How/When/Why to stop wrapping

Finley sounds exactly like Jackson. His arms and legs flail everywhere constantly!!

We've gone to one arm out, which seems to work well. I trialled both arms free, but I think he lacked the security he was used to.

So we'll keep swaddling like that until about 6 months I would suspect. Once the weather starts to cool we want to put him in his sleeping bag but even then it is possible to wrap over the top if they need it.

If it is working, I don't see any reason to stop swaddling. Some babies just like that feeling, but also need it to sleep well. Jackson also gets cross, but he sleeps SO much better swaddled.

I tried one arm out about a week or so ago, thought it worked ok, but then he woke himself up scratched his face a lot and got very cross.

Just think he knows now wrap = sleep and he is not always keen, has taken to a growling type noise which is bizaare.

Fi, we dont wrap Leah during the day which she likes but then we wrap her at night, i tryed not to wrap her one night last week but she just kept waking up and as soon as she was wrapped she fell straight sleep so she knows wrap means night time. And the reason why we dont wrap her during the day is because she used to get really angry!!!

We were wrapping the girls untill about a week ago and they're 8 months lol! We stopped wrapping their arms at about 3 months though. We were so scared they wouldn't sleep if we stopped wrapping them. Plus they would push off their sheets and get their legs stuck between the cot bars Have now invested in gogo bags for them and stopped wrapping. It took about 2 sleeps for them to get used to the bags and now we can't live without them

Yeah a gogo bag is a merino wool sleeping bag that you use instead of sheets
Gogobag

We use to wrap their legs. Basically we would wrap a thin blanket around their body just under their arms. My sister did the same with her twin boys till they were almost one! We figured it couldn't be good for their legs wrapping them every night. But they kept getting their legs stuck between the bars and getting cold if we didn't. The gogobags have been life savers. We just put on the A/C when its hot.

We were still wrapping Dominic at 10months old, mind you with one arm out. All babies are different just go with what your child needs.

FionaandFinley wrote: Hi, Just keen to know really, when you stop wrapping, what made you stop and how you did it. Oh and its just his arms that are wrapped not his legs - so he can kick a lot, which he does, got him a sleep sack but far too hot for that at the mo.

I would say to definitely keep going with the wrapping if it's working well for him! The only reason we stopped was when Tyde started breaking free all night (even from a miracle blanket) and my perfect sleeper started waking all night. We developed the Peke Moe and never looked back.
If you decide you are ready to transition, I would go with nap times first - loosen wrap slowly, then one arm out at a time (just do naps tho for a day or so), then nights.
Sometimes the best option is going cold turkey.. and suffering a few days or week of disrupted sleep, but I personally think if it's going well, then just go with it! :)
all the best!

DD was over 7 months before she stopped being wrapped. If he sleeps better swaddled I wouldn't worry about it just yet. He's still real little!

hi eveyone, im a first time mom to be, due in july (winter baby) and im a bit confused as to how many things i need to buy to help baby sleep? I was thinking of buying safe t sleep and a wrap. But do i also need a sleeping bag (gogo or grobag) and miracle blanket/wrap? Do I need all this ?
And also why can't you use bumper in the cot? i went and bought a duvet & bumper set in the weekend?
And Because the baby is due in july and its going to be freezing, what can i use in their cot to make it warmer?
thanks :)

Hi July Mum to be, welcome to Oh Baby! My little man was born in July, great month

You will need lots of wraps, not just one. We had 3 plain flannelette ones which we got given as a present. It's harder to keep them in those though, so get an oversized one if you can (the big oversized sleepstore ones looked great ) or go for a shaped wrap, something like a swaddleme, a miracle blanket or a cocooi (the shaped wraps are easier for Dads and harder for bubs to break out of). We had a swaddleme which worked well for us but there may be a bit of trial and error with each baby. And again you'll need more than one depending on how often you want to do washing and how spilly your baby is.

You're unlikely to need a safe t sleep for a few months - some people don't need them at all - but they're useful for putting bubs to sleep on an ordinary bed. For example we went away camping last weekend and our bubs slept in an ordinary bed in a caravan using one. I see Phil and Teds have brought out their own version, the wriggle wrapper, which doubles as a travel highchair once bubs can sit, and is cheaper than a safe t sleep, worth checking out!

I should point out lots of people seem to give wraps and that sort of thing as presents when baby arrives, perhaps if people ask you what you want ask for gift vouchers from The Sleepstore. And as jaycee said, check out their website, there's heaps of good info there.

Bumpers and duvets aren't recommended for babies due to increased SIDS risk (you don't want anything soft in their cot that might suffocate them, and you want as much air flow around baby as possible, which the bumper interferes with). Don't worry, you might get the use of them later on - once baby is moving around in the cot and constantly bumping their head there's a definite need for them. That is, unless you're using a safe t sleep or similar on a daily basis, in which case they're unnecessary. (Some people are anti safe t sleeps - or for that matter play pens or exersaucers - because they don't think you should restrict baby's movements or put them in any situation they can't get out of - but personally I say whatever works for you is good!)

Sleeping bags are useful for later on for when you want to wean the baby off wrapping and to avoid the problem of baby kicking off all their blankets.

When JJ was new he went to bed with a woollen singlet and long sleeved bodysuit, he was wrapped, and we layered a couple of woollen aircell blankets on top (but well away from his face).

Bottom line - go look at The Sleepstore website, have a read through the info there, and I would probably hold off on buying any sleep props etc until after baby arrives and you can see what you've been given and find out how wriggly baby is! When they're really little you can wrap them in a flat nappy or a cot sheet. Have a hunt on YouTube for swaddling instructions as well, there's heaps of info on there.