my 6 month old has been sleeping through the night in her Arms rest cocoon, in a swaddle, in our room, for months. we moved her into her crib, in her room, bc she is getting too big, but we are still swaddling her. the first night, she slept through as she had been, but each night thereafter (the last 3) she has woken up after 5 or 6 hours, (mostly out of her swaddle) had milk, -- from a bottle) and then gone back to sleep (after about 45 minutes) unswaddled, and slept to her normal time. do you think it is because she is in unfamilar place? do you think we should stop swaddling her? any other thoughts?
well -- last night we didnt swaddle and she slept straight through... so fingers crossed she is through with the swaddle.. we will see. thank you all for your responses -- it is sad not to have her in our room anymore:( i miss her!
i do also think there is a growth spurt at work 9or was) because when she did wake up, the other night sshe really ate!! anyway, thanks again!!
6 months is old to swaddle and like the previous poster said, blankets shouldn't be used and she should sleep in a blanket sleeper instead. I would start putting her down without the swaddle and let her get used to not being swaddled, she might be waking herself up trying to get it off of her.
I think that at six months is about the time to stop swaddling-she is getting big enough that she will want to stretch out and practice scooting and crawling around. Also, her sleep patterns might change just because she is growing, and perhaps needs more food than usual. She also may be aware that you aren't next to her all of the time, now, and she might be getting a bit frantic and looking for something to soothe-and swaddling just isn't doing it for her anymore. Be prepared for her "normal time" to wake up to change, and good luck!
Babies go through a growth spurt at about 6 months so she is probably truly hungry when she gets up. 2 of my girls were swaddled (with reg blankets) until they were almost a year. It was the only way they would sleep and it was more important to me that we were able to get sleep than to leanr to sleep unswaddled!
who cares if she is unswaddeling herself, just so long as she is sleeping. Babies aren't supposed to sleep with blankets anyways. just put a blanket sleeper on her so she'll stay warm.
Hi K J she needs to be able to move around, how frustrating to not be able to move, as far as blankets go, I used blankets for my baby's all my daycare parents use blankets, I have been doing daycare for 13 years i have never had parents who don't use blankets. My kids are grown, news things are coming out all the time. But I think alot of it is just theary. Connie
She is too old for a swaddle. She is at a point where she is and needs to be exploring theway her body moves and is learning to roll etc. Let her be free in her crib...it is time to sleep train in some capacity...make it a special routine and remind her when she wakes up that it is sleeping time...she also could be teething and most likely still needs a nightime feeding....either dump the swaddle.
