LM - I understand your pain - we only have 2 wraps that fit him (and really, they are big sarongs). It is a comfort to know that there are others going through the same thing - but it does make ne wonder how all these other babies sleep unwrapped from much younger? Is there something "special" about our boys? Or is it just because we've been doing it so long that they find it hard to adjust? Or, is it because other mummys are prepared to go through a few days of screaming to get rid of the wrap?
I found that a nice warm sleeping bag and then a light blanket over the top helped to settle my DD when she was doing the same thing as you've described. I tucked her little arms down beside her and this seemed to do the trick... although once she was rolling, I got rid of the blanket and she would roll straight over onto her belly and fall asleep like that.
I think the trick is to make them as warm as they would be with the wrap on...
It did take a bit of adjustment though, you will have to allow him to adjust by reassuring him that its o.k...
It is usually the routine of it all that will be hard for him, all he has known in his little world is to be wrapped so it may take time before he gets used to a different routine.
My DD then settled really well and seemed to like her little bag and had more freedom to roll or move then when she was wrapped.
She still sleeps in one... I might have to start a thread on how to get your baby used to not sleeping in a bag!!
Good luck with everything, I know it is a trying time when they wont settle properly..
It's evil of me but I am glad to see that I am not the only one with wrapping issues!!!
Punky sleeps a-ok at night unwrapped now, although she is in a sleeping bag, for day sleeps we start out unwrapped, try wrapped, then back to unwrapped.... OMG!!
She pulls out her dummy, THROWS it all over the place, rolls over & then cries because she's rolled over... etc, etc...
We are managing to get through the days pretty much wrap free but it has been hard going I tell you! My reprieve today was going out, she slept twice in the ergo & I didn't have to stress about wrapping, not wrapping, napping, not napping...
Just wanted to let you know I feel your pain lol & I fear it's all trial & error but good luck all the same!
I'm thinking I'll wait until we move and then maybe as part of getting settled in the new place we'll do the sleeping bag thing... maybe a whole new bed routine will just be part of moving house... on the other hand it could backfire and be better to wrap him there so something will be familiar? Aaaaagh I have no idea! My best friend couldn't wrap her girls after the first couple of weeks... they just kept escaping, but she's now at the stage where DD2 won't stay in her bed and keeps coming out after bed time, while DD1 is finally going to sleep easily as being a big school girl tires her out! Man I hope this wrapping thing is sorted well before then!
We had our best day yet...two sleeps unwrapped with very little fuss and he slept for an hour this morning, a bit over an hour this afternoon. So I'm not turning back now!! Seriously, if this keeps up I will feel like I escaped pretty easily - not counting my chickens just yet though, we generally don't seem to escape these sleep issues very lightly!
Ezz - he was just babbling to himself, rolling around his cot, playing with his dummy, occasionally grizzling/whinging but never worked up to a cry. After a while, he'd just go off to sleep.
LM - I think it might be worth a shot if you are moving to give up the wrap cold turkey then. Being in a completely different environment sometimes helps when trying to start a new routine. I know of friends who've done this with things like weaning off dummies, bottles etc. Still can't get over how much our boys look alike!!
We've had him in a sleeping bag for a few months now, it gets really cold here overnight so he had the sleeping bag on, and then a light wrap loosely over the top - I'm not sure if it's the sleeping bag that's made the transition easier, because that part of the 'going to sleep' ritual is still the same? He's also been unwrapped for most of the night for a long time too because he's always settled so quickly after a feed I just didn't bother with the wrap or the dummy, I'd put him in his cot and he'd go straight off to sleep.
Hang in there girls, this too shall pass!
Last edited by Willow; July 19th, 2008 at 09:07 PM.
He woke a bit after 2 for a feed and I mean woke... usually he just works up to a loud groan and I know what he wants and he's almost still asleep, but last night he was wide awake. So after the first side i decided to change him, something i tend to avoid if he's sleepy, but this time he was satched through yet again and I had NO spare sheet to wrap him in as they were all in the laundry... omg - I tried the smaller wraps but they just don't fit anymore. So took the plunge and put him in the grobag... 2 hours later I gave up and went into the laundry, woke the dog up in the process and fished the other sheet out of the dryer... thank god it was actually dry...DH eventually got him to sleep as I was exhausted and in tears and completely beside myself...
Moral of the story - always get the spare sheet out of the laundry before the dog goes to bed
hi all;
We went through something similar with dd. In the end what worked for us was that we would lay the wrap in her cot, get her ready for bed (although i still feed to sleep) and then put her in the cot on her side and roll the wrap over her tighty so that she felt the wrap but was not really wrapped in it! it was good enough to trick her into thinking whe was safe, but she had the freedom that she was requiring as she absolutely hates being wrapped under any circumstances!
It might be worth a try anyhow!
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He's also been unwrapped for most of the night for a long time too because he's always settled so quickly after a feed I just didn't bother with the wrap or the dummy, I'd put him in his cot and he'd go straight off to sleep.
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