swaddling?

our twins are 10wks old, we've swaddled them pretty much since birth for night sleeping, but I've recenly read in a "husbands gude to the first years", that swaddling should be stopped at 2 months of age as the babies need to be able to move their arms around at night. For the past 2 nights I've not swaddled them, however it takes a lot longer for them to settle at night, and during the night feedings they like to flail their arms around and falling back o sleep can be uop to an hour. To what age should we swadle them too? are we doing any harm growth wise to them if we keep swaddling?

 

my girls are 17 wks tomorrow and we are still swaddling, but only at night.for the first two months we swaddled for naps too -ie. all day. i think its fine - better to have a well rested family. its not like they need their arms to sleep.

 

6 months old and still swaddled, and night and naps.

We asked our pedi about it at our 4 month appointment - she said do it for as long as they need it, that it's not true that it impedes development. We have the 6 month appointment this week and I will ask again.

 

Well....ours are ALMOST 5 months and are still swaddled. I'm scared to stop. We tried sleep sacks a month ago and they slept horribly so we went right back to the swaddle. Plus, Jack will scratch the crap out of his face if his hands are free. Guess we should stop soon...

 

Its all about what works for you and your babies. My boys started FREAKING out when I swaddled them around 4 months. But around 2 months I switched to only nighttime. Again, thats just what worked for my boys. YOu have to do whats right for your babies!! You are the mommy and you know best!!!

HTH

Shannon

 

We totally still swaddle. And I don't think it's impeding their development. Actually, they sort of react to it as a signal to relax and settle down.

 

We swaddled till at least 5 months for naps and bedtime.

 

My boys are 4 months this week and we still swaddle and plan to for a while. Just at night time...but I did a couple of times when one was sick last week. It helped him to settle down in the afternoon when nothing else worked.

 

My girls are almost 6 months (3 adjusted) and we defintely still swaddle. I have tried not swaddling a couple of times and it was a no go, my girls flail all over the place and keep themselves up forever! I will continue to do it as long as they need it because we all need what little sleep we can get!

 

Almost 8 months here and DD is still swaddled. She is developing just fine, she just likes to be all warm and snug when she is sleeping. You do what you have to do!

 

we swadeled until they broke out and preferred to not be swaddled. IMO,keep swaddling them if it helps them learn to sleep better.

 

For night time we swaddled until 5.5 months -- and they were STTN, and breaking completly out of their miracle blankets (arms, legs, everything) at some point durring the night - so I figured they didn't need swaddling anymore. We still swaddle arms only for naps, and I will continue to do so until they "tell" me they don't want it anymore.

 

We still swaddle for nighttime and naps and my girls are 5 1/2 months. Maya keeps breaking out of her miracle blanket and I thought she didn't want to be swaddled anymore. I was wrong because the times I have attempted to put them down unswaddled had been horrible. The girls freaked out. Even though they get out of their swaddles they still want to be in them.

I will continue doing it until they tell me that absolutely don't need it anymore. I agree with a PP in that we should do what we can to teach good sleep habits. The swaddling will eventually go away. Do you know an adult that needs swaddling?

 

We swaddled until they were 6 months old I think (at least that is when they starting breaking free). Mine really needed it to sleep!

 

We're still swaddling for both naps and bedtime.