When Should You Stop Swaddling Your Baby

Posted: Sep 30, 2009 | Views: 626 |

Some experts often recommend swaddling your baby for 1-3 months.  We, on the other hand, swaddled our children for quite a bit longer.  Now we stopped keeping them continuously swaddled after about six weeks, but continued to swaddle them during nap times or times when they were really upset.  Basically when to stop swaddling depends on the temperament of your child.

We have tried to understand the personality of our kids and let their personalities and preferences determine when to stop being swaddled.  Our oldest child we swaddled for about eight months. He would get excited when we got the blanket out to swaddle him.  Our middle child I remember being the opposite. She did not like being wrapped up, we would still swaddle her but it was a really loose swaddle, which really suits her personality, since she does not like to be tied down.  We only consistently swaddled her for about six weeks.  Our youngest daughter will only fall asleap when swaddled, at seven months of age, she has not yet shown that she is ready to sleep without her swaddle blanket. 

When should you stop swaddling your baby?  It can be hard to know for sure if you baby is ready to move on from swaddling.  Some signs might be, resistance to swaddling, increased fussiness while being swaddled, getting out of the swaddle, or rolling over while being swaddled.  The best way to know, for sure is, to try and understand whether or not it comforts them and if they enjoy it.  Understanding your child’s personality and disposition is the key to knowing when to stop swaddling them.

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