We've wrapped Oliver from birth & while he's never been a great sleeper, (wakes up for a booby feed at 10.30 & 5am)I can manage just fine with that.
We have him wrapped for sleeps but he's 4.5 months and can roll over now so I figured we needed to stop it. I've tried a night with no wrapping which was a disaster, up for two hours while he waved his arms about & knocked the dummy out but even wrapping with one arm in is bad. He just waves it around above his head
I'm not sure why you think you should stop wrapping??? We continued to wrap DD for ages, particularly if she was restless. The trick is, you need a larger wrap. We used a single flat cot sheet.
I have a great wrap that still fits Olly, it's a stretchy lil fraser one, he loves it & so do I
I thought now he's rolling from his bacl to his front it would be safer for him to have his arms loose? I don't WANT to unwrap him....I;m just scared of him getting stuck on his tummy with his arms under him.
I agree with the others, there's no actual need to stop wrapping. I found that when Evan got to the stage where he was moving around a bit more i needed to wrap him tighter and with a larger wrap. I stopped wrapping him at around 6 months and made a very (surprisingly) easy transition to a grobag which i would HIGHLY reccommed as the next step to wrapping. They are expensive, but well worth it imo. Just beware of cheaper brands as they may not be breathable materials.
Melissa, if your DD wriggles her way out of the wrap and you want to continue wrapping, get a larger wrap Otherwise, if she is content sleeping without it, just go with that... No rules that I know of
Loulou, my DD is the same age and I wondered for a while about moving to a sleeping bag (although she can't roll all the way over just yet) but I guess she would need to free her arms to be able to roll over in which case she'd be able to position herself properly on her tummy if she did end up there, kwim?
Its totally your choice - or baby's to be precise I think there are people on here who pretty much put their babies straight into a sleeping bag... Whatever baby and you are comfortable with, I reckon.
Hi snacks.... Olly does roll all the way over while wrapped so he cna't get himself in a good position as his arms are pinned I've got one of those wedges in the cot now to stop the rolling, I feel like thats a backwards step though.
Please tell me one day he won't want wrapping & I can breath easy about this!
Wow, rolling even when he's wrapped. Golly, that's a bit clever. If the wedge thingy works, then great. I reckon you've got to just go with what works until it doesn't anymore, kwim?
Breathe easy, Loulou. He won't want to be wrapped forever - he might get a bit cross if you try it when he's a teenager
They will not want to be wrapped forever and you'll know when that happens because they'll wriggle out before your very eyes and smile at you with pride.
I still partially wrap Ella as its a very powerful sleep cue for her. She also has a dummy and by 5.5months she had control of it and could pop it back in. Try unwrapping one arm during day naps so he gets use to pulling the dummy out and popping it back in. You might need to help him do it a few times.
Can you try wrapping a different way, Danni? Natalie is pretty good at getting her arms out however she is wrapped, but the most effective way for us is (lets see if I can explain it, LOL):
Fold one side of wrap over arm but under body
Fold other side of wrap over other arm but under body
Fold bottom of wrap up to shoulders and tuck around the outside
I hope that makes sense - its the best I could do! Hopefully you and Mason can work something out.
Dani try the kiddopotamus wraps. They have velcro on them and they are a bit stretch so you can pull them nice and tight. They are easy to do up in the middle of the night when you cant remember how to wrap. They also have a slot at the back so you can thread safety buckle and use them in the pram and car. We loved it.
Caro - yep you posted in my thread about transitioning to a grobag. We've now got one and she's almost ready to go into it
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I think there are people on here who pretty much put their babies straight into a sleeping bag... Whatever baby and you are comfortable with, I reckon.
I've got one of those wedges in the cot now to stop the rolling, I feel like thats a backwards step though.
I've got nothing else, I'm afraid.
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