swaddling

[sueguy]

have a six month old who will not sleep unless swaddled any advice to swaddling products as 18lbs /as well as how to remedy this?

I moved my daughter onto a lightweight sleeping bag which I tucked around her, as well as a tightly tucked in blanket.

Although you're not really meant to I also put her arms inside the sleeping bag for the first few nights until she got used to being less tightly wrapped.

I have tried this but still wriggles out he then wants to play or scratch eyes and face tried for two hours with one arm out no joy immediately fell asleep when swaddled can not sleep at all without swaddling except in car even needs it in buggy!!!!! feel pressure that this is not normal but he is happy should i worry?????

my niece is a year old and still falls to sleep more easily when swaddled and puts herself to sleep without any fuss as soon as you put her in her cot.

I shouldn't worry - its a security thing and if it makes him happy.

sueguy, don't feel bad or pressured. If he's happy then carry on. In Africa and Asia they swaddle till babies are a year old.

I swaddled ds2 till he was 3 months and just wriggled out every time, then had to go to using a sleeping bag. I never found anything that worked beyond about 16lb. I now have the same problem in that I have to tuck his arms inside the sleeping bag or he won't sleep and even then he'll get his arms out during naps and at night and we have to rock him back to sleep. I wish there was an answer, if there is I'd love to hear it. I'm desperate for a decent night's sleep. So, carry on swaddling.

By the way there is a swaddle that I used when everything else failed by bonfit baby that has flaps inside for their arms. Let me know if you want more details

I swaddled DS until he was around 7 months - we used a lightweight piece of muslin to swaddle him with one arm out from 3 months, both arms out from 6 months and then gradually moved on to grobag and no swaddling...

with my first child i did not swaddle and with the second one i have, the 2nd one sleeps a lot better. he sleeps on his side as he is a sicky baby and brings up milk. he is 8 weeks and has been bringing his arms out some how for 3 weeks and has rolled to his front and back. i have to wedge him in by rolling blankets on either side, though he has pushed it away on occassions.

i have started to leave his arms out, as he is an agile baby and do't want to risk his suffocating as he cannot use his arms whn swaddled. i tried to stop the swaddling when he rolled onto his front but he just cried a lot and i didn't see the point of distressting him.

after reading many posts i feel better and will leave him as he is, until he rolls over and out of it himself. my midife has encouraged me to use a dummy as a comforter, this has caused more pain as he only takes it sometimes and i really don't like the things. i am hoping he will use his hands more (as they will not be swaddled) and wean off the dummy, as he is constantly spitting it out and we have to go back to put it in to get him to sleep, most nights he doesn't need it but it is a mission when he does need it but keeps rejecting it. i never used for the first one and he is not a thumb sucker. some kids take to em straight sway but mine seems to fuss a lot with it.