Swaddling/Miracle Blanket

My girls are almost 6 months, and we still swaddle them in Miracle Blankets for naps and bedtime. We've tried putting them to sleep without it and they just cry and cry. However, they each wake up once at night to nurse, and I take them out of the Miracle Blanket and put them into sleep sacks. After nursing, they go right to sleep in the sleep sack and stay asleep until 7am. So, it's almost like they need the swaddling to get them to sleep, but then they're fine without it later in the night.
My questions are:

• Is it ok to still swaddle at this age? I'm worried I'm keeping them from reaching their milestones (rolling over consistently, crawling, etc).
• If you swaddled, when and how did you wean your babies off of it?

TIA!!

 

Can't really help because I'm still swaddling!
I just bought "kiddopapotamus" swaddler blankets in the 4-7 month sizes so I don't think we are the only ones!

I dont' swaddle for naps though. Only at bedtime. They nap in swings!! Another bad habit!

 

I wouldn't worry about still swaddling at this age as long as they're only swaddled for sleep and get plenty of time un-swaddled to start exploring their world.

We swaddled our twins till around 3 months or so. We just got tired of all the wrapping and unwrapping, plus they would wake up when they got their arms free, which was starting to happen frequently, even though we used Miracle Blankets. I tried to do a gradual wean (let them sleep with one arm out, then both), but ended up doing it cold turkey 'cause they were just making a mess of their blankets with all their flailing. They got used to sleeping without it quickly.

 

my girls are 4 months and a few days adn we 'rediscovered' swaddling about ten days ago.....had stopped for various reasons. They seem to sleep much better and stay asleep longer.

i agree, as long as theya re out and about during the day you should be fine..

 

I just asked our ped about it 3 weeks ago. They would have been about 3 1/2 months old. She said it was fine as long as they weren't swaddled all day. About a week later one of the twins had a fever and I didn't feel comfortable swaddling her so I didn't. She slept all night like usual so I decided not to start again. Now I only swaddle them under their arms just for warmth. My other twin kept busting out of her swaddle right around the same time. I bought a Miracle Blanket and she still wiggled out so I gave up with her also. She still sleeps all night, but she does wake up about an hour earlier every morning. I guess they kind of told us they didn't need or want it anymore.

 

We swaddled until 6 months. They had outgrown their miracle blankets, as well as our homemade XXX-large flannel receiving blankets. My son was a good 25 pounds, if not more at the time!!! I would have kept doing it if I had the blankets to make it happen.

We weaned my daughter cold-turkey. For Ben, we did a slower approach, weaning one limb at a time, starting with his feet.

 

DD and DS let me know it was time to stop when they started busting out seconds after they were wrapped up, it didn't affect DD's ability to roll over either, one night I woke up and almost freaked out b/c I couldn't see her head in the crib like usual, she had rolled over almost completely swaddled, I think she had wiggled one arm out just enough to flip. we used a sleep sack for her for a few night after that, then for DS who is just about 2 steps behind her developmentally. now we put them in their sleepers and throw them in the bed and close the door. ok maybe not exactly like that... :laughing:
Alyson

 

We swaddled up until they were almost 7 months old. We tried to put them to sleep unswaddled a month before that and they just screamed. Stupidly, I'd thrown the miracle blankets in the wash and they screamed until the darn things were dry. But they just seemed to need it less, started busting out more, and they were fussy a bit more during the night. So we stopped cold turkey and it was a breeze. I think they'll tell you when they're ready.