https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:21:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-271411 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:40:03 +0000 erwoo 271411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aaaw... I feel your pain. We're having a hard time ditching the swaddle too! Every time I tried w/o the swaddle he would wake up and then suck on his fingers and whine. Then as soon as I put it back on (just arms only b/c he's outgrown the miracle blanket) he'll fall asleep within a minute. And if I don't put it on tight enough and he breaks out he'll whine again. So so sad. I feel bad for him and for me! I think I'm just going to do whatever works for now and then ditch it when I sleep train him. I figured, he's going to cry anyway so might as well just do it once than two separate times. </p> <p>I do, however, swing nap so he's only in the swaddle at night. I don't think that helps b/c he has motion to rely on. He does cry a little before falling asleep on the swing though. But he'll sleep between 1 - 4 hours on the swing. Kind of crazy on the 2+ hours though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-271376 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:32:51 +0000 BSB 271376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pic is so freakin' cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270874 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:37:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: he is miserable if he doesn't nap at least 1.5 hours. As much as I hate to do it, I have been having to put him in his bed and let himself cry to sleep because he won't sleep any other way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270846 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:43:25 +0000 pastemoo 270846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Oh!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270839 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:31:36 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: well before we started nap training and ditched the swaddle at night, he slept 2 hours! haha I miss his long naps!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270838 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:28:03 +0000 pastemoo 270838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: LOL. I dunno, my DS never slept much in the first place, even at the hospital, so to me a 45 min nap is a good nap. Sorry. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270831 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:06:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: @junebugmama: okay so I totally did this for his morning nap... he only slept 30 minutes again.. bummer.. but when DH looked at the camera to see if he was awake, he said, "did you tie him down?!"<br /> lol so funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270547 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:22:07 +0000 junebugmama 270547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: summer infant also makes one. We have it. It lets you password protect and you can watch it from any device. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270510 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:59:24 +0000 pastemoo 270510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: LOL. It;s not exactly a swaddle since it includes the mattress (rice), and the baby (tamago). :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270435 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:34:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I absolutely LOVE that you just compared swaddling to sushi. YES.</p> <p>@Sweet T: yeah that's a good idea... maybe I'll start doing a similar routine for naps too then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270402 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:22:25 +0000 pastemoo 270402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use his swaddle blanket at tuck it into the mattress on both sides (like a rubber band, or like the seaweed around a tamago nigiri sushi). His arms go over it.<br /> It hasn't come untucked yet.</p> <p>Kind of like @junebugmama but his feet stick out the bottom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270398 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:18:05 +0000 Sweet T 270398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Sorry I'm just now getting back! I've been posting from my phone most of the time and it's not as easy as using my computer!</p> <p>I want to say it took a couple of weeks for DS to get adjusted to non-swaddled naps. When we transitioned to a sleepsack, we also started using a stricter bedtime routine and nap routine.</p> <p>For bedtime, he has a bath, we get him dressed, and put on his sleepsack. We turn off the lights, turn on the monitor &amp; white noise machine, and then I sit in the rocker with DS. I rock him and sing two songs. His eyes are usually drowsy at this point but he's awake. Then, I get up and take him over to his crib. I tell him goodnight, to sleep well, I love him, &amp; sweet dreams. I kiss him, lay him down, and leave the room. I do the same thing for naps with the exception of the bath. </p> <p>I think it helped that we kept things the same for both nap time and bed time. He learned to associate the routine with sleep whether it was night time or not. I know you've heard this a million times, but look out for cues that he's tired. I would put DS down two hours after he woke up. He would usually start getting fussy and would rub his eyes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270390 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:13:12 +0000 chopsuey 270390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never swaddled, so no advice, but yikes! I would have kept checking if I were you too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270346 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:18:18 +0000 dagret 270346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270307 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:21:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: it's not actually a baby monitor, it's the foscam surveillance camera! I downloaded the cam viewer app for free and I can see him on there. Skippee did a guest post on it for the blog that goes over the pros/cons.<br /> One thing is you have to be kinda tech savvy to get it all set up. DH did it for us and although he did it without major complications, we couldn't figure out how to set up the audio. So we use an audio monitor as well. Which I totally don't mind, esp because I don't have the camera on ALL the time. Only when I hear him rustling around, to check on him or if we're sleep training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270296 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:11:18 +0000 dagret 270296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is off topic a bit but what baby monitor do you have that you can watch it on your iPhone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270289 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:57:21 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 270289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept swaddling for naps for a bit and did sleep sack at night. Then I had to stop swaddling all together and had to nurse her to sleep. Then I started doing the baby Whisperer's pick up put down method and now she can fall asleep on her own and is starting to nap longer than ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270286 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: how long did he have to nap for him to adjust? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270285 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:18 +0000 Mrs. Pen 270285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: good to get some more positive feedback.<br /> I might try this tomorrow for his naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-270001 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:32:25 +0000 Honeybee 270001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: That's exactly what we do with DS. He still rolls over, but it keeps him from scooting all over his crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269996 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:30:34 +0000 Sweet T 269996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: napping was definitely harder than night sleep!! He got used to it though &amp; it's been smooth (mostly) ever since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269982 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:23:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 269982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: it's so weird to me that he sleeps great at night unswaddled, but for naps he won't. </p> <p>@sorrycharlie: yeah it's the arms I think. I don't, and haven't ever, swaddled his legs. </p> <p>@junebugmama: how I used to do it was swaddle him, nurse him - he'd sleep in my arms then lay him in his crib. And it worked great. but now he rolls over even in his sleep.</p> <p>I just put him to bed with no swaddle and he just fell asleep... we'll see how long this nap lasts :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269917 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:49:25 +0000 Sweet T 269917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ditched the swaddle cold turkey when DS learned how to roll over while swaddled (4.5 months). We transitioned using a sleepsack. It was hard at first. He would wake at night and we'd have to go in and give him his paci. It didn't last long though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269912 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:47:51 +0000 sorrycharlie 269912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm, I'm not really sure because even my nanny-LOs weren't swaddled so I don't have any experience. Does he like his arms being swaddled? I wonder if he'd like a sleepsack, if it's not just the arms - like if he enjoys being kind of cocooned? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269911 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:47:05 +0000 junebugmama 269911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: It was actually the way our birthing class teacher suggested to do it after babies started rolling. It's also very convenient if he's fallen asleep in my arms, because I can just tuck him in, rather than risking him waking himself up because he is moving his arms, or me trying to swaddle him while he's already sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269902 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:43:31 +0000 Andrea 269902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD started to do that, it made me too nervous to continue to swaddle. I started by leaving one arm out of the swaddle. I did that for a week, then took the other arm out, did that for a week, just swaddled her tummy for another week, and then took the swaddle away. She was about 4-5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269899 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:42:25 +0000 Mrs. Pen 269899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I am so in love with baby cam pictures. They're sooo cute. I love his little butt that stucks up when he sleeps on his tummy too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269892 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:40:09 +0000 Adira 269892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I don't have any advice but that picture is sooooooooooo cute that it's made me wicked excited to have a baby!!!! I don't know what it is about the picture, but it's ADORABLE!!! I think it's the cute little butt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269886 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:34:52 +0000 Mrs. Pen 269886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@belleoftheballe: 6 months old.</p> <p>@junebugmama: oh that's not a bad idea... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-rolling-over-while-swaddled#post-269884 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:33:38 +0000 junebugmama 269884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Take the blanket and tuck it very tight under the edge of the mattress. So the blanket will be covering the bottom half all tucked in. Then fit him in there, like he's in a pocket. It will still be tight like a swaddle, but if he decides to roll over he'll be more free. Does this description make sense? </p>