When did/should stop swaddling your baby??

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My son is 11weeks and loves to be swaddled . He sleeps great at night but cant nap good cuz I try not to swaddle him for every nap. I want him to get used to being unswaddled incase we go somewhere or something . He always fussy unless swaddled with hands in ! And I heard by 8 weeks you should stop for safety reasons but idk ? Any advice please

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She stopped swaddling at 8 weeks. Couple rough nights of adjustment and she’s fine now.

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It’s more about when they start rolling back to front. My daughter is 10 weeks tomorrow and still swaddled. We are ordering the zip a dee zip to try when she starts rolling.

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I have two kids so my son was the worst even still now at 20 mnths old he has to be swaddled so meaning I gota out him to sleep with hands in ( tapping him) to sleep and not o my that he takes hella long time to fall asleep and I told my myself next baby I’m definitely not going to swaddle him or her Bc with my son I do t remember swaddling him that much but he became so like you have to swaddle or there is no way he falls asleep on his own so now my with my duaghter I was hoping I didn’t fall in to same situation snd thank god I didn’t have to for her as long as she is full stomach (drinks proper and burps) all she needs is her pacifier and then as soon as she get pacifier bib her mouth she wants to hide her face like cover she looks for her blanket so then I turn her on side and she s asleep so she’s 12 weeks and 2 days ...so then I’m like all kids are different or like first child might be different then the next 🤷🏼‍♀️ you just have to train them I guess like just leave them in the crib and hopefully the play and fall asleep

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8 weeks or 2 months is the preference of Dr. Moon of AAP but then I believe the AAP recommendation is when they can roll. It’s kind of confusing there’s mixed information out there. I have an 11 weeker who doesn’t roll, and I use the halo swaddle sleep sack. It’s like a sleep sack but you have the option to swaddle arms in, arms up by their mouth, or arms out. Up until last night I was swaddling arms in, and then I started getting nervous about it after joining a “safe sleep” Facebook group. So last night I took baby’s arms out & she didn’t sleep as good. But I’m thinking it just might be a rough couple of nights while she gets used to it. I’m very much so considering getting the zippadee zip swaddle which is supposed to be really good for the transition from swaddle to sleep sack, and is safe to use in lieu of a regular sack -as long as you follow the sizing guidelines. But it goes from 3 months to 3T in sizes. It’s just $38 for one sleep sack on Amazon 😅

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We stopped at 10 weeks, similar story because I joined a safe sleep group and it freaked me out!! He is now sleeping in the Merlin sleep suit for most naps/overnight (also not recommended by the safe sleep groups but he barely rolls over and his startle reflex is insane). I did do a normal sleep sack today and got a 40 minute nap in. I’m hoping to do more of those this week (he’s 11 weeks now).

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They say once they can roll over you should stop swaddling for safety. You don’t want them to be swaddled, roll over, and can’t turn upright because of the restraint. My son is 10 weeks and we still swaddle for bedtime. Snug as a bug

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My girl is 10 weeks and we still swaddle. She doesn’t sleep very well either unless swaddled.

When did/should stop swaddling your baby??

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