Once you stopped wrapping your baby how did you get him/her to sleep without?

Question

their hands taking the dummy/pacifier out or keeping them awake?

What age did you stop wrapping/swaddling?

Answer 1

I just had to comment that I've never heard of a pacifier being called a 'dummy'. ... can I ask where you're from?

Answer 2

I didn't swaddle my babies at all. I just kept a T-shirt that I had worn in the crib with them at all times. The smell of "me" on that T-shirt helped them feel comfortable enough to fall asleep without a pacifier, even though they had one. I just tried to keep them up and happy until they were so tired they couldn't keep their eyes open, and then into the crib they went. I sang them a soft little lullaby and they went off to slumberland. (If you're worried about suffication and the T-shirt, just make sure you check on them every 10 minutes or so. It usually wasn't a problem, as they just pulled it lightly over their heads, but occasionally, I had to pull it off.)

Answer 3

My daughter was 5 lbs 4 oz when she was born and too small for the sleep sack, so we swaddled her. This seemed to calm her, too. Once she was big enough for the sleep sack, we placed rolled up receiving blankets on either side of her to give her that "held" feeling. I did this being certain that she couldn't roll over yet. Eventually, she didn't need that tight feeling anymore to sleep.

Answer 4

My son could not sleep if he was swaddled. We didn't use the pacifier until he got older. To get him to sleep, we would create white noise, or he would go on the breast.

Answer 5

i stopped at 2 or 3 weeks. It started getting too hot to swaddle her. As long as they are okay with it and comfortable sleeping on their own, then u can stop anytime. Every baby is diff.

Answer 6

If the baby keeps getting out of the wrap, then it's time to stop. It's also normal for the baby to remove the dummy if they don't want it anymore, or their asleep.

you should stop wrapping when the sleep routine is regular, and your baby is going to sleep easily after you put them to bed.

Answer 7

I swaddled my daughter until she didn't want to any more. She would get upset and squirm out of it.. then I stopped. It was around 8 months old I think.

Answer 8

I stopped at 2 months old. But none of my kids took to the pacifier, so it wasn't a issue of them pulling it out. If they are sleep, if it falls out they may not cry

Answer 9

I put my son in a snow suit. Yes, a snow suit or fleece bunting that has the little fold over mittens. It was enough to keep him feeling secure but he couldn't scratch himself or pull the pacifier out. And yes, I got a lot of crap from other people for it but it worked for me.

Answer 10

My wife and I use a bouncing chair that has a vibration motor that all of our 3 boys loved. Just turn it on and our babies started to fall a sleep. We also tried a item that you put in the crib and it has two angle sides that holds the child in place to make the child feel secure.