My daughter is 5 weeks old and she seems to sleep better when swaddled. Should I break her of this or keep swaddling?
2007-03-14 02:58:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
At 5 weeks her sleep needs are more important than her appearence
2007-03-14 03:01:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd do it as long as she seems to get comfort from it.
My son wanted swaddling for much longer than my daughter. Maybe 4-6 weeks her. A few months for him. (He still swaddles! He's 19 and sleeps in a cocoon several blankets! His head is even covered!)
2007-03-14 10:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by Karrose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No swaddle her if it makes her comfy!!! and when she is able she will kick the covers off, swaddle her till she gets fussy she will let you know when it is uncomfortable, congratulations on the new baby, enjoy her because they grow up too fast it seems like yesterday my daughter was a baby and now she is 7 and I cannot retrace the steps.
2007-03-14 10:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by kissybertha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With my daugther we swaddled till she was 3 months old. With my son we stop swaddling him at about 6 weeks because he hated it. If you don't want to swaddle her anymore they have sleep blankets that you put your infant in. It's not as tight and they still have freeedom to move their legs.
2007-03-14 10:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by princess2423 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was told not to swaddle, but did it anyway as my little girl seemed to settle better that way. Then one day I noticed that I didn't do it anymore... it just kind of happened that way when she was a couple of months old.
2007-03-14 10:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't break her of the swaddling. Babies love it. As she gets bigger, she will start kicking off the blanket and eventually she won't be able to be swaddled anymore.
2007-03-14 10:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, no need to break a baby of swaddling--you can keep doing it until she's so wiggly you can't keep her that way. Then you stop. It's not a big deal.
2007-03-14 11:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is 5 months and we are just weening him from swaddling because he is too big and spring is approaching and it will be to warm for it. My doctor said it isn't a problem with him. When your daughter is comfortable and albe to move her feet more she will ween herself. Occaisonally check to make sure she isn't to warm. You can dress her in lighter clothes for bed and then wrap her to ensure her body temp doesn't get to high, I have done that for daytime naps.
2007-03-14 10:16:49 · answer #8 · answered by ma2snoopy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we stopped swaddling our little girl around 3 mths. now she hates a blanket wrapped around her.
2007-03-14 10:20:01 · answer #9 · answered by impala400sb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should stop when you feel it is necesary. if it helps her sleep then you should do it. it helped my daughter sleep when she was 5 months old. then she learned how to get out of it and doesnt care but. just when she starts to learn how to get out of it. then you just set her in her crib and put a blanket over her.
2007-03-14 10:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by Amber B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋