Question

How old was your baby when you stopped swaddling? How did u do it? Cold Turkey, One arm out, transitional swaddle? Thanks

Answer 1

The safe sleep groups say 8 weeks or when they start to show signs of rolling whichever comes first. For us, we our son was outgrowing his velcro swaddles around 8 weeks and starting to look like he could roll over. We did a week of 1 arm out, then a week of both arms out then to the sleep sack. It wasnt nearly as bad as I expected.  

Answer 2

I put them in a sleep sack at first.  

Answer 3

I leave room so she can get an arm out on her own. When she starts to roll I'll put her in a sleep sack.  

Answer 4

As soon as they start showing signs of rolling you should stop. I went straight to sleep sack, it was a rough couple of nights but she made the transition quickly that way

Answer 5

When they start wiggling out of the swaddle I switched to a sleep sack.  

Answer 6

Following! Wondering the same thing and how they stayed asleep with the startle reflex?  

Comments

@roark68 how old is your little one?  

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@membership 9. 5 weeks

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Mine is 9 weeks  

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My first used to wake him self up but my second is 12 weeks and he sleeps in his bassinet next to my bed all night with nothing on him

Answer 7

She’s 19 now. and we still swaddle.  

Answer 8

I’m in the middle of transitioning mine! I am starting with one arm out, when I had both out she was still startling herself awake. My baby girl is probably still at the age to be swaddled but she is starting to roll on her sides and has actually slept better with one of her arms free!  

Answer 9

My sons been in a sleep sack since 3 months maybe a little earlier because he did not really like being swaddled with his arm kept Down. He 5 months and love the sleep sack.  

Answer 10

8 weeks, max

Answer 11

We swaddled until he could roll, and then we used a SwaddleMe WrapSack with arms out to transition to sleep sacks. Then he was in sleep sacks until 1 and 1/2.  

Answer 12

When they didn’t want it anymore, and went to a sleep sack

Answer 13

My little is 10 months and still swaddles. I used a bigger blanket because that’s how he feels secure.  

Answer 14

Probably 4/5 months. We used a magic Merlin after the swaddle

Answer 15

Sleep sacks!  

Answer 16

My 13 year would still swaddle. Now she just has a weighted blanket.  She was swaddle a long time. We just kept her arms out once she could move around more.  

Answer 17

My 4 yo gets burrito up every night. I may need to invest in a weighted blanket

Answer 18

My 11 year old and now 1 year old hated being swaddled after 2 weeks old.  

Answer 19

Our kids stayed swaddled for sleep/nap question until they were rolling over!  

Answer 20

My son is 2 months old, we started using a zen sack. He sleeps really well with that

Answer 21

Very early on. Maybe 6 weeks? He liked to sprawl out.  

Answer 22

At birth. My son would find a way to get his arms out of it so I never swaddled him. I used a sleep sack. And he sleeps 12 hours at night  

Answer 23

I swear by Merlin’s magic sleep suit. I started that about 8 weeks and used it until baby can roll over.  

Answer 24

The AAP says at first signs of rolling or 8 weeks. Whichever comes first

Answer 25

4 months, when they moved into their cribs. Cold turkey! Transitional sacks, swaddles etc just prolong the torture in my opinion  

Answer 26

7 months with both arms swaddled then 1 arm out till 10 months old now she is 11 months with a sleep sack from Nested Bean

Answer 27

When baby could roll over.  

Answer 28

We went to the Zipadee Zip. He can move around freely and he loves it. We are now on our second size after he loved the smaller size. He knows it is sleep time when we zip him up.  

Answer 29

Around 8 weeks. Then we switched to sleep sacks til she was old enough for a regular blankie! (It wasn't a huge transition for her though because she only liked being swaddled with her arms out. )