How to train baby to sleep without swaddle
When to Stop Swaddling Baby (And How to Do It!)
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swaddling a baby can be a wonderful tool
to help your babies sleep longer and
deeper in those early months of life
however transitioning out of the swaddle
can be a less than cozy experience so in
this video I'm going to share with you
when you should stop swaddling and how
you can do it with rips your sweet days
of swaddling are number I hate to break
that to you but it is true because it
can be dangerous for baby once they can
roll over so when do we need to stop
swaddling well according to the American
Academy of Pediatrics they say at eight
weeks or two months you should stop
swaddling this is a conservative number
and they feel like it's just a safe
blanket statement to put out there other
doctors like dr. Harvey Karp who is a
pediatrician recommends more like four
to five months old but I think everyone
will tell you it really comes down to
your baby and their individual
development because the truth is some
babies roll over a two months and some
don't roll over until four or five
months so where does your baby fall in
line that's when you need to stop
swaddling once your baby can roll over
because you think about it it is just
not safe if their arms are locked out
and they roll onto their belly it's very
difficult to just use your neck strength
to get the air that you need so with my
baby faith she started really getting
the hang of rolling over around four
months and that's what I knew okay it's
time to transition out of this swaddle
so the first thing we did with baby
faith is we did the one-handed swaddle
so he took her left hand we still
swaddled that arm down but we left her
right hand free we did that for a couple
weeks and that worked out really well
she still slept deeply and long but then
we realized you know what she's getting
too good at rolling over even with the
one arm out we got a transition out of
this so then we start looking at other
options so the next was the Zippity zip
this is kind of a wearable blanket it
covers their arms they call it a
starfish design I like to say the
penguin look because it looks like they
got these little flippers but for a lot
of babies this could be a great tool
because it keeps them a little bit more
enclosed they don't scratch themselves
it's a little bit more weight you know
in their bodies to help the prevent
maybe some of that startle reflex when
waking them up so we tried that with
faith and you know what it didn't work
she slept really poorly with it she
would wake herself up I would literally
see her jerking with this little great
little contraption on so we
had to move to the next thing but let me
say my daughter Paloma did fantastic
with his Zippity zip so for some babies
it's the perfect transition plan you can
wear that for a couple months and then
they can go on to a more wearable
blanket so moving on with faith we
looked into the weighted options so this
is a new phenomenon out there on the
market these are weighted sleep sacks so
a popular one is by company called
nested beam and it looks like a little
beanbag right there on the chest it's
very lightweight but it's just cuz a
little added pressure and it makes the
baby feel a little bit more secured and
comforted because there's a little bit
of weight right there almost like mom
has her hand right on baby's chest
um the arms are still nice and free it's
basically looks like a sleep sack or a
wearable blanket except for that little
added weight we tried that with baby
faith and guess what didn't work she was
way too free still she was whacking
herself with her hands so we had a pass
over that but again for some parents and
this is a great solution so definitely
check it out and I have to say it's
really well made the cotton is super
soft I really like the idea of the
product and it does encourage back
sleeping because of that little weight
pocket there right there so we moved on
to the next device which is called a
sleep suit now I have to be honest I was
very resistant to this because we live
in Florida it's very hot here and so
this thing is basically like putting
your baby in a snow suit and something
that's not good for babies is for them
to get overheated in fact that is a risk
factor for SIDS so you can see why I was
resistant to going this route however I
found a sleep suit that had vents it's
made by a company called crib culture no
I'm not getting paid to do this video
for them but it literally has these
little zips underneath the arms you can
open it up there's some ventilation
under there and then we just set the
temperature in our bedroom super cold so
we're at like 67 68 degrees and so I am
confident that my baby is not overheated
in this suit and let me tell you that
this has been the magic bullet for us
she is sleeping like eight consecutive
hours at night Helou yeah
after getting up like four or five times
a night so I'm one grateful mama but
this is a fantastic tool for some babies
but a couple conditions one you've got
to be sure that your nursery is cool you
got to be sure that baby is not
overheating so we don't put anything on
baby except for her diaper and then this
suit and this also actually interesting
to note for some
babies that had really bad reflux or
GERD who were in something called the
fisher-price rock and play that can be a
very difficult thing to transfer out of
into a crib and moms are finding that
these Merlin or the crib culture
wearable sleep suits are really helping
that as well so the way these sleep
suits works is it kind of slows down
baby's movements so even if they have
that more or the startle reflex it's
more muted and it's not as jerky and let
me tell you it really does work so there
you have it some tools and tips and
tricks to help you transition baby out
of the swaddle just know that this is a
funky little transition that you will
get through it eventually baby's going
to be six seven eight months old they're
not going to have that startle reflux
and they can just wear a nice wearable
blanket or the sleep sack like I like to
call it and they'll be sleeping pretty
and they can do whatever they need to do
in terms of rolling around and they'll
be safe but in the meantime I hope these
tips will help you thanks so much for
tuning in if you had any special tips or
tricks be sure to share it in the
comments below so we can learn from each
other and I'll catch you next time
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