Moving on from Swaddling

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

Help! DS is 17 weeks and has discovered the joys of rolling over, so I'm thinking it's time to loose the swaddle. Have tried taking 1 arm out - no sleep, gro bag - no sleep, cold turkey - no sleep!

Has anyone used either a Peke Moe or a Zipadeezip? They seem to be something that DS would like as it's the security of swaddling with freedom to movve. They are, however, expensive so I'm hoping someone has tried them out.
tia

Bumping - would like my sleep back!

I am helping you bump as I am interested too. Tthey look fab, but you're right to expensive if they're rubbish!

I am also interested in this as have a 7 month old and he is still swaddled! Fortunately although he can roll over he never does in his sleep so it is still safe but I would really like to get him out of it.

Have tried moving to a woombie which allows more freedom of movement but have not had much success with this. I was also thinking of the Peke Moe and have also seen something called the Merlin Magic sleepsuit or something but it kind of looks like a snow suit so I would be v worried about overheating. Hope someone who has tried something like this out comes along soon.

I'm in the same boat with my 7 month old dd. I'm wondering about trying a miracle blanket so I can swaddle her arms but leave her legs free and work her arms out from there.

I've spent so much money on things for her to sleep in though - she just wants to be swaddled! I've gone through exactly the same options as you op and all result in no sleep!

Woombie. Expensive but worth every penny. My 15 week old has been in the Houdini woombie for a couple of weeks since he learnt to break free of swaddling blankets and I worried it wasn't safe any more. He sleeps ok the woombie (he isn't a great sleeper anyway and we are having the 4 month regression) and there is no way he is getting out of it!

Thanks all. kat would the woombie work for a baby who can roll over?

We moved DD from swaddling to a Peke Moe and found it to be well worth the cost, although our main reason for using them was to stop DD scratching at the eczema on her face are night. Have you had a look on eBay? If you join the Peke Moe page on Facebook they often do special offers or competitions.

Alternatively, if you or someone you know is handy with a needle/sewing machine I bet it would be pretty easy to hack an oversized t-shirt into a Peke Moe style sleeping bag, you'd just have to ensure the neck was snug enough so the baby couldn't get it's head inside the bag.

I tried ebay but no results - although it was very late and I might have got the spelling wrong! Good idea about making one though - MIL is very handy with a sewing machine

I look after a little girl (13 months although 2 months premature so adjusted age is 11 months) and we still swaddle her for sleep, we use a very thin large blanket and her legs are out of it, she can quite easily get out of it now but she really needs it to get to sleep.

i swaddled my dd until she was about 16mths? my elder 4 all grew out of it by 3mths, but dd loved it! i just used a cot sheet or a muslin cloth when it was hot, big muzz do big ones and they are great for this warm weather.

we tried various times to not swaddle her but she just would NOT have it and then one night she wanted to cuddle her 'lamby' when she went to sleep so i couldnt swaddle her, i had about 2 wks where some nights she wanted to be swaddled and other nights not (same for daytime nap) and then that was it.

if was a pita at times as there was a long phase where i was having to reswaddle her in the night if she got out! but that passed and she got so she just needed to be swaddled to go off to sleep and then if she got unswaddled in the night it didnt matter.

can i say wiht regards to swaddling, its fine to swaddle their arms tightly but DO make sure their legs are still loose enough to be in the 'froggy' postion otherwise you can (rare) cause problems with their hips. and obviously you have to be careful they dont overheat.

swaddling is very comforting for some babies, so i just went with it with my dd and she has grown out of it on her own, took a while tho! :)

cookie and 5mad - how did you get past the rolling problem? He's trying to turn over during the night and waking himself up in the process. I'm worried about him ending up face down while swaddled.

I'm using a swaddle wrap at the moment so his legs can do the 'froggy' thing but if has his arms loose he just hits himself in the face all night!

Well i only look after her during the day (she's not mine-nursery) so she is only having naps swaddled, but it really is amazing how well she sleeps as soon as her arms are pinned!!

She often rolls onto her side and as she rolls this loosens the blanket and she just wiggles her arms out, she's never been stuck and not able to sort herself out. Also she only recently started rolling, she will happily stay on her back for her whole nap which ranges from 1hr to 3hrs!!

We have never used one of those specially designed wraps just large blankets, which i think give her more room for movement.

i would put rolled up blankets to the sides of my dd, for ages she slept in the carrycot downstairs in the evenings so no chance she could roll over in that as she was big and it was small! but she seemed to like the cosyness off it.

and yes when they roll they loosen the swaddle and can get their arms up, it was at this stage tho that i ended up re doing the swaddle in the night as she would wriggle/roll nad get out. it was a phase that passed tho!

and i never used special swaddle wraps either, just a cotton cot sheet the unfitted ones, or a muslin cloth, they both ahve a bit of 'give' in them and are great for swaddling :)

Thanks - he can wriggle out of the wrap if he really wants to so I should probably stop worrying and leave him in it for a while

I'll try the rolled up blankets for a bit and see if it encourages him to stay in one place. Hopefully he'll grow out of trying to roll over and start relaxing again. He's still in our room so I can keep an ear out for any problems.

Thanks for the advice