Hi all, i have been swaddling my DD since day one, she has always been a very alert baby and would only want to sleep if swaddled or in a peanut sling, i guess she likes being secure.
i swaddle her for every nap and overnite sleep, on the very rare occasion (i.e. maybe twice) she has fallen asleep in the car unswaddled but apart from that i HAVE to swaddle her or she waves her arms around and carries on.
i was wondering if its still ok for me to be swaddling her at her age, ive read up to one year old but how am i supposed to 'wean' her off being swaddled? shes getting alot wrigglier and mobile and manages to get unraveled out of the tightest of wraps, and wake herself up alot by doing it, so i would like to teach her to sleep unswaddled (at least for day naps)...do you lovely ladies have any suggestions? TIA
Simple answer - swaddle until it doesn't work anymore! haha.
I wrapped DS until he was about 7 mths, and DD until about 15 mths I didn't have to wean, it seriously just didn't work anymore, and they were getting themselves out of the wrap anyway by then.
Ds is still swaddled during day sleeps - seems to work good for him. He is eight months.
As Liz said, keep doing it while it works I guess. I cant see what the problem with wrapping an older baby is if they are happy with it.
I swaddled DS until he was about six months, he just didn't sleep unless he was swaddled. Then about five and a half months he seemed less concerned about being wrapped and then we slowly started putting him into sleeping bags instead so he was warm enough if he rolled out from under the covers.
My maternal heath nurse discouraged it from about four months, or when they can roll over but a good night sleep meant more to me..... lOL
When to stop swaddling?
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I didn't have to wean, it seriously just didn't work anymore, and they were getting themselves out of the wrap anyway by then.
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