https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 18:24:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1064126 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:49:01 +0000 Anagram 1064126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: our baby is the exact same way and she's 7 weeks. She struggles against the swaddle in her sleep and grunts loudly and I feel like the struggling wakes her up/makes it harder for her to go to sleep. But the few times we've tried her sleeping unswaddled, her sleep is even worse! So we continue to swaddle at night for now. Is hard though. My husband is a,ways saying the swaddle is too tight (when she makes that noise) and sometimes he will loosen it behind my back--- but then she'll wake up because she breaks free and her legs and arms will flail. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1063910 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:55:23 +0000 JoJoGirl 1063910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I've read about the woombie, but LO will be 4 months this week so I'm hesitant to buy another system since we'll probably have to wean her soon! And I already have the Merlin (which she haaaaates) but hoping we'll eventually be able to use that to swaddle-wean! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1063890 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:35:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 1063890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: we do a double swaddle with the swaddle me underneath and an a&amp;a blanket over. She's usually ok in it but if she gets her hands up to the neck it doesn't bother her. Have you tried a woombie? Zips right up so I'm sure you could zip it over another swaddle if this combo stops working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1063888 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:31:45 +0000 JoJoGirl 1063888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay we FINALLY have a swaddle solution she can't break out of. Miracle Blanket on the bottom - this alone won't work for her because she squirms enough that she can loosen it because it doesn't secure - then swaddle me with velcro OVER IT so the whole damn thing is secured in place. Last night was one of the first nights ever she didn't break out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062898 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:56:04 +0000 winniebee 1062898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son could bust out of the swaddle me around 6 weeks or so so we started using the Miracle Blanket. Loved it! Weaned at 4 months when he started to roll. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062866 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:46:36 +0000 lovehoneybee 1062866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped trying after a few weeks. E could break out of any swaddle we tried (even the MB) and he just slept better with his arms up above his head. We ended up putting him in a long-sleeved sleep sack, and he used them until he got too long for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062815 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:30:20 +0000 lawbee11 1062815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Same with M--she's fine in the swaddle when there's a boob in her mouth!</p> <p>@aprk: I think I am going to order one. We're in Texas (so hot!) and I always worry about her being too hot in the swaddleme blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062792 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:23:01 +0000 aprk 1062792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: um, I think we used it sometime around 6 weeks, until he weaned himself at 3 months-ish? We loved it! A lot cooler too, since it was summer. So much easier for night feedings too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062788 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:20:43 +0000 Foodnerd81 1062788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: she's definitely squirmy when she wakes up. But once I pick her up and start feeding her she settles right down still in the swaddle. So I think it's more that she's woken up, and now she's bored and pissed that no one has started feeding her RIGHT NOW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062775 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:16:24 +0000 lawbee11 1062775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: The swaddle strap looks awesome! When did you start using it? I assume you like it and it worked well? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062763 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:12:49 +0000 aprk 1062763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to go with the swaddle strap since he was hating on the SwaddleMe blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062733 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:03:03 +0000 emg86 1062733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J would do that when I would swaddle her and my husband pointed out that I just wasn't doing it tight enough for her...it was lose enough that she would try to bust out of it and sometimes would be successful. Maybe try a double swaddle or the Miracle Blanket? I think I've read about a swaddle strap that's for their arms only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062701 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:48:28 +0000 Cherrybee 1062701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E fights the swaddle at first but then she calms down. She has always burst out of it by the time she wakes up though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062700 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:48:16 +0000 JoJoGirl 1062700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO does this, but I assume she is fighting *sleep*, not the swaddle. She sleeps well once she stops fighting it. Once DH decided she wasn't sleeping because of hating the swaddle so he took it off in the middle of the night and.. she thought it was time to wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062692 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:44:34 +0000 autumnlove 1062692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped trying after 3-4 weeks with both girls. They didn't like any type of swaddle and they slept fine without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062689 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:43:50 +0000 lawbee11 1062689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Thanks! I will look into the MB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062688 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:43:23 +0000 lawbee11 1062688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yeah, M grunts a ton and I know she would even without the swaddle. When your LO wakes in the middle of the night is she squirmy? Or does she just lie there and cry? M is basically flailing about trying to get out of the swaddle when I go to pick her up, and I have no idea if that's normal or if she's supposed to be content in the swaddle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062669 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:31:49 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1062669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of my girls liked being swaddled, so I didn't. Both liked having their arms out. But I also wore them for naps and bed-shared, so having less interrupted sleep wasn't a big priority for me. Some babies just don't prefer it. Hopefully someone else has some good ideas about other things you could try if you are looking for other options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062646 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:24:29 +0000 Mrsbells 1062646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: My LO hated it so we stopped in the first week. It just doesnt work for every baby and honestly I was happy about this in the end because I didnt have to deal with weaning from the swaddle later on </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062639 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:22:29 +0000 shopaholic 1062639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K hated being swaddled, but would wake herself up all the time if she wasn't. And was pretty good at busting out of swaddles. I tried just about everything. The only solution was finally around 8 weeks I got the Miracle Blanket! Wonderful! Bust-proof! But she stopped being okay with the swaddle at 12 weeks. So... it was a short-lived victory. I'd use the MB from the get-go with the next one though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062635 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:20:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 1062635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C struggles against the swaddle some times but it does calm her down at the same time. She sleeps way longer with it on, but does frequently wake up with at least one hand up near her mouth out of the neck if the swaddle (we use the same ones). You could also try the miracle blanket- I felt like that was too confining though. </p> <p>I think she grunts and moves in her sleep anyway, swaddle it not. She's just a grunty baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-have-issues-with-swaddling#post-1062626 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:16:44 +0000 lawbee11 1062626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M hates being swaddled but I continue to do it because we tried not swaddling her and she woke up every hour from hitting herself in the face. </p> <p>She fights it for a few minutes after I swaddle her, then she eventually falls asleep. But when I put her down in the PNP she grunts for a few minutes and tries to get out of it (her eyes are closed so she does this while she is sleeping). Then when she wakes she is grunting and obviously frustrated trying to get out of the swaddle.</p> <p>Last night she had a 4-hour stretch of sleep at the beginning, but then woke a couple more times way before she should have been hungry...and she was moving around trying to get unswaddled. So I don't know if the swaddle is causing her to wake up (out of frustration) or if she is going through a growth spurt and that's why she is waking to eat more often. </p> <p>Is this normal behavior? She is a month old--I was hoping she would grow out of hating it so much. But I don't think not swaddling her is an option. </p> <p>We use the swaddleme velcro blankets--she easily gets out of everything else we've tried. </p>