https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:57:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381874 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:20:58 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1381874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Ooh, good idea! I might try that!</p> <p>Otherwise, it'll be cold turkey like you're all recommending. Sigh. I'll just brace myself for a couple of wicked nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381871 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:19:46 +0000 Weagle 1381871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold turkey. We also would put her down on her belly then because she was much less likely to startle herself (she could roll and had been belly napping for... A long time by that point) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381842 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:09:38 +0000 GrapeCrush 1381842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go cold turkey. With DS, we did it at 5 months, and he had no problem transitioning. We just started two days ago with DD(6 months on Saturday). It's going much rougher, but it's getting better...slowly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381819 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:04:26 +0000 Charm54 1381819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went cold turkey too... I was really nervous bc she STTN so well but at 4 months I ditched it and it didn't interrupt her sleep at all! Good luck!'" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381800 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:58:35 +0000 Mamaof2 1381800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is she STTN? If not swaddle both arms at bedtime but then after her 1st waking try putting her down with only 1 arm swaddle - that's how I weaned my DS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381757 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:46:24 +0000 .twist. 1381757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold turkey! The first few sleeps suck, but they adjust pretty quickly. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381754 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:45:40 +0000 hilsy85 1381754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cold turkey. Sucked for a week or so but then he became a belly sleeper and things were a bit better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381750 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:45:04 +0000 lawbee11 1381750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redsmarties: I would probably just go cold turkey if I were you. It'll probably suck for a few days but then she'll learn how to fall asleep unswaddled and all will be well. We did a more gradual approach and did some nap times, then all nap times, then all nighttime, but M wasn't rolling over at that point. I think because K can roll over that doing it cold turkey would be the safest approach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381738 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:39:58 +0000 delight 1381738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over the Xmas holidays when L was about 4.5 months I walked in one morning and she had rolled over in her swaddle. From then on I just quit cold turkey for bedtime!! I swaddled for naps for a few days then quit altogether. It was way easier than I thought. Like K, she had been swaddled every night and for every nap. I transitioned to a halo sleepsack and she she doesn't have a problem falling asleep. When I quit, she was in the middle of the 4 month sleep regression and was waking up a few times a night anyways. Now she is getting back to her 1-2 wake ups a night. Good luck! Maybe she'll surprise you and be just fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-1#post-1381653 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:17:10 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1381653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K is 5.5 months old, and can roll over both ways without even thinking about it. The problem is, we swaddle her for all naps and bedtime, and its the only way she can fall asleep.<br /> I know we need to break the swaddle habit, because she's getting close to rolling herself over while swaddled.<br /> We've tried keeping her arms out (or even just one arm), and she cannot fall asleep - keeps waking herself up. </p> <p>Any tips? How did you get rid of the swaddle? </p>