Wrapping baby...how long did you do it for??

[Marlene]

My little man is 4 months old today and still sleeps wrapped. He woke up from his nap earlier and was squirming and kicking so I unwrapped him and gave him a cuddle. he fell back to sleep and I put him into his hammock unwrapped, it has been about half an hour and he is still asleep, do you think he just wants to sleep unwrapped now? He has been waking a lot more at night, maybe he just doesn'tlike being wrapped. I'm too scared to not wrap him at night, thinking that he may wake even more, LOL.

How long did you lovely ladies (and men) wrap your babies for? How did you know when to stop wrapping?

[~clover~]

I stopped wrapping Jesse at about 3 months only to have to start again.
I haven't been doing it as much since it started to warm up. I'll have to pay more attention to the nights he's wrapped & the nights he's not to see which is better. If there is a difference.

[Marlene]

Thanks bj, let me know if you notice a difference.

[Kmn]

We started leaving his arms free around 6 weeks, and stopped wrapping completely before 3 months. He slept much better without the wrapping.

[Visitor7]

We're still wrapping Emily. During the day she can sleep unwrapped, but at night she won't sleep unless she's wrapped. I had tried this week to unwrap her at night, but she woke about a dozen times during the night, so I've gone back to wrapping her.

[Liz]

Still wrapping here! lol. We've tried unwrapping, but it just results in the dummy being pulled out and lost, she just goes off to sleep if I wrap her She does work herself out of it by morning, so can sleep unwrapped. Will wean her off it once it gets warmer.

DS was wrapped until about 8 months.

[Laranna]

We stopped wrapping a week ago (DS was 15 weeks). DS always got his arms out regardless and a few weeks ago, he started wriggling and would end up at one side of the cot or up the other end! So, now he has been in a sleeping bag for the past week, that way I know if the blankies come off, he is still warm enough. Seems to be working as he is sleeping for longer overnight now so I'm sticking with it

[*Elle*]

my DD2 wanted to be wrapped untill she was around 5 months old, in the end I just began wrapping her a little looser each time and eventually she got use to not having it, I am thinking your DS probably wants to start sleeping without being wrapped but he may not like it straight off as he is not use to it, maybe give it a go next sleep time and see how he goes, otherwise if he doesnt like it start doing it gradually and he will get use to it.

good luck with it all, he is such a cutie

[Marlene]

Thanks everyone. Still unsure what I am going to do...and I better decide soon as he goes to bed in about an hour or so, LOL. I might try putting him to bed with arms out of the wrap and see how he goes tonight, I suppose I could always wrap him if he keeps waking up.

Thanks elle....yes he is a cutie, LOL....and cheeky already.

[visitor1]

DD1 was a fussy bub and hated being wrapped stopped around 8 weeks...the same time she began sleeping through!

DD2 was wrapped til about 15 weeks old....

[BeautifulMadness]

i stopped with ashley when he was abt 4 mths,

[satya]

Two weeks here.

DS had very strong legs straight away and would kick them off.

He's been happily sleeping in a sleeping bag ever since and has been self settling almost all that time.