Help with Unwrapping...

[Powelly]

Has anyone got any useful advice on unwrapping bubs to sleep? My baby boy is almost 5 months old and will not sleep unless he is wrapped. He is not rolling over yet but I know it will happen soon and hear it is unsafe to keep them wrapped when they can roll. At the moment, if his arms are out he waves them around like crazy until he gets so worked up he cries and gets upset. Any ideas on how to start unwrapping?

[Visitor7]

We're going through this ATM, except Emily has started rolling while wrapped. So tonight is night 2 of being unwrapped. The only thing we've found to work is putting socks on her hands (couldn't find mittens big enough). She waves her arms around the place and pulls out her dummy, but if I have her hands covered, she can't pull out the dummy. So far, both nights she's gone to sleep no worries. I'm just not sure what to do during the day though, as I feel it's too hot during the day to put socks on her hands??

[inlove]

Hi,
i thought my DD would be wrapped until she was at primary school not joking!!! She was addicted she got to six months and i was panicking. Then all of a sudden for no reason at all she got out of her wrap one night (couldn't buy any big enough to keep her in anymore) and just slept!!!! I was so shocked, couldn't believe it, she hasn't been wrapped since, she was obviously just ready.
Try not to panic too much, it will happen!!

[JordieC]

We never unwrapped - just stopped wrapping her one night and she coped fine! I say it would take a couple of days but like anything they get used to it.

[SamiH]

Unwrapping is a big cause of stress for many mothers - me included with my first DS.

I tried to unwrap him but he needed the wrap for a sleep cue and security going off to sleep, once he was asleep he seemed fine. So, we continued to wrap him until he was 11 months - yes, 11 months. Not tightly of course and in a cot sheet - just enough so he get the signal it was time to sleep and basically in went his dummy and he went straight to sleep. In his sleep he had enough room in the wrap to get his arms out and roll over and move in his sleep.

So I suppose my advice is just to loosen the wraps to start with and see how it goes. Maybe just do day sleeps to start with too so you don't have unsettled nights etc. Yes there is a danger if wrapped tight like a new bub, but like anything, you do what is going to be best for you and your family.

My second bub was wrapped until 6 months.

My newbie is wrapped in the cot asleep now ............

[Ezz]

My DS was wrapped until he was 9 months. We tried getting rid of the wrap at 7 months, but after 2 days of no sleep, gave up.

He sleeps beautifully without a wrap now (in a grobag). Don't stress if you keep wrapping - they do give it up eventually!!

Here are the links to threads where we talked about this.

[rufalina]

I transitioned my DS by just loosening the wrapping, and now he can sleep without it. I still use it sometimes as a sleep cue during the day, if is over tired, or not settling well, but I just wrap loosely, and he can unwrap himself when he wakes up and wants to roll around. Good luck with it.

[feeb]

I stopped wrapping ds at 2 and half months as we started to get some hot nights and he wasnt sleeping.

We went cold turky and after 2 nights in grobag had no issues. 1st 2 nights were rocky but we got there

good luck