https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 05:23:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-without-being-swaddled#post-222948 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:57:49 +0000 jennylynn 222948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the process of stopping swaddling and we started by swaddling only one arm, and leaving one arm out. When she's having a restless night where she's flailing her one arm, I usually just go in and gently hold it down so she can't hit or scratch herself, and she falls asleep pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-without-being-swaddled#post-222478 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:16:56 +0000 Weagle 222478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have friends whose babies needed to be swaddled until 8 or 9 months. They used the Miracle Blanket. We use the Miracle Blanket a night for our LO... it's the only one that she hasn't been able to escape from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-without-being-swaddled#post-222189 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:00:06 +0000 reggie 222189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used woombie till Eli was ready at 4.5 months. We just kept trying to put him down with one arm out and see if he would fall asleep OK. If not, I would go back in and reswaddle him. Don't force it if he's not ready. Once we saw that Eli was able to fall asleep during naps, that night, we put him down w/o any swaddling, just a sleep sack and he slept fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-without-being-swaddled#post-222186 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:55:00 +0000 chopsuey 222186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You might want to try the sack suggested in this thread? </p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-off-the-swaddle" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-off-the-swaddle</a></p> <p>Sorry I don't have any advice.. we never swaddled our LO..! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-without-being-swaddled#post-222178 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:45:05 +0000 Clementine 222178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is now 5 mos and he cannot sleep without being swaddled; however, he's getting too big to sleep in a sleep sack and gets out of any swaddle we try with a blanket.</p> <p>Past couple of naps, we tried to put him down without being swaddled and it's been terrible. He's always either scratching his head (little bit of cradle cap left) , face (eczema), or just plain punching his face with his arms. He just can't seem to relax and needs to be constrained to fall asleep.</p> <p>Any advice would be helpful. </p>