping DS in these hot days but he won't have a bar of it!! Refuses to settle until I've bundled him up - don't know how he can sleep like that
Hope someone comes on who can answer your original question.

[~Hestia~]

Just noticed you have an older DS - you probably knew all that I said already

[Stevie]

i wrapped DD the first night back from the hospital and havent since and she is fine, she used to wake once a night (around 2am) and thats its. i never had issues with settling her. but my GF on the other hand her DS is 2 months older than my DD and she still wraps him, if she doesnt he doesnt sleep well (wakes himself up ect) i guess all you can really do is give it a try.
GL xx

[Miss E]

I tend to think if your DS doesn't need to be wrapped to sleep then stop now. I wrapped mine religiously and weaning him from it was really hard. We basically had to stop when he started rolling because he would roll onto his tummy in bed and get stuck, so it had to be done quickly and caused quite a few weeks of bad sleep. Next time around I plan on stopping very early on (providing of course bubs sleeps ok without it, DS did in the early days).

[Sagres]

My DD wasn't real fussed about being wrapped from a few weeks old so I didn't wrap her. She slept the same length of time whether she was wrapped or not.

At about 4-5 months she was smacking herself in the head and waking herself up at night so I started wrapping again. What they prefer or need can chop and change. If it is hot and you think you can get away without it give it a go, it might just work.

[Arimeh]

I stopped wrapping DD2 a while back - she sleeps on her tummy - and she sleeps a lot better for that reason.

I'm not suggesting of course that you do this, but that was the only reason I stopped wrapping her.

[Indadhanu]

Ummm, well jazz hated being wrapped, from day one, and in fact even at almost 18 months she refuses any blanket or top sheet, I guess she just doesn't like it.
It was hard because she'd sometimes wake herelf up throwing her arms up and smacking herself in the head (Moro reflex) if she heard a noise and a rustle (which is another reason why we ended up co-sleeping, she didn't startle if she was with us). Something she wouldn't be able to do if she was wrapped with her arms in.

But I think she slept alright up until 4 months (sleep regression) average for a newborn. So I don't think it made a difference to us.

Oh, I know they also say bubs get a lot colder than us, so they need an extra layer. BUT I don't know where you are: if you are in the southern states, I would probably not wrap him overnight, 33 degrees is a bit much overnight! Even in a light summer wrap with nothing underneath, that is extreme for overnight temps!