https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 05:53:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299210 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:45:18 +0000 rachiecakes 299210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS hated being swaddled and wanted his hands on his face. The Rock N Play sleeper was our trick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299184 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:16:34 +0000 skibobrown 299184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the same issue. DD hated her swaddle as soon as she was born... so we put her in the sleep sack, and she slept! But then so many parents told me that *all* babies sleep better swaddled, so I tried the swaddle again (we used the velcro SwaddleMe), and it actually worked! DD would fight it, but she would sleep much better once she was down b/c she wouldn't whack herself in the face. </p> <p>However, once DD hit 3.5 months she started getting really pissed off about her swaddle again. I tried taking her out of her swaddle one night, and lo and behold she slept wonderfully in her sleepy sack. On night #2 of the sleep sack she slept through the night, and since then she has never woken up to eat in the night ever again. </p> <p>So I think in the end that we probably never *really* needed the swaddle to begin with. I think it helped a little during the early weeks, but it wasn't truly necessary. You could always give it a try again and see, but maybe your baby is just happier sleeping w/ his arms free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299167 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:56:12 +0000 yoursilverlining 299167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never swaddled, LO hated from moment 1 anything that impairs her hands/arm movement. She sleeps in sacks like the one you posted, or regular sleep suits with a blanket wrapped around her (and her arms up above her head). 6 weeks is still awfully little to be sleeping well. I know it's rough when they don't sleep well, so hang in there. What do you try to get him down to sleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299068 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:57:35 +0000 littlek 299068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't swaddle. We stopped around 2 months because he kept getting the swaddle over his head and it scared me. We put him in a sleep sack to sleep now. Our bedtime routine is bath, feed, story time, and feed to top him off. He falls right to sleep after his last feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299047 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:51:16 +0000 winniebee 299047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long are you keeping him up between sleeps? Based on what I've read when baby fights sleep so much it's usually a sign he is overtired. That said at 6w we were swaddling and I had to do the happiest baby on the block routine to get him to sleep. He did not like getting into the swaddle but ya the only way e went to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299041 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:49:11 +0000 chopsuey 299041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped swaddling as soon as we got home from the hospital. LO didn't like it.. ! Plus we rented a portable bilirubin machine because she had jaundice. Couldn't have her swaddled while she was getting treatment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299037 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:47:07 +0000 BananaPancakes 299037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped swaddling at like 2 weeks. He hated it. He was trying to break out at the hospital, even. On so many of these boards, moms kept swearing that even if they fought it, they still wanted to be swaddled and to keep trying, but I gave up. But he slept in the rock and play for the first 2 months, so that was cozy enough to keep him settled. And by 8 weekd we had him sleeping on his belly because his reflux was so bad. Not sure if that gives you any hope, but we didn't swaddle and hes been fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-swaddle-night-sleep-problems#post-299010 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:25:22 +0000 lovehoneybee 299010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E HATES being swaddled, and has since he was less than a week old. He'll scream bloody murder and fight it hard if we try, and he won't calm down...he just gets louder and redder and struggles until he's broken out of it. We've tried it with blankets, SwaddleMe and a Miracle Blanket. We currently put him down in a sleep sack (with arms and closed on the bottom, like the one below),</p> <p>Problem is it takes us SO LONG to get him down for the night, and I'm wondering if not being swaddled is why (or partly, anyway). Do you think I should keep trying to swaddle him? Anyone else been in a similar situation? How do you get your non-swaddled infant (E is 6 weeks old) to sleep in a reasonable time frame? </p> [attach=1866/12/mairub.516x600.-baby-Slumber-bag-kids-Slumber-font-b-sack-b-font-baby-robes.jpg]