Help, my 6 month old is still swaddled

[Autumn13]

My DD had just turned 6 months. Since she was 2 months she's been swaddled for sleep (not for naps) and doing this she sleeps from 9pn until 9am without waking up. Obviously now I feel she's too old to be swaddled but she will not sleep without it! I have a swaddle transition sack which I tried and she kept waking every 10 mins for me to rock her back to sleep, I've tried the one arm out but that didn't work. As soon as I swaddle her she's straight off to sleep. She can't roll yet BTW. I really need help!

Anyone?

We went cold turkey and straight into a sleep sack.

It won’t be a magic solution, but when I unswaddled my son, he just didn’t know what to do with his arms. I gave him a muslin with a big knot in the middle to hold (he liked muslins as I think he associated them with feeding and cuddles). It became like a comforter and he would hold that instead, and it helped calm his flapping arms.

Also, once he learned to roll over, he took to sleeping on his tummy which helped A LOT and also kept his arms under control. So maybe try lots of tummy time during the day to encourage muscle strength and learning to roll.

Or you could try a Zippadee-Zip transition swaddle maybe. They’re on Amazon

Thank you. The Zippadee-Zip transition sack is what I have. Bought the right size but she still flails around in it.

We had the same issue. We just had to put the swaddle away and live with a week of pain.eventually her safety meant more than our sanity (she was 7 months and we’d tried unsuccessfully three times).