https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:28:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-12051 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:56:53 +0000 cyndistar3 12051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't swaddle my daughter after the first few days, she liked to be free. She slept wonderfully and she actually started rolling a lot sooner than most babies I know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-11957 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:24:37 +0000 heffalump 11957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We finally stopped swaddling at 2 1/2 months. And that's when she started sleeping through the night, a full 12 hours! She found her thumb, and life is a lot better for everyone. She might wake up, but she'll always find her thumb and we never have to help her get back to sleep anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-11586 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:35:44 +0000 reggie 11586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rubies- how does your LO sleep now? is she still swaddled? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5862 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:21:26 +0000 Red 5862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought 4 swaddle blankets thinking that we would swaddle our LO. She tolerated it the first two days after delivery but started fighting them and breaking free afterwards. Seems like she just likes her arms and legs to be free so we stopped trying to swaddle her. She does move around quite a bit but sleeps fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5860 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:36:20 +0000 babycrz 5860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha. We swaddled until 9 months. I kept thinking surely he had outgrown it and would try a night here and there without the swaddle... but he just didn't sleep as well.</p> <p>It may be worth swaddling with one arm out. I think the tight bind around their middles is comforting even if it's NOT solely to keep their arms from flailing. Or she may just be ready to move on :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5854 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:46:32 +0000 Killer b 5854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped swaddling at about 3 weeks and switched to footie pajamas. DD loves sprawling out while she sleeps, a la "starfish baby". We only swaddle her if she starts getting fussy and can't be consoled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5671 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:11:13 +0000 chopsuey 5671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never swaddled my baby and she sleeps well. she started sleeping 6 hour stretches at 6 weeks and started sleeping 12 hours at 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5664 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:05:06 +0000 reggie 5664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we use the miracle blanket at night, Eli can't get out of that. but during the day, we use the aden and anais and i try my absolute best to make it tight so he can't get out. He still does sometimes though but then I let him be and see if he would fall back asleep on his own. sometimes when he is sleepy enough, he would still fall back asleep even though he bothers himself with his hands.. i tried putting him in his sleep sack one time just to see.. boy was it bad.. he couldnt fall asleep in it! my friend holds her baby's hands down until he falls asleep.. maybe that's an option? or... I don't know if you plan on sleep training him.. you can do that all together when you sleep train him.. let me know how it goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5652 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:37:46 +0000 Mrs. Bee 5652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a lot of babies start hating swaddling at that age. maybe try switching her to a sleep sack? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5651 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:31:53 +0000 Rubies 5651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reggie: We tried one arm out but she still fusses relentlessly. I think she hates the swaddle because she fights it like crazy until we have her all wound up. We have a woombie and it used to work wonders for her but now...She wants to be free. When we swaddle her with a blanket, she ends up breaking out of it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5648 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:17:48 +0000 Andrea 5648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that is exactly what happened with my niece so they just stopped swaddling her. As Reggie says, do one arm out first and then the other arm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5644 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:09:21 +0000 reggie 5644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm.. why don't you try swaddling with one arm out? so she can still get to her thumb? And then eventually you can swaddle with both arms out etc. </p> <p>question- how do you know she is hating it? My son is 9 weeks old and he just recently discovered his fist! When he plays, he would put his fist in his mouth... I think he may soon hate to be swaddled and I just want to know how to recognize that..? He sometimes struggles when I soothe him down for a nap anyway.. so I'm afraid I won't be able to tell? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5630 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:16:57 +0000 hreichard 5630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was swaddled in the NICU and as soon as he came home he was never swaddled. He was fine, i never saw him get startled and jump or anything. He is 3 months now nad sleeps with me...i know, i know a bad habit but he's spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-swaddled-babies#post-5627 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:08:50 +0000 Rubies 5627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter (11 weeks) used to love being swaddled into a tight bundle. Now, she hates it and it wakes her up because she has discovered thumb/finger sucking and when she can't get her hands to her mouth, she cries and her sleep is over.</p> <p>If you're not or did not swaddle your baby, how do they sleep at night? Does their startle reflex still kick in? </p> <p>I'm thinking of stopping the swaddle altogether. </p>