My favorite part about this blanket is it helps you transition away from swaddling in a more gradual fashion so you can do it when your baby is truly ready. Buy a wearable blanket instead. For safe sleep, your baby should sleep in a wearable blanket or sleep sack. And, we have recommendations for the best products to consider! Another product we love? The Zipadee-Zip. This awesome blanket is specifically designed to help you stop swaddling your baby, and make the transition away from the swaddle an easy one.
This is a great product for older babies who may be attached to being swaddled but who are just getting too big, and to mobile, to be swaddled at night. It has a flap that can function as a piece of a baby blanket for your baby to self-soothe through the night. My son LOVED playing with his tags and this is a safe way to have that ability when nothing is supposed to be in the crib with your baby.
And, as you know, a lovey can help your baby sleep better. The second unique thing about this sleep sack is the diagonal zipper that makes diaper changes easy peasy. If they are younger babies who learned to roll early but still have the Moro reflex, these babies sometimes take weeks or more, depending on age and development. All babies develop at their own rate, in my experience. A final word, remember that any time you are weaning from a sleep association, the process can disrupt sleep.
This means that if you decide to stop swaddling your baby for sleep, your baby may stop sleeping through the night initially. This is normal; once your baby is used to sleeping unswaddled, sleep should return to normal. At this time, we are no longer accepting or answering blog comments. We would, of course, love to hear from you! For help with your specific sleep problems, please learn more about our DIY resources or our sleep consultation services.
Or, consider emailing us for a fast and helpful response! Hi there. My son is almost 4 months old and is showing signs of almost rolling. Hi Sofie — Thank you for writing to us!
The tips on this blog post should help make the transition a smoother one too. Good luck Sofie! Hi, My baby is 6. I thought maybe I go cold turkey and she did settle for her naps without but only did 30 mins. She is so overtired. And should improve in few days? Hi Sophie — Thank you for writing to us!
Sorry that weaning your daughter from the swaddle is not going as smoothly as we wish it would! Feel free to slow down and wean it gradually if she is not sleeping well! There are great options for swaddle straps and sleep sacks too, which often help. We link to many on this article! Weaning from the swaddle can cause some sleep disruption, and do feel free to offer an earlier bedtime, or even a catnap to catch up on any lost sleep!
My 4 month old daughter sleeps unswaddled at night but swaddled for naps. She sleeps for up to 10 hours straight at night before waking up for a feed. Back to Top. In This Article. Continue Reading Below.
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Track my baby. Most popular in Baby. How long is a normal feed? And, when are regular feed times? I have a 3week old :.
But all 4 of mine breastfed for at least 10 minutes more like 20 to Hi there! With my first he was in his crib from day 1 and is a great sleeper. How do I transition my little one to his room if he grunts all night and needs to be patted to go back to sleep. How long does he feed for? Does he burp well after feeds? Thank you for sharing some survival tips for the newborn phase and early stages. I have a breastfed snacked on my hands… Any tips how to get her to eat a full feed rather than 10mins here, then ten min break and that can go on for an hour.
I have another child so being a constant milking cow is taking its toll on me Seems weird, but they are so much more content and sleep much better if they have a full tummy! Thank-you for the tips, your article is very helpful. My 6 week old continues to wake up at 4am and grunts until 6am until I give up and get him up.
He seems to be fighting his swaddle. Any tips for getting him to sleep past 4am? Janine, what do his naps look like during the day? One suggestion I would make is to feed him well at 4am in the dark then put himb ack to bed. Does that not work? Hi Rachel. Thanks for your reply. His naps during the day are generally good. I try to keep to less than an hour waking time between naps. His afternoon nap he is swaddled. I usually wake him up around so I can start bed time at 7pm. His morning naps are a mix of at home and on the go given his other siblings schedules.
He is definitely exhausted in the morning and sleeps while the others get ready for school and he naps during school drop off. How old is he now? Could you try that? Thanks Rachel, I will try that tonight. He is 7 weeks tomorrow. Yes, try that, waking up earlier than he does. Hi Rachel, I have a soon to be two month.
During the day he take two one and a half hour to 2 hour naps. I also try to feed him when he wakes up, do about minute activities, and then back to nap. Thanks in advance!
Oh, we do supplement with formula we had to due to weight gain, now he is over 10lbs, almost 3 pounds from birth weight. No diaper changes, etc.
Thanks Rachel, I tried dream feeding last night at How long do you think until it works? He only took two ounces and then woke up at , took another 2 ounces, and then up again at at this point all he wants to do is stay attached to me and if he unlatches will wake up within 30 minutes.
This goes on until we get up for the morning. I have tried giving him a pacifier, he will take it for a few minutes then spit it out. One thing I have noticed is he is getting really bad gas… Any other advice? He is 8 weeks right now. I guess I have tried to immediately feed him once he starts fussing.
Last night what I did was when he started stirring around , I reached over into his bassinet and patted him until he settled again. He did fully awake at and I fed him. Do you think this is causing a bad habit?
I would like to move him into his crib around 3 months. Thanks so much for your support. I have an older boy who is 6 and we got into a really big trap with him only wanting to sleep on us for almost 6 months. When he was 6 months we really started sleep training but it took a while to break the habit. He is an awesome sleeper now, I guess I just forgot everything in the past 6 years.
Hi Rachel, My 5-week old my first child will only sleep on my husband or I at night. My husband rocks him from bedtime to about am, then I take him and he pretty much feeds and snoozes on and off until morning. How can I get him into a routine and get him to sleep on his own?
Rachel, I have a baby sleep course coming out I think you will really benefit from. Also, you mention if baby wakes early than feed him early, but then how do you ever get back onto the schedule in order to line up the right bedtime?
You also mention you might need to feed baby earlier than wakeup time but then ur seems implied you also feed him during wakeup. For example if he wakes at to eat, and your wakeup time is 7 am, do you feed again at 7 only 1.
Erin, great questions! If the baby is very hungry, of course I feed it. For the morning feeds, I will give a short feed at that early am time. I will give the paci or feed only for a minute or two..
Unfortunately I have not done anything you have written in your articles except for trying to set a routine at night before sleep that consists of a bath, eating and rocking my baby girl to sleep sometimes with the help of white noise and lately a pacifier. Please give me some advice! What can I do to help her sleep and get her rest?
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