Weaning four month old off wrap, dummy and rocking?!

[Willow]

I'm not sure if this will work but this is what my best friend (she has four kids, two sets of twins) and I did with our bubs. We started by wrapping them looser and with one arm out. If bub has a dummy, you're going to have to get used to popping it back in, don't know any solution for that until they are old enough to put it in and out themselves.

Once they've adjusted to one arm out, then take the other out but still wrap them under their arms. Once they've adjusted to this, gradually loosen the wrap and then get rid of it all together. In our case, we always replaced the wrap with a sleeping bag (I weaned DD off the wrap at about 6 months so it was winter then).

Be prepared for a bit of an adjustment period, but if they're ready, they should adjust quite quickly.

I must say though that I think 4 months is a bit young to stop wrapping, just my opinion though!!

If you're going to do all three at once, I'd say you'll be in for a rough few days at least because you're essentially removing all of his sleep cues at once. If it were me, I'd get rid of the dummy first, then work on the rocking to sleep, then the wrap. If you're worried about the heat, just strip him down to his nappy and wrap him with no blankets/sheets on top.

Good luck with it, I hope it's easier than you're anticipating!!