Starting swaddling at 4.5 months

[AnnaB444]

I've never swaddled my ds, but friends are advising that I could start now to encourage him to sleep through the night. He is now 4.5 months old. Is this too late to start swaddling? I just tried it today for a nap and he hated it. Any tips as to how I can wean him ON?!
Thanks.

I don't know about 4.5 months but I started swaddling DS at 3 months and it was a godsend. He wnet from waking 2-3 times a night to just once at 5 am, so it was much better.

It can be tricky to do it tightly enough to stop them getting their arms out though, and he'll be too big for many of the purpose made swaddling blankets