https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:49:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1289944 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:47:40 +0000 lawbee11 1289944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: We ended up not swaddle weaning after I wrote this, but we swaddle weaned before Thanksgiving for naps and after Thanksgiving for nighttime sleep. It went SO well. I kinda wish I had done it sooner. We didn't have any rough nights at all due to the swaddle weaning (our rough nights have been due to the 4-month sleep regression). I could tell she was ready because she was busting out of every swaddle anyways. She now wears a zipadee zip for naps and at night and she loves it (so do I!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1289898 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:17:45 +0000 delight 1289898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: how did swaddle weaning go? I still haven't yet at 4 months. L's sleep has gone straight downhill this week and I'm scared to make it worse!</p> <p>Has anyone kept swaddling past 4 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1193447 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:01:02 +0000 JoJoGirl 1193447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: oh she does sometimes, but then gets tired and puts her head down and falls asleep :)</p> <p>@lawbee11: she'll figure it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1192423 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:37:31 +0000 lawbee11 1192423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Yay! That's exciting! M keeps gagging on her hand (because she tries to shove the entire thing into her mouth) and she often spits up because of it, so I am nervous to leave an arm out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1192411 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:27:04 +0000 .twist. 1192411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: hm. That makes sense. I guess I'm concerned he's going to just keep lifting his head ... But the sleep cues and white noise.... That all makes sense. Thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1192397 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:14:47 +0000 JoJoGirl 1192397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Hmm, what do you mean? We don't really do tummy time anymore because LO now just rolls whenever she feels like it... and the 'sleep cues' don't happen with tummy time (ie sleep sack, white noise, darkness, in the crib vs. out in the living room on a playmat for tummy time) so I don't think they'll mix them up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1192232 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 09:54:38 +0000 .twist. 1192232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: i have wanted to try this, but I'm worried he won't know the difference between tummy time and belly sleeping? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1192223 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 09:50:06 +0000 .twist. 1192223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I just put L down for a nap, in his crib, with one arm out. He cried for about 5 minutes and then started sucking on his hand (he hasn't found his thumb yet either) and he fell asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1191243 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:02:50 +0000 JoJoGirl 1191243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: My LOs sleep improved when we swaddle-weaned because we did it when she started rolling and sleeps way better on her belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1189496 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 06:54:09 +0000 lawbee11 1189496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I just saw your response! Was C rolling, or did you decide to wean for other reasons? M has busted out of her swaddle the past few nights. I would love to wean, but she is so obsessed with her hands and I worry that she'll lie there sucking on her hands and flailing about and won't fall asleep. Did C's sleep improve immediately or did it take a few days? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1182802 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:34:13 +0000 Boheme 1182802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We swaddle weaned when C was M's age. It actually improved his sleep because he quit fighting so hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1182788 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:31:06 +0000 Cherrybee 1182788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh Lordy, swaddle weaning! Bane of my existence right now. I watched on the monitor as E burst out of her swaddle at 3am this morning and waved her arms about like she was at a rave. Sigh. I have her napping unswaddled because, lets face it, her naps can't get any worse but she really isn't ready to sleep unswaddled at night. I guess we will just keep trying every few days and when she is ready it will click, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1182458 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:52:59 +0000 sslm 1182458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: we didn't do CIO as she was only 9 weeks! I just nursed her back to sleep every time she woke up. Not sure if that's the best method but after about a week she went back to sleeping long stretches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1182132 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:19:21 +0000 Alivoo01 1182132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry to thread jack, but when y'all swaddle wean and your LO cries, do you do the same techniques as CIO for sleep training or how do you soothe your LO so that s/he goes to sleep?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1181756 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:09:44 +0000 shopaholic 1181756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K hated being swaddled. We weaned pretty early. I want to say 8 weeks? Have you considered doing one arm out, then both arms out, perhaps starting with naps? The first 2 nights swaddle-weaning were the roughest, but then we had less wake-ups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1181746 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:06:09 +0000 Alivoo01 1181746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS hasn't found his thumb either, and is a total wiggle worm in his swaddle. He'll be 90 degrees from where I put him down. And since he doesn't suck on his thumb, he can't self soothe and gets uber PO-ed when there's nothing to suck on. However, his arms and legs still flail around like crazy uncontrollably so we stay swaddled. He doesn't roll over yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180300 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:05:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 1180300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I have pretty much given up completely on naps as a time for me to get anything done. Today's naps including an hour and fifteen minutes of her nursing/sleeping on the boob while I watched tv, a couple of stroller naps outside, and her waking up when I started to think about putting her down. Thankfully she has JUST started stroller napping. Today I even stopped in a park and ate a treat from Starbucks with TWO hands. You, me, and cherrybee seem to have the same baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180282 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:59:18 +0000 lawbee11 1180282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I swear we have the same child. I can't imagine M's naps getting any worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180272 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:56:32 +0000 Foodnerd81 1180272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched C to the magic sleep suit for that reason. She seemed to be waking herself up fighting the swaddle. The magic sleepsuit lets her get at her hands but they don't flail about. But, I don't know if its related at all, but her naps have gotten even worse than they were before. Night sleep is fine but I'm wondering about going back to the swaddle for day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180258 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:52:05 +0000 JoJoGirl 1180258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could try one arm out for a few days and see how it goes - that way she can find her thumb if need be? We had one arm out for 2 weeks because we were too scared to take the other arm out. Then she started rolling so we ditched it altogether. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180237 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:38:59 +0000 sslm 1180237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: it was probably about 12 weeks? She was working on it since birth lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180233 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:37:13 +0000 lawbee11 1180233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Do you remember how old she was when she found her thumb? LO hasn't found hers yet--she just sucks on random fingers (basically whatever she can fit in). She refuses every type of paci, though, so I am actually hoping she finds her thumb soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180221 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:32:35 +0000 chopsuey 1180221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of my kids liked to be swaddled, so we stopped after a few days. They slept fine though..! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180216 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:30:32 +0000 sslm 1180216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Madeline definitely did it! She was also a champion at busting out of her swaddle. I think it's pretty normal. Is she a thumb sucker? I found M could self soothe so much better once she had access to her hands. There's no harm in trying it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180202 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:25:11 +0000 lawbee11 1180202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: She's only rolled tummy to back. I am just worried that she's not getting enough quality sleep because of all the fighting she's doing to try and break free, but I'm not sure if it's common for swaddled babies to wrestle around like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180196 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:22:13 +0000 sslm 1180196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has she rolled over not swaddled? That was when we ditched the swaddle! We swaddle arms out now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-swaddle-wean#post-1180188 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:19:52 +0000 lawbee11 1180188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 12 weeks old and I swaddle her for naps and at night. She sleeps pretty well at night with the swaddle and she hasn't rolled in her swaddle yet, but I often wake up to her grunting and moving around as if trying to break free (her eyes are closed during this so I assume she's asleep?). Sometimes this goes on for an hour straight. Is that normal? </p> <p>I worry about swaddle weaning, though, because she is obsessed with her hands (they are in or near her mouth all the time). She's also gagged and spit up on several occasions after trying to shove both fists in her mouth. So I worry she won't be able to fall asleep/stay asleep with her hands free. </p> <p>Any advice? </p>