HI Mammas- (Xposted in life with a babe)
My happy boy still likes to be swaddled for naps and bedtime--although sometimes he will/can take a nap without the swaddle, but not normally when he is at home. And if he isn't swaddled he sleeps a 1/2 hour instead of the 1-2 hours he normally sleeps.
He goes to sleep easily with the swaddle (its actually a sleep sack with velcro around only the arms-- his legs are free-- its called a DreamSwaddle)-- but cries and complains when not swaddled (or with one arm out-- same thing) and does not fall asleep easily--and he wakes up often.
He isn't crawling yet (just moving backwards and belly surfing in 360 circles...)- but has been sitting up since about 4.5 months old and appears to be hitting all his developmental "milestones" just fine.
I get the "vibe" from all around me that I should be breaking him of this "habit"...but I really don't know if that is necessary??? Won't he just grow out of it? When can I put a sheet in the crib and start tucking him in tightly? (I know, not for a while....but its just a thought.... LOLOL) We are totally against CIO- and he doesn't cry at bedtime now-- so I am afraid to start making bedtime a traumatic experience!
In the morning he often gets up about 30 minutes before we go in and get him and just babbles and "plays" happily in his crib-- although I wish he had his arms free to actually PLAY-- although it doesn't seem to bother him! He just sits there are "talks" to his mobile (and by "talk" I don't mean cry...he is quite happy!)
I am wondering if I should upwrap his arms after I nurse him at night (usually about 3 or 4 am)-- so he usually nurses back to sleep and might not be disturbed by the "unwrapping".... or just do nothing.
People keep telling me that I will know when he is done with swaddling, but each time I think he is sick of the swaddle by wiggling around in it-- he gets way more upset without it! This thing is almost impossible to break out of-btw.
Any feedback Mammas?
My happy boy still likes to be swaddled for naps and bedtime--although sometimes he will/can take a nap without the swaddle, but not normally when he is at home. And if he isn't swaddled he sleeps a 1/2 hour instead of the 1-2 hours he normally sleeps.
He goes to sleep easily with the swaddle (its actually a sleep sack with velcro around only the arms-- his legs are free-- its called a DreamSwaddle)-- but cries and complains when not swaddled (or with one arm out-- same thing) and does not fall asleep easily--and he wakes up often.
He isn't crawling yet (just moving backwards and belly surfing in 360 circles...)- but has been sitting up since about 4.5 months old and appears to be hitting all his developmental "milestones" just fine.
I get the "vibe" from all around me that I should be breaking him of this "habit"...but I really don't know if that is necessary??? Won't he just grow out of it? When can I put a sheet in the crib and start tucking him in tightly? (I know, not for a while....but its just a thought.... LOLOL) We are totally against CIO- and he doesn't cry at bedtime now-- so I am afraid to start making bedtime a traumatic experience!
In the morning he often gets up about 30 minutes before we go in and get him and just babbles and "plays" happily in his crib-- although I wish he had his arms free to actually PLAY-- although it doesn't seem to bother him! He just sits there are "talks" to his mobile (and by "talk" I don't mean cry...he is quite happy!)
I am wondering if I should upwrap his arms after I nurse him at night (usually about 3 or 4 am)-- so he usually nurses back to sleep and might not be disturbed by the "unwrapping".... or just do nothing.
People keep telling me that I will know when he is done with swaddling, but each time I think he is sick of the swaddle by wiggling around in it-- he gets way more upset without it! This thing is almost impossible to break out of-btw.
Any feedback Mammas?
Many of my family and friends think it's crazy, but my DS will have it no other way. 
