I keep going back and forth on this. DD is three weeks old and gets swaddled at night. During the day if I have her swaddled she seems to nap longer. But then I feel weird having her swaddled up all the time because she can literally sleep all day. Once I unswaddle her she will be awake. What do you do? Do you keep your newborn in a swaddle most of the day or just for night?
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My girls loved to be swaddled! We did it for all sleep at that age.
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Probably not the 1st month; my girls were so sleepy it didn't really matter but once they got their day/night figured out and started taking actual naps, I swaddled for naps and night time sleep.
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We swaddled for all sleep (naps and night) until I think 3/4 months? When he just couldn’t be swaddled at all due to rolling.
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I never did, only swaddled at night, but do what works for you!
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I swaddled for all sleep, as well.
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We swaddled for all sleep until she was old enough to graduate to the Merlin suit (which we also used for naps).
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I swaddled both day and night for my newborns, they are supposed to sleep a lot!
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Swaddled for all sleep, his naps were NEVER longer than 2 hours so NBD.
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I did when I could tell a nap was coming/needed soon. As soon as either of them woke up I'd unswaddle.
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I did yes, I treated naps and nights exactly the same.
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Once we got on a good schedule, we swaddled for overnight sleep and naps.
When she started daycare at 11 weeks, they wouldn't swaddle for naps, but I still did at home. Once she outgrew the swaddle, we transitioned to a zipadee zip, and she slept in that (overnight and home naps) until she was almost a year and a half.
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I only swaddled at night, but only because she napped just fine without and the swaddle was an extra step to put on. Eventually, when she was a little older and started getting crazy arms, I did start wrapping a muslin blanket around her arms to help her nap better. Whatever works, man.
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Yes, we swaddled using the halo swaddle blankets for naps and nighttime.
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My kiddo is 2.5 weeks and we only swaddle at night right now. But she's a super sleepy baby and sleeps fine during the day unswaddled. If she couldn't sleep without it, I would definitely swaddle! When she gets a bit older and starts taking more defined naps (rather than now where she is just sort of asleep most of the time when she isn't eating), I'll probably swaddle for those.
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