How do you tightly swaddle your LO? AAAARRRGGGHHH

[corrina01]

I swaddle my lo very tightly (IMO), after 45 mins she gets one arm out of the swaddle everytime, sucks on her hand and then crys because she can't go back to sleep as the noise she is making.  I go in she sees me, smiles and laughs, thinks its time to wake up. 

I reswaddle put the dummy in her mouth she drifts off 5 mins later she does it again.  I've reswaddle my DD three times now in the morning nap, (hopefully) thats the last time.

Do you think she is ready to come out of the swaddle?

[corrina01]

PS

Nope she is up after 45 mins nap.  How do you tightly swaddle your LO?

[Daniel's mummy]

We stopped swaddling our ds at about 14 weeks. we focussed on naps first and then did nights.  Took about a week to completely get back to normal just using a gro bag.

[jbepko]

My 11 week DS does great in Swaddle Me blanket for naps at home and night-time.

[tylersmommy]

I used the Aussie swaddle with a twin size bedsheet cut in half until Tyler was 8 mo. He couldn't even think about breaking out of it until he was fully awake. It takes some practice, but it's a lifesaver. Instructions are at the top of this forum. Good luck!

[JKHH]

My lo is also spirited and she was around 18 weeks or so when I started to make the transition into a grobag.

The last few weeks before I introduced the grobag Kay was also breaking out of her swaddle because she had outgrown it...it was a kiddapodomus (?). I ended up buying a large piece of cotton material that had 5% lycra (so it was a little stetchy) I cut the material in the same shape as her old swaddle and it worked like a charm. No sewing either. The material naturally curled along the seams because of the lycra.

BTW - I knew Kay was finally ready to be weaned from the swaddle when she would break out of the swaddle and still sleep through the night.

Good luck. This too shall pass:)

[seaflower]

My 3.5 mo does the same sometimes. What I started to do recently (and it seems it works) is swaddle her as tight as I can and sit next to the cot, put my arm lightly, but firmly, across her chest (therefore blocking her movements) and stay there for abotu 10 mins. She is usually almost asleep after 5 mins, but pays off to stay the extra 5 mins.

She doesn't seem to wake up that often during the night, every 2-4 hours, so I do the same if I need to. Still tackling the night sleep though...

I tried the grobag but she waves her hands, pulls on her ears and nose and wakes up  :?

[woopster]

It doesn't matter how tightly I swaddle Lydia, she manages to get out.
At the moment she and Sam are in the same cot laying with their heads by the railings.
For the last 3 nights I've had to go into her as she has gotten out of the swaddle and turned herself round so she is laying the length of the cot with no covers.

[Katw]

Hi.

Just wondering is it best to go cold turkey when trying to wean from the swaddle?

My LO is 5 1/2 months and has been swaddled since she was 5 weeks and has needed it due to her arms waking her up.
Recently she has been going from the DF until about 6.30am on her back and I know her arms are out during the night as DH has checked on her when he gets in from late shifts ( about 1-2am) and they are often out but she still sleeps through.
However going to sleep she still needs them down by her side, as soon as she gets them up , thats it - no sleep.
But I'm thinking she obviously can do it at night so is it best to just put her in a gro-bag and hope for the best ?
Or should I wait until she breaks out of it and still sleeps during naps as well?

A bit unsure as to which way to handle it!

[mandykittie]

I know just what you need...a month ago I was having the same problem, until I discovered it.  Yes, it's my patented DOUBLE SWADDLE!  Here's the trick.  Swaddle once as tightly as you can, then swaddle AGAIN, yes right over the first blanket...you'll see how to do it when you try.  Seriously though, I think it's what the nurses do in the nursery, but it keeps those arms really tucked in and is very hard to escape when your blanket is big enough  :roll: .  The bonus is that it keeps them a little warmer and my lo, at least, seems to sleep better this way. 
Best wishes!
Amanda

[shazzas]

I'm finding my 3 week old hates having his arms tightly swaddled. He really struggles and cries when him arms are in and struggles if I try and hold him down. Should I just keep his arms in until he stops struggling (I only do for a few minutes since it seems to upset him)?

Sharyn

[corrina01]

Amanda,  I am doing that now, but she still breaks out, she sleeps through it, but when she wakes up, shes sucks on her hands and she sucks really hard and the noise she makes really wakes her up. 

Take last night for example, I knew she was awake at 2.45am  :shock: (she usually doesn't) and the noise she made woke me up. She was not crying, so I thought let her get on with it.  At 4.30am DD still hadn't gone back to sleep (neither had I) and now she was crying because she wasn't swaddled anymore.  So I had to go into her room, and reswaddle.  She kept laughing, because I think, she thinks its a game. After the 4th time, she was really tired and didn't get out. Until 6.30am that is.

So this morning nap, I thought right lets not swaddle, she cried her little heart out, until I swaddle her.  I can't win.

[f1re_cr4cker]

i had thisproblem.do the aussie swaddle methosd its brill an absolute life saver!!