My son would not stay in a swaddle. At 1 week old he was a pro at breaking out of it. I just made sure he was dressed in warm jammies and stopped trying to swaddle him.

@curious yes I know. They seem to not get that part and act like she wouldn't let it happen now. I know she would because she tries to encourage my sister to hold him. I tell her no everytime. I haven't left my mom alone with ds either.

We swaddled both my kids until they could roll over efficiently, and only ever swaddled at night. For my older son, that was 5.5 months. For my younger son (just turned four months)- it's tonight ?- woke up this morning to him on his belly, completely swaddled! He hasn't even flipped completely to his belly when playing yet! We bought Zipadeezips for my older son and they worked amazingly. He actually just stopped sleeping in his a couple months ago and he'll be two next month- he just loved it and now he has to sleep with it lol. I bought more during their Black Friday sale for this baby and they're washed and ready to try tonight. Hope it works just as well!

I never swaddled or used the zipadeezip for naps.

I bought the swaddled with zippers because my dd would break out of them. It made her sleep the first 2 months then I stopped using them.

My first son hated being swaddled. He didn't like being constricted and he's still that way. I did try for the first few weeks though.

Again back to swaddling. Now my mom is telling me I'm not letting him get his full rest during the day because I only swaddle him at night to associate it with bedtime. I told her I don't want him dependent on that for him to sleep and she rolls her eyes and says yeah ok whatever with an attitude. I'm just so tired of her acting like I'm not doing anything right. I'm trying my best and everyone in my house besides dh acts like my mom should raise him. ? my brother even said my mom would be better at raising him. I just feel really down right now.

I tried to with my son but he wasn't having it. Anytime I swaddled him he screamed so I finally gave up

I swaddled ds1 until 5mths. ds2 is 3mths old so I'm not there yet but he does sleep sometimes in his snuggle bunny in the living room with the other kids playing around and he doesn't seem to startle easy has ds1.

I did the Houdini style swaddle cuz he would just come out of the regular one each 10 mins.

And it has both legs out so i was ahead of it.(better for hips too)

Took one arm out for one nap and see if hes OK with it. Then stick to it for 1 weeks. Then more naps then moving to nights.

I did swaddle for the first ten weeks, then my son rolled over, and you're not supposed to swaddle after they can roll, so I had to stop suddenly. I wish I hadn't bothered swaddling at all to be honest, he had a really hard time learning to sleep without one , I won't be doing it with any future kids

I thought it said waddle! I was like yes I do! ????

I swaddled but not for bed time or naps. You're not supposed to use blankets when they sleep anyway. Not to shame anyone who does. I just chose not to :p

We swaddle. He's only 3 weeks. He doesn't particularly like it but he sleeps though it. I know that sounds terrible but I rather do it because we've tried no swaddling and he ends up all over the place. He likes to push himself around his pack and play bassenet which freaks me out.

I swaddled for the first three months afterwards all my boys didn't want to be swaddled. I would try and they would unwrap themselves by kicking and pushing there arms out.

Thank you everyone for your replies, my son is five weeks right now. I just don't want him to not be able to sleep without being swaddled. I'm going to look into the zip lol

I swaddle for night sleep but not naps. He's 6 months and won't sleep if unswaddled

I swaddled my son until he was 4-5 months and still sleeping in the bassinet. Once he learned how to get out of it I stopped swaddling and transitioned him to his crib. He is now 3 and has been asking for us to tuck his blanket tighter like a burrito when he goes to sleep.

My son loved to be swaddled at first. That ended when he was about a month old and he'd wiggle out of his swaddle (I had the ones with velcro so it wouldn't come undone as easy)

We don't swaddle our 5 week old. She uses her hands to self soothe.

I swaddled him since he was born and until 4 months because he was breaking out of it regularly during the night and i hated having to get up to re-swaddle him. It took us 1 week of him struggling to fall asleep but he did very good and slept through the night as usual. Now at 7 months the only problem is that he only wants to sleep in my bed with me? trying to break that habit!

My daughter loves to be swaddled. She's 2 months. My son loved to be swaddled also and he had no problem transitioning once he grew out of them.

I swaddled, it was hard to break the habit. We switched to the zippadee zip around 3 months once she started rolling over. She's still in her zippadee at 15 months.

Look it up, it's a fantastic product for transitioning!!

That's the great thing about the Zippadeezip... they can move their arms and legs BUT it helps prevent them from waking themselves up with their startle reflex. You know when all their limbs suddenly Jerk and they start crying because they woke themselves up... this prevents that! Plus their hands and feet are inside so you don't have to worry about them getting cold. Sorry, that's my last plug. I just have so much love for the Zippadeezip. Lol. Seriously is amazing.

I didn't like it either. But there are supposed to be really good benefits from it. I have yet to see him sleep longer but I just started swaddling him at a month old.

I think it sucks to not allow your baby to move their arms. It's supposed to emulate being in the womb, but they can still move in there and move their arms around.

We were able to swaddle for 6 weeks... he didn't like it after that. We had a swaddle transition, zippadeezip, and he loved that way more than being swaddled. He is now 1 and still sleeps in his zippadeezip for naps and bed time. That thing has given us so much sleep... favorite baby item by far.

My youngest daughter loved to be swaddled! Up until she was about 18 months for a nap.

My son hated being swaddled from the get go

Swaddled until dd pulled her arms out and didnt like it anymore

I tried to, dd hated it. She wanted her hands up by her face because that's how she was in the womb. Now she sleeps with her hands into of her head and plays with her hair in her sleep at 7 months old ?

Neither of my kids liked being swaddled with a sheet or blanket, we used the zip up swaddles and they slept great in them, never had any troubles transitioning them, just switched to a kids sleeping bag where they had their arms out

We swaddle my lo to sleep at night and for most naps. We use the Summer Swaddle Me which has Velcro. I don't feel safe with him sleeping with just a swaddle blanket because he always squirms the fabric loose & I don't want to worry about him getting it over his face.

We swaddle him very tight with his arms down by his sides. Otherwise he's moving his arms all over the place.

We will stop swaddling when he can roll from back to front because then it becomes a suffocation hazard. We'll do it gradually. First one arm out, then both with the swaddle still around his chest. I'm sure it will still be a tough transition.

I swaddled constantly when I wasn't wearing her. My daughter was soooooooooo fussy. Swaddling was the only way she slept for even a minute. I think it stopped around 4-5 months when she was able to wiggle herself free. She also got upset with the swaddle. I switched to footed pjs and that made her very happy. She's now 20 months. I used the preformed swaddles by swaddleme. I wasn't very good at the swaddle from scratch.

He likes to be swaddled at night, during the day he'll break free so I only do it at night now lol. I just wasn't sure how long to do it, my mom was trying to tell me why to swaddle but he doesn't sleep longer while swaddled. So I just wasn't sure.

Three hours. My daughter found out how to wiggle out of the swaddle within a few hours and no matter how well swaddled she was, she'd squirm out. We just kept her warm with clothes because even swaddle sacks were easy to escape, and sleep sacks were her personal prison.

I only swaddled when she was going to sleep at night. She wasn't fussy during the day, and we baby wore most of the time, so it wasn't needed. We swaddled until she kept breaking out of it regularly, which I believe was 5 months. Some people go longer, some people go shorter. You'll know when it's time to stop. She was perfectly fine, no rough transition, when we stopped.

I never swaddled and I'm glad because living in California the weather can vary from day to day and it would probably be hard to get him to sleep in those changes

My DS loved to be swaddled!! Instoped when he started sucking his fingers. He's now 2 and when I go in and check him before I go to bed he's wrapped himself into a burrito with his blanket lol

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