https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 02:50:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-388894 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:57:28 +0000 Weagle 388894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamajaja: We didn't sleep train. We still nurse/give her a bottle to go to sleep. If she wakes up I just nurse her back down, but that's rare. She dropped wakings on her own. FWIW, my LO was also very squirmy and very loud... still is. All over the bed all the time. But, she's asleep. If she sleeps through all of her movement, I don't see a need to stop swaddling. Right before LO started rolling, she would roll and sleep on her side in the swaddle (we used a Woombie). I have friends who swaddled their kids until 10 months or so.</p> <p>Remember that things that time. It's a learning process for her. If she's not rolling it might take several nights for her to adjust. For a couple of weeks LO would only roll from tummy to back while she was asleep, then she would freak out. So for a while we had to go in her room to roll her back over. Now it doesn't bother her. They learn eventually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-388813 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:32:02 +0000 prettylizy 388813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamajaja: The sleep sack was a good transition for us, since we went from the A&amp;A swaddles to an A&amp;A sleep sack- maybe it was all in my head, but it felt like the fabric and a similar 'feeling' of being wrapped without being so constrained. I don't think she could get stuck in a sleep sack since her arms are out.<br /> Prettybaby does gymnastics all over the place in her crib too, moves from end to end, spins all over the place. She's quite the little monkey these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-388794 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:24:46 +0000 mamajaja 388794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: Well, she slept ok for her naps without the swaddle, and the only reason we decided to start weaning was because her night sleep has gotten progressively worse and worse in the swaddle, and she's been breaking out of them almost every night. She's also been grunting and squirming during her sleep as if she's trying to get out. I'll usually find her body either scooted to the top of the crib or her whole body shifted 90 degrees to the right by morning (if not sooner). She's also been trying to roll while swaddled, and the one time i swaddled her with one arm out she roller over to her tummy and got stuck. =/ </p> <p>I wonder if using a sleep sack will help? We just put her in fleece PJs last night. I'm just paranoid that she'll get stuck in a sleep sack as well since she can't really roll from tummy to back yet.</p> <p>Thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-388677 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:44:58 +0000 prettylizy 388677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamajaja: We didn't sleep train. At 4 months she started with her sleep regression and it was killing me. We spent a lot of time co-bedding and dream feeding her. Basically the second she made a peep I'd pop my boob in her mouth to shut her up (*guilt face*lol). As the month rolled on, I noticed in the morning her swaddle would start to pop open from me pulling her in to nurse all the time and she would flop onto her belly and fall to sleep with her arms out. When we got home from our family vacation I just put her in the sleep sack and to bed on her tummy and she slept like a champ. </p> <p>Sounds to me like your LO isn't ready to sleep without a swaddle, if it's going to make everyones life and sleep better, I wouldn't try to stop it until their ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-388660 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:36:03 +0000 mamajaja 388660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: @prettylizy: was your LOs already sleep trained? Last night was a disaster when we tried to put our LO down with no swaddle :( She would roll over and wake up, no matter how sleepy we got her. Once she stayed on her back, but then woke up when she rolled over. After over 4 hours of struggling we finally got her to sleep, but swaddled. Poor thing I know she's crazy tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387927 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:08:21 +0000 T-Mom 387927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually swaddled one arm out for a little while and then completely removed it combined with CIO.. That was at 5 months.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387916 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:05:06 +0000 heffalump 387916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we stopped swaddling, lo was able to find her thumb because we weren't keeping it tied up anymore. She started sucking her thumb and slept 12 hours straight. She was 2 1/2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387880 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:54:33 +0000 prettylizy 387880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was just over 5 months she was showing signs of being ready to swaddle wean. We went cold turkey into a sleep sack and she became a belly sleeper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387875 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:52:59 +0000 skibobrown 387875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went cold turkey, and her nighttime sleep improved immediately. DD never napped for more than 30 minutes -- swaddle or no, so that didn't change anything either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387862 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:50:06 +0000 Weagle 387862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never swaddled for naps, but we went cold turkey on the swaddle for nighttime. We sometimes used the sleep sack and sometimes not. Her sleep wasn't affected very much once we figured out that she liked to start out the night on her tummy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387059 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:28:52 +0000 banana 387059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamajaja: Yes, we went from swaddle to the Aiden sleep sacks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387032 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:23:39 +0000 NerdBee 387032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swaddle weaned and sleep trained at the same time. I started at night and continued for naps the next day. After he fell asleep at night and stayed asleep, he slept through the night until next morning. His naps were short 30-40 minute naps for about 4 or 5 days and then gradually lengthened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-387021 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:20:54 +0000 mamajaja 387021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: one more question - did you use a sleep sack? thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-386971 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:08:26 +0000 banana 386971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamajaja: the first few nights, he would wake up from his night sleep in the very beginning (like right after we put him down). It was almost like he couldn't get into deep sleep. We would lay him down, he would roll on his tummy and wake up an hour later. I went in and shushed him back to sleep or picked him up and rocked him. After a few nights, he slept normally. He actually slept BETTER because he loved sleeping on his tummy. I say give it a few nights and see how it goes because your LO might actually really like sleeping on her tummy. She's probably not used to it yet. My DD doesn't like the swaddle so we stopped swaddling her at around 1 month and she sleeps great. She already rolls from back to tummy. She LOVES tummy sleep.</p> <p>Oh, forgot to mention....we swaddle weaned naps and night at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-386953 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:03:51 +0000 mamajaja 386953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: how was his night sleep in the beginning? Did you wait to wean the swaddle at night? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-386831 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:17:46 +0000 banana 386831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The exact same thing happened with my son. The second we swaddle weaned him, he started rolling onto his tummy for naps. And his naps became really short. It lasted like that until he was able to roll back onto his back (maybe a few weeks later?). And then his naps became long again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-weaning-question#post-386826 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:14:47 +0000 mamajaja 386826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we decided to go cold turkey with the swaddle, and LO has surprisingly gone down pretty well for her naps today! Granted we had to rock her until she was asleep, but all 3 times she immediately rolled over to her tummy when we placed her in the crib and went to sleep. Only thing is, her naps have only been 30 mins, so she's not able to sleep past one cycle. So I have a couple questions for those of you who have weaned from the swaddle cold turkey:</p> <p>1) How did LO respond to sleeping without swaddle the first couple days?<br /> 2) Did you go cold turkey for naps and night sleep? I'm a little worried how she'll do at night without a swaddle since she hasn't been able to sleep past 30 mins.</p> <p>TIA!!! </p>