https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:14:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-116710 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:40:44 +0000 purrpletulips 116710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO loved being swaddled, when she started sucking her thumb at about 3m we just swaddled her her preferred sucking thumb outside the swaddle. Stopped swaddling completely at about 5m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-116626 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:49:58 +0000 His Barista 116626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't been. We tried a few times but she would cry until she kicked herself out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-116618 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:46:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 116618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't planning on it and we didn't at first. But then he was awake every half hour to hour because he'd flail his arms and hit his face so he'd wake up. They have what is called moro reflex where their nervous systems are still very immature and developing. Not only does swaddling help keep them asleep, but it gives them comfort by creating a tight, confined space, like the womb.<br /> So for us, it became a necessity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-116601 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:37:39 +0000 skibobrown 116601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wanted to revive this thread to say that our daughter sleeps unswaddled. We religiously swaddled her in a double swaddle every time that we put her down for the first few days, and she HATED it. She would scream and writhe around trying to free her arms. After a couple of nights of that, I decided to try her out in a sleep sack with arms. She slept like an angel, and we haven't looked back since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-96017 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:35:07 +0000 katmmad 96017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son hated it. We tried it when he was first born... Then we did swaddle for a period of weeks 6-15 or so. He always fought to get his arms free, and always fought sleep by jackknifing his legs up and down. After we found the rock and play at week 15 we stopped swaddling him because we needed to strap him in to the RNP and swaddling wasn't working anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95865 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:00:41 +0000 mynoahbear 95865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never swaddled. They didn't swaddle in the hospital here in tokyo. They tucked her in with blankets but didn't swaddle. They also don't put hats on the babies either. We tried swaddling when we brought her home but she didn't like her arms so confined. She always sleeps with her arms up above her head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95856 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:49:35 +0000 MsMini 95856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 years of working in NICU has convinced me of the magic of the swaddle. In 6 years I have never met a baby that didn't sleep better swaddled. My LO will definitely be swaddled for the first couple months, we probably will wean the swaddle at around 3 months (if LO is ready!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95846 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:34:57 +0000 cyndistar3 95846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never did, my daughter didn't like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95842 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:23:00 +0000 runsyellowlites 95842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I did when I first brought DS home, but not for long... maybe a week? Not sure if it made a difference but DS was sleep trained pretty early, &amp; really I never had issues with him sleeping or waking himself up.</p> <p>I don't plan to really swaddle with this one either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95840 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:10:33 +0000 Clementine 95840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my guy hates all those swaddle suits miracle blanket, halo, etc. but he doesn't seem to mind just a regular long swaddle blanket. </p> <p>for our LO, swaddling helps him sleep so much better even though he really doesn't enjoy it. during the day, we don't swaddle him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95479 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:22:08 +0000 Mrsbells 95479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also on the fence... I will try it and see how my baby responds to it once she arrives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95476 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:20:53 +0000 chopsuey 95476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag: We stopped swaddling when we brought LO home at 2 days old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95417 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:45:02 +0000 looch 95417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've noticed that Europeans don't swaddle as much as Americans. In fact, I even asked at the hospital and the nurses looked at me like I was a crazy person. I finally broke out the swaddle in the middle of the night after DS couldn't sleep AT ALL because of the moro reflex, so I just tried it and it was magic.</p> <p>My husband thought it was a straightjacket and hated the idea of it, but since it helped us all sleep, he got on board. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95415 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:43:59 +0000 lemondrop 95415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried to, but he has hated being swaddled from the start, especially his arms. We used an A&amp;A blanket around his waist and legs, and still do occasionally if he is kicking himself awake. Most of the time I lay him down drowsy in the crib and he falls asleep just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95411 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:38:11 +0000 LivsMama 95411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO doesnt require it then there isnt a need. Liv could NOT sleep without it, though she did go through a phase of about 3 weeks where she wanted nothing to do with it before we got her back on </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95406 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:36:10 +0000 heffalump 95406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We swaddled, it really seemed to help her sleep. She would jerk her arms around and wake herself up if we didn't. We stopped at 2 1/2 months though, it seemed like she was done with it and not having it helped her find her thumb to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95276 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:13:28 +0000 Andrea 95276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swaddled because my LO loved it but my niece and nephew did not like to be swaddled so they didn't do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anybody-not-swaddle#post-95264 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:01:59 +0000 MegWag 95264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems like everyone swaddles nowadays...<br /> LO is only 2 weeks old and we aren't planning on it. DH hates the idea of it and I'm on the fence.<br /> Are we the only ones? </p>