swaddling thru the night?

Teeny · Apr 16th, 2012, 03:22 AM

hi all,
my lo moves A LOT during the day and in her sleep, last night she moved so much I tried swaddling her again the morning .....first time didn't really work....and shes now sleeping and very still.

can she be swaddled for the whole night? this seems like a long time!
xxxx

vtcarter6 · Apr 16th, 2012, 04:40 AM

for about the first 3 months we swaddled our little girl through the night. we used a velcro swaddleme since i am not very talented at swaddling with a blanket! i'd take it off if her diaper needed changing but otherwise she stayed in it the whole night. i really think it helped her get decent stretches of sleep during the first few months because her arms and hands would often wake her. it was a tough transition going without it at first-- especially psychologically for me, since i was convinced she couldn't sleep without it-- but sleep is now kinda sorta tentatively normal again!

Teeny · Apr 16th, 2012, 05:02 AM

thanks, I'm still a bit tentative so wanted to get some people's choices ans experience, think I will give it a shot tonight as she was really restless and kept us all up last tonight x

flippityflop · Apr 16th, 2012, 05:14 AM

I still swaddle my Lo also using a swaddleme blanket. He stays in it all night and sleep better for it. I am slowly introducing a sleeping bag and he's a lot more restless in it.

Button# · Apr 16th, 2012, 05:25 AM

My LO loves to be swaddled at night, he looks so comfy all wrapped up. I unswaddle him to change his nappy and to feed him as he likes to have his hands out when he feeds. He has started wriggling his hands out sometimes now to suck on them.

Casey3 · Apr 16th, 2012, 06:14 AM

Our LO is still swaddled. I just use a cotton blanket and usually when I wake up he's gotten his arms free.. I wish I started with something like the halo sleeping bag swaddle so it would be an easy transition.. I'm scared to make the switch because hes always slept so well swaddled

HarpersMom · Apr 16th, 2012, 06:19 AM

My 11 week old is swaddled at night, and for her naps. She would get no sleep otherwise, and seems to like it a lot. I dread the transition to sleeping unswaddled though!

MrsN · Apr 16th, 2012, 06:31 AM

Our little boy is still swaddled all night. I use a cot sheet. I've tried to wean him off it but its just not happening atm... The first night we tried he woke up 14 times, compared to just once for a feed when hes swaddled! He manages his daytime naps without being swaddled but hes obviously not a fan during the night just yet. x

lovehearts · Apr 16th, 2012, 06:39 AM

I swaddled through the night till LO was 4ish months. At the start I used to unswaddle to feed but it would wake him to much do I stopped. I waited until he showed signs of not wanting to be swaddled before I stopped and he transitioned fine to a sleeping bag xx

Mamoosca · Apr 16th, 2012, 07:05 AM

We swaddle through the night with a swaddlepod and she sleeps so much better than before we tried swaddling. She's in it for around 7 hours each night.

Apr 16th, 2012, 03:22 AM	#1
Teeny Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: English girl residing in NJ, USA . Posts: 642	swaddling thru the night? hi all, my lo moves A LOT during the day and in her sleep, last night she moved so much I tried swaddling her again the morning .....first time didn't really work....and shes now sleeping and very still. can she be swaddled for the whole night? this seems like a long time! xxxx

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Apr 16th, 2012, 04:40 AM	#2
vtcarter6 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 77	for about the first 3 months we swaddled our little girl through the night. we used a velcro swaddleme since i am not very talented at swaddling with a blanket! i'd take it off if her diaper needed changing but otherwise she stayed in it the whole night. i really think it helped her get decent stretches of sleep during the first few months because her arms and hands would often wake her. it was a tough transition going without it at first-- especially psychologically for me, since i was convinced she couldn't sleep without it-- but sleep is now kinda sorta tentatively normal again!

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Apr 16th, 2012, 05:02 AM	#3
Teeny Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: English girl residing in NJ, USA . Posts: 642	thanks, I'm still a bit tentative so wanted to get some people's choices ans experience, think I will give it a shot tonight as she was really restless and kept us all up last tonight x

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Apr 16th, 2012, 05:14 AM	#4
flippityflop Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 2,534	I still swaddle my Lo also using a swaddleme blanket. He stays in it all night and sleep better for it. I am slowly introducing a sleeping bag and he's a lot more restless in it.

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Apr 16th, 2012, 05:25 AM	#5
Button# Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,705	My LO loves to be swaddled at night, he looks so comfy all wrapped up. I unswaddle him to change his nappy and to feed him as he likes to have his hands out when he feeds. He has started wriggling his hands out sometimes now to suck on them.

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Apr 16th, 2012, 06:14 AM	#6
Casey3 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,973	Our LO is still swaddled. I just use a cotton blanket and usually when I wake up he's gotten his arms free.. I wish I started with something like the halo sleeping bag swaddle so it would be an easy transition.. I'm scared to make the switch because hes always slept so well swaddled

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Apr 16th, 2012, 06:19 AM	#7
HarpersMom Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 184	My 11 week old is swaddled at night, and for her naps. She would get no sleep otherwise, and seems to like it a lot. I dread the transition to sleeping unswaddled though!

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Apr 16th, 2012, 06:31 AM	#8
MrsN Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northants Posts: 587	Our little boy is still swaddled all night. I use a cot sheet. I've tried to wean him off it but its just not happening atm... The first night we tried he woke up 14 times, compared to just once for a feed when hes swaddled! He manages his daytime naps without being swaddled but hes obviously not a fan during the night just yet. x

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Apr 16th, 2012, 06:39 AM	#9
lovehearts Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 13,136	I swaddled through the night till LO was 4ish months. At the start I used to unswaddle to feed but it would wake him to much do I stopped. I waited until he showed signs of not wanting to be swaddled before I stopped and he transitioned fine to a sleeping bag xx

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Apr 16th, 2012, 07:05 AM	#10
Mamoosca Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North West, UK Posts: 1,112	We swaddle through the night with a swaddlepod and she sleeps so much better than before we tried swaddling. She's in it for around 7 hours each night.

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