Swaddling - Aurora, IL

Hi, J B...

Although my little one wasn't rolling herself out of her Miracle Blanket, she was moving around enough that it just became too much of a hassle to keep her rolled tightly in the Miracle Blanket the older that she got, but because she wasn't ready to sleep un-swaddled, I went on a mad hunt for another option and I came across "The First Years Easy Wrap Swaddlers". They come in a 2-pack and they velcro shut instead of just continually wrapping around the baby so they have a much more snug fit and for us, anyways, they worked so much better. However, because I knew that she just wasn't at the point to go without swaddling, I still had her sleeping with her wedge, which prevented her from rolling herself over and getting stuck. I would just put her slanted on her side and I would alternate sides each time I laid her down. Once I noticed that she was pushing herself out of the wedge I decided to start easing her out of her swaddler and so for about a span of 3 days, I would just make the swaddle blanket a little loser each time to help her ease out of them and she sailed through it without a problem.

Best of luck to you! :)

most babies only roll one way at first, so try to put him up against that side of the bed so he can't roll that way.

Each child is different but my son hated being swaddled from day one. Of course he liked a crib over a cradle because he like his space I guess.
You use your best judgment. If he wakes up maybe its because he wants the other arm out too. Try unswaddling and see what happens.

S.

We swaddled our son until he was 8 months old with the Miracle Blanket. We ended up giving it up "cold turkey" and it didn't go as badly as we had expected. You might try it. I think he was just finally ready and done with it. But boy did he need it to sleep up until then- for naps and night time.
Might I add that my son never rolled over in the Miracle Blanket, and he slept with us at that time, so we felt ok letting him be swaddled until then.

Good luck!
T.

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Hi JB:

I had the exact same problem and just had to give up the miracle blanket cold turkey and use the sleep sack. I was just paranoid that my son would roll over and not be able to roll back and suffocate because he didn't have his hands to help him roll over or hold himself up. BTW, it was surpringly wasy to do the transition. I was shocked.

Good Luck,
A.

You could swaddle him with his arms (or just one arm) out so that he has a little more freedom of movement. Does he have good head control during tummy time? Does he use or try to use his arms to push himself up? If so, the swaddling won't work much longer anyways. I wrapped my son in his swaddle blanket with his arms out until he was 8 months old, but from the time he was about 4-5 months he could get out of it rather quickly. I agree with the other posts - get a sleep sack or a sleep "gown". Those are great!
Good luck!
T.

you might find he will sleep better on his belly anyways so i would stop swaddling him and see what happens! good luck!

Get yourself some long sleeve sleep sacks. I just stopped swaddling my daughter, put her in a sleep sack, and she didn't put up any fuss. I did it around 12 or 13 weeks.

Hi JB!
If he is rolling over, I would stop using the miracle blanket.
B. :-)