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We wrapped our DD until she was 7 months old. Not by choice, she just wouldn't sleep unless she was wrapped, I didn't see a problem with it, but it was hard at times, especially out and about.
I'm hoping that DS won't take after his big sister.
He is now 11 weeks old, and I'm just about to try his first night with out being wrapped. I'm still going to wrap his body just not his arms.
I'm just curious to know for those who are wrappers out there, when you made the move?
I stopped wrapping DD after a few weeks... I know people always say to wrap them at least for the first 3 months but DD didnt like it & would struggle alot to get out of it. I never had a problem with her not being wrapped, she slept from 6pm til 7am from 3 days old & this didnt change when I stopped wrapping her.
I think its depends on the child... if they're happy to be un-wrapped then I say go with what they want... they are individuals too. I'm sure you'll know soon enough what your DS prefers.
Good luck with his first night un-wrapped!
James stopped wanting to be wrapped when the weather got hotter. So he would have been around 15 weeks old.
I stopped around 6-7 weeks as DD hated her arms wrapped. Hates her arms and hands covered now with sheets and blankets.
Ummmmm well he is down.
I feel really nervous though. He was sleeping well being wrapped, maybe I should just go with it until he wants out. But part of me thinks it will be easier to make the change now rather than later, as we learnt with DD. But she was funny, one night she wanted to be wrapped the next she didn't and that was that, it was rather wierd.;)
I wrapped until about 3 months. I only stopped then because she all of a sudden just didnt like it anymore and would kick about and get the wrap off stright away... I tried for a while to just wrap her body but leave her arms out as she went through a thumb sucking phase, but now I dont wrap her at all and just use a sleeping bag instead.
We continued to wrap DD until she was nearly out of the cot! However, she could fall asleep (pram or whatever) ok after a few months old, it just helped on those occasions where she was less settled, etc. I actually found the main benefit of wrapping is it kept her arms still and she was less likely to wake herself up...don't know if I'd bother with wrapping without having her arms in there!
I think I stopped wrapping at about 2 months. DS just wouldnt stay wrapped and would scream when I wrapped him. He prefers the freedom and it hasnt affected his sleeping.
we stopped at 10 weeks, cant remember why, though it was over summer, she was fine went straight into a sleeping bag
i think it was at about 4 months... i wish i had of done it earlier though as she often would escape from her wrap then wake up, and i would have to get up and re-wrap her so she could go to sleep, then she would escape again, and so on and so on..... i think its important for them to learn their own unique way of soothing/settling themselves.... she likes to feel the fabric of the blanket between her fingers now, or roll onto her tummy and rub her face into the mattress, and if i was still wrapping her like she was in a straight jacket (i used to have to wrap her quite tightly) i would be robbing her of that, IYKWIM..... but i do understand why people wrap til a later age if it is working!!
'they' say to wrap until the startle reflex is gone, around six weeks i think, then there is no need... with my next i will be following this advice.... but if it is working and isn't posing a problem, i wouldn't change it.
I wrapped til about 9 weeks, I think. DD did still have crazy arms flying around for a few minutes sometimes when I put her down but she soon settled and would just put her arms up above her head as I put her to sleep. My DD never needed to be wrapped in order to sleep, tho
Jack didn't like being wrapped anymore from two weeks of age. Tom lasted a little longer, I think he was about 6 or 7 weeks old. Both adjusted really well to not being wrapped - they just like being able to move. They still, at 2 1/2 and nearly 1yo hate having their arms wrapped in a towel after a bath.
I am having this issue withing myself at the moment. Blake isn't sleeping well at the moment as it is so I'm thinking of stopping the wrapping now when I'm getting up 3-4 times a night anyway. Any suggestions on how I get him to not kick his blankets of and wake up stone cold though?
Yes Ashlee, try a Grobag, then it doesn't matter if they have a blanket or not. Good luck.
Thanks Jac, how very flipping obvious is that!
Our DS is almost five months and we have started wrapping him again. He has some eczema on his face and head so scratches in his sleep and wakes himself up. Then he is really cranky!! Am hoping it has settled by summer though otherwise am not sure what to do.
[QUOTE=Emma1979;919580]i think it was at about 4 months... i wish i had of done it earlier though as she often would escape from her wrap then wake up, and i would have to get up and re-wrap her so she could go to sleep, then she would escape again, and so on and so on.....QUOTE]
We are having this problem with Charlie ATM & I am up at least 5 times or more during the night & I am going nuts!!! he's 21wks but will not settle if he's not wrapped! It's a nightmare, I think with the next bubs I will stop very early.
He kicks about too & sleeps much better in a grobag as he doesn't get cold, but we still have his arms wrapped LOL & it amazes me he doesn't mind as he's always got his fist in his mouth.
The only reason people wrap without their arms in is usually to wean them off being wrapped. They still feel as though they have that comfort of being wrapped but learn to have their arms free. This is what we've been told to try but hasn't worked!:(
Xavier decided at about 2 weeks he didn't like being wrapped. So I don't push the issue during the day, and only wrap him when he's really tired at night and doesn't fight back. Even when he's wrapped he will always find a way to get his arms out.
I figure by doing a combination of both he will be warm enough at night and also learn to settle himself without the wrapping while he's asleep during the day.
Although I have considered getting a grow suit.
I wrapped until about a month ago... from under the arms though, he always hated his arms being wrapped. I stopped by accident as I hadn't wrapped him one night when he fell asleep so I left him and he was fine. I do however still tuck his blanket in firmly so I he may feel he's still wrapped?
my baby boy is now 15 weeks. I think we stopped wrapping him about 6 weeks. he would spend the first ten minutes working his way out of it.. he hated it! he now sleeps in the "I surrender positions" with his arms up in the air!
I wrapped Nicholas until he was about 4 months old. I was worried that he would have trouble getting to sleep, so I left one arm out for a couple of days, then swapped over to a Grobag. He was fine afer that.
Well, Daniel is nearly 7 months old and I still am. He has had the odd warmer night where I haven't and he's slept quite well. When it's colder he does sleep very well wrapped, so I keep doing it.
In fact at this very moment he is sleeping and is wrapped.
It really depends on Daniel. He can do either or, but does ultimately sleep much better if he's wrapped.
Blake is rolling both ways now - I'm worried about him getting tangled in his wrap. Lestypuss, have you had any trouble in this regard?
He just doesn't sleep very well unwrapped, so I'm not ready for that transition just yet.
Ashlee. I wrap Daniel and then I put him in one of those "First Years" sleep positioners. He can't roll - especially wrapped. I sleep soundly knowing he is not rolling.
When he comes in to our room for his last couple of hours sleep in the mornings, I bring the sleep positioner with me and put it between DH and I. Stops him rolling, once again, and also stops us rolling on him.
I have no idea what that is, I'll google it :)
I saw one at YCN. It's hard to explain it. I suppose the best way is: it's like two rolled up towels and the rolled up towels are attached with a piece of flat cloth in the middle. So, the baby lays on the flat piece and on either side has a rolled up towel. That's prolly not a good explanation.
I was in a baby store on the weekend and safe'n'sound make one too. I just cannot find picture of one on the 'net to give you link for.
Xavier was 2 months old yesterday and we are officially not bothering with wraping anymore. He hates it and you would hear a good 5 mins worth of grunting getting those little arms out. plus the other day I got up in the morning he had managed to kick all his blankets off and was more than happy to sleep without anything, so I don't wrap. He is sleeping for about 9 hours each night, and also sleeps in the I surrender position :lol: I love that name.
Yeah, that's a cute position............ I love that one. I've tried it - it's not very comfortable. Plus I keep hitting my DH in the head................. har, har.
We wrapped until about 7/8 months.. and it kinda just stopped over time coz he was escaping and we were coming into warmer months.
He HATED gro-bags, and even now hates sheets and blankets over him, yet was content to be wrapped for all those months.. go figure! LOL. Through this winter I just had to dress him in woollen jumpers and things to keep him warm, coz there was no way he was staying under any sheets or blankets.
I got put off grobags when a friend of mine told me they found his daughter all tangled up in it.. she had curled her legs up inside the bag, and they got stuck! So she had her feet up near her shoulders and couldn't get them back down. Does that make sense? hehe.
Wrapping until 7/8 months tho wasn't a problem for us.. he would still fall asleep in the pram or in the HAB or whatever without it if necessary. But he did sleep longer if he was wrapped.
This next bub is a summer bub tho, so wrapping her might be completely different. We'll just go with what works :)