Just wondering at what age you stop wrapping your baby.

Mariyam - posted on 08/05/2010

i have 6months old girl and i stopped wrapping her from 3 months see actually its depend on ur baby whether she likes when we are wrapping him/her if they are comfortable u can continue till age of 4months otherwise only in nights its better.from 5months we should stop making them sit in the cot as they start moving.thank,Mariyam.

Dana - posted on 08/04/2010

I just stopped wrapping my little man when he stopped waking up in the middle of the night. I watched how he slept while he was taking naps, and I noticed that at times he would startle for some reason. Wouldn't wake himself, he'd just kinda wave around for a moment, then settle. My mom said I need to bundle him. So I did and just watched him sleep during his naps and eventually he just out grew his blankets and his Snuggle wrap that I got as a present.

Laura - posted on 08/04/2010

well from the moment he reached his arms the first thing i did was unwrap him and he just threw his arms out wide like stretching and never ever ever liked being wrapped since then. .. so.. its your choice but hen maybe being older they will feel frightened and want to be wrapped all the time?? i have no idea.. my suggestion is.. stop doing it...

Kassi - posted on 08/04/2010

i wrapped her the first weeks he was born. now its to hot to. she doesnt seem to care if i do or not. shes two months friday.

Amanda - posted on 08/03/2010

I am guessing that the wrapping is the swaddling that the nurses do in the hospital...my son was swaddled in the hospital but I immediatly unwrapped him when he was given to me and he hasn't been swaddled since and he has been in his own room and I am guessing cot is a crib, since the day I brought him home so I guess its just up to the mom when you think the time is right for your child, for anything really :)

Lindsey - posted on 08/03/2010

With my son, he wanted to be swaddled for sleeping until he was 9 months old. I talked to the pediatrician about it at his 4 month check up and she told me to keep doing it until he was getting out of the swaddle several nights in a row. Your baby will let you know when she is ready. Swaddling helps them stay asleep by making them feel secure and preventing the startle reflex that all babies are born with from waking them up. They know when they don't need it any more. Aden and Anais makes the best swaddle blankets for babies who are bigger and/or older. I couldn't survive without mine. Hope this helps :-)

Emma - posted on 08/03/2010

hiya, i never wrapped my son, he went straight into 'gro-bags' at night and went into a cot in his own room at 4 months, i had to move him to his own room early as he would wake every time i moved in my sleep! he is now 8 months and goes to sleep on his own and sleeps well but he will only do that with his sleep bag on! :-)

Amy - posted on 08/03/2010

They'll let you know when they dont wanna be wrapped anymore. I wrapped my son til he was 5 months old and then all of a sudden he didnt like it and kept braking out of it so i quit with absolutely no problem. And i moved him into his own room in his crib at about 2 months and he was fine with that too!

Jessica - posted on 08/03/2010

i would move her into her own room asap so she can be used to it.it depends on the baby. my kids only liked to be wrapped when they were newborns and then they would just kick them off. they will do much better and it will be better for you as well once you get her sleeping in her own room. i started putting my son in his own room when he was a month old. and he is used to it. he sleeps in his room every night.

Traci - posted on 08/03/2010

I stopped wrapping my girls when they wanted it. They would kick and fuss until the wrap came unndone, then calm down. I think they were only a couple weeks old. They also started sleeping through the night very early, so I put them in their crib when they started.

Katie - posted on 08/02/2010

I stopped wrapping my daughter between 4-5 months, actually she started doing it for me. She would start pulling herself out, so I would say as long as your baby is comfortable then continue to do it. The baby will let you know when it's time. Now moving into another room, I think I did it when she was 5 months old but I was ready, emotionally ready. I can say I didn't hardly sleep for some time and yes I still get up and make sure she is breathing and covered.

Cassy - posted on 08/02/2010

Well I stopped wrapping maddie at about 4 months. Once she was rolling on her back at night. She loved it till then. Let her tell you when she is ready. I noticed that maddie just wasn't sleeping that well and when I tried to wrap her she would wiggle away. I also moved maddie to a crib when she no longer fit into the bassinet that we had for her. I believe that she was 2 months; I also waited till she was no longer nursing every 2-3 hours.

Natasha - posted on 08/02/2010

I stopped swaddling my daughter when she started kicking the blankets off herself, they seem to know when they dont want that anymore. As for when she should be moved into her own room, that's more of your choice and you will know. My daughter was put in her own room by 3-4 months

JoAnna - posted on 08/02/2010

My son is 10 weeks. He HATES being swaddled, so that stopped about a month ago. However, he sleeps in his bed in our room.

Tiffany - posted on 08/02/2010

Day 2 for me.

Danielle - posted on 08/02/2010

I swaddled my daughter until she was about 6 months old. She just couldn't go to sleep without it. She started sleeping in her crib at about 7 or 8 months...she would wake up and I have to put her in the bassinet. But by 9 months she was so used to the crib she stayed in there all night. :) There's no rush. Your baby is still a baby and whenever she's over the "wrapping" thing...she'll let you know ;) and you'll know too.

Nicole - posted on 08/02/2010

I think it just depends on your baby. My son is 4 months old. We had him wrapped and sleeping in his swing (only because he was preemie and didnt like such an open space in a crib or his playpack) but just after 2 months he was starting to sleep throughout the night in the swing so i brought him to his crib, wrapped still for naps/bedtime. He just recently started kicking and moving himself around his crib throughout the night and i worried he would get tangled in the blanket so at night i just put him in warm PJ's and keep him unwrapped, which he does great with at night. But for naps...if he is not wrapped he doesnt nap very long. So we are still 50/50 with wrapping. I dont think its harmful at all to their development or anything..when he starts to roll over and really move around in his crib then i will completely stop.

Good Luck!

Bernadette - posted on 08/01/2010

I stopped wrapping my daughter pretty much when she decided she didn't like it anymore. She would cry and try to pull her arms free. I can't remember how old she was, maybe a couple of months. I think that the main reason they recommend wrapping is because it makes them feel secure - but if they no longer need the security (and show it by struggling/crying) then there is no point in continuing to wrap them. She is now 16 months and still sleeps in our room (in her own cot) but the main reason she is still with us is because our room is airconditioned and hers isn't, and our house gets very hot. Otherwise, I probably would have moved her in there at about 12 months - simply because I wanted her close by while she was still in that high risk age for sids. That's just me being paranoid though, probably... We are getting an air-con for her room soon though, so that she can move in there. We are doing this for two reasons - one, she keeps waking up during the night, and because she knows I'm there she won't go back to sleep unless I get up to her, whereas if I'm not there she doesn't bother, she just rolls over and goes back to sleep. And two, we have just found out we have another one on the way, so we want her in her own room and settled long before the new baby comes along, so that she does not feel like she is being kicked out to make room for it. Hopefully by the time it arrives, she won't even remember that she once shared with us. And as for moving her into a bed? I guess we'll have to look at doing that before the new baby is ready for the cot.

Lisa - posted on 08/01/2010

My baby is 9 1/2 months and we still have to wrap her at night and most of her naps or she wakes up! I am hoping she grows out of it soon and sleeps through the night!

Jessica - posted on 08/01/2010

i stopped swaddling my daughter around 3 months, mainly because she was able to get out of the swaddle and i was worried about her having the blanket near her head. She was in her own bassinet from the day she was born (i never co-slept) at 8 or 9 weeks she was moved into a crib into her own room.

Jessica - posted on 08/01/2010

My son (he is 10 months old today) hated being swaddled and would fight out of it from day 1 so I don't do that. I did use the pj's that looked like a sack and he liked that, he also likes them with feet. I put him in his own crib in his own room at 6 weeks old and he has slept by himself ever since (and all night long almost every night)

Emily - posted on 08/01/2010

i stopped wrapping my daugter at 3 months and put her in her own bed at the same time. I didn't put my two year old in her toddler bed till she was almost 2.

Aana - posted on 07/31/2010

I stopped wrapping my son at night when he was big enough, and had enough motor control to take the blankets off himself.

Jamie - posted on 07/31/2010

I stopped swaddling when my daughter was 3 months old. I put her in her own room when she was 11 months. I think it depends on what you are comfortable with and your baby's personality.

Sarah - posted on 07/31/2010

my daughter got herself unwrapped since the day she was born, she hated it, so I would say when she seems to not want it anymore, and as for moving her into another room... when you feel comfortable with it.

Rachel - posted on 07/31/2010

I stopped wrapping my son when he kept wriggling out which was around 3-4 months. He only slept in our room for 2 weeks and then was in his room and did great!!

Amanda - posted on 07/31/2010

My little sweetpea is 7 months old & loved being wrapped from the get-go! But she had a problem with tossing her arms & wacking herself in the head & waking herself up over & over. I have always kept her in a bassinet in our room since birth, but recently I made the "big move" into her own room. But it made it ALOT easier since I have a video monitor w/ night vision! So we don't wrap anymore, & warmer pj's make up the difference:)

Sarah - posted on 07/31/2010

mine went into his own bed and room when he out grew his moses basket at about 8 wekks or something quit early. stopeed wrapping him when he started moving around the cot like a little worm as the sleeping bag made it harder for him to bash around in

Helen - posted on 07/31/2010

when my little girl was but 3 months i stopped wrappin her in the day fro freedom and at night just put her in a sleeping bag and tucked the end of it under the matress ant the end of the cot and that kept her cosy.

Ashley - posted on 07/31/2010

We stopped swaddling our daughter for naps when she was 2 months for her naps, since she was only taking 30 min naps and it wasnt helping her sleep longer, so I figured there was no point and it would give her more freedom. Then for bedtime we stopped swaddling her around 4 months since she started waking up a lot in the middle of the night and would always figure out a way to get herself free, but we moved her to her crib right at 3 months. Before that she slept in her bassinet right next to the bed at night.

Alexis - posted on 07/31/2010

Hi everyone:-). My little boy, Christopher is 3 months old. My fiance and myself actually didn't start swaddling him right away because we weren't entirely sure on how to do it but once we were shown several dozen times I may add, we picked up all the folding over and pulling up steps there was to swaddling. Now, Christopher loves being swaddled especially when he is in his swing. The swing is such a lifesaver because he will sleep in that for hours. He's almost 4 months now, wow!! how time flies but like the other moms have said that all babies are different so depending on how you think your baby is reacting to swaddling whether he/she likes it or loathes it it's probably safe to say that it's your decision when you want to wean them off of it.

Angela - posted on 07/31/2010

i stopped wrapping both of mine at about 3 months, mainly coz they kept wriggling out as they didn't like their arms pinned down. they moved into the cot at 3 months and there own room at about 6/7 months. moving out of your room is when your feel ready, with my 1st he moved bang on 6 months as i wanted my space back but with my 2nd i waited till she was sleeping for long periods at night rather than waking every 3 hours coz she was going to be sharing a room and didn't want her to wake her brother. hope that helps.

Alison - posted on 07/31/2010

I can't remember the exact age that Hunter stopped being wrapped - but it was when he kept wiggling out of it and it became ineffective at helping him sleep. Putting bubby into their own room differs for everyone - we never had our son in our room, but that was my choice.

A - posted on 07/30/2010

I've actually read that wrapping/swaddling your baby can prevent their hips from developing correctly...I read it in "the baby book" by dr.sears. Its referring to your baby being wrapped for many hours...so keep that in mind. I don't think theres a right or wrong regardless of that...just her preference. My son didn't like being swaddled. Crazy, huh? He's 14 months now, and he's never even slept with a blanket. He hates being covered up. My son didn't take to sleep training or sleeping independently. It all depends on what you and your baby are comfortable with. She many never want to leave the room, or she may be fine with it. Go with the flow.

Callie - posted on 07/30/2010

My daughter hated being wrapped after we bought her home from the hospital. The thing is my husband and I still live with his parents so our daughter is in the cot and is still in the same room as us, but when I did move her from the bassinett to the cot was at 3 months of age. When we get a bit of space of our own, I will be slowly moving her from our room to a bed of her own.

Kayla - posted on 07/30/2010

wen she stops wanting it or can easily get out of it and wen u are comfortable to move her out of ur room. i never believed in letter the baby sleep w me but the bassinet was right next to my bed til they were too big for it then they moved to the crib but stayed in my room til prob about six months wen they werent nursing as often through out the night... or i had a room for them... being young and single or with a two bed apt and 3 kids it makes it hard... just do what you are comfortable with its your baby

Kristy - posted on 07/30/2010

I stopped when my daughter could wiggle her way out of being wrapped so i think it was about 4-5months, to the mother that said swaddling stunts there growth i wrapped my daughter every sleep day and night and she is in the 97th percentile for her height!!! so i think thats some miss information you've got there!!! my daughter is 10months old and sleeps in her cot beside my bed i swapped her from the bassinet to the cot at about 4-5months when she got to long for it.

Lisa - posted on 07/30/2010

My daughter was never wrapped. She hated it and would scream bloodly murder if I tried so she was just covered right from day one. I put her in her own room at around 3 months

Shannan - posted on 07/30/2010

I have a 2 yr old I stopped wrapping her when she was 5 months because she kicked her way out, lol we moved her into her own room at 6 months because she could pull herself up and we were afraid she would fall out.

Cari - posted on 07/30/2010

I swaddled my daughter until she was almost 7 months old... she had gotten so used to it that she wouldn't sleep unless she was swaddled. She slept in the bassinet next to my bed until she was big enough to start pulling herself up and then I moved her to the crib which I also placed by our bed when she was about 10 months I moved her out of our room and she did fine

Steph - posted on 07/30/2010

Hi, my daughter was 3 months when we put into the cot and in her own room but we did put her into the cot during the day so she got used to it.
My daughter loved being wrapped. Shes 8 months old now and i have only just stopped wrapping her during the night. To help her stop wrapped, I put her in a sleeping bag so she still feels like shes being wrapped but her arms are free. But i do still wrap her during the day.
Every baby is different, just do what feels right for you and your baby.

Brittany - posted on 07/30/2010

All babies are different, my daughters dad didn't want our baby to get used to being with me all the time so she only slept in our bedroom for a week, then we moved her into her own room... so she was 4 weeks old. now about the blanket.... when they show you they don't like it you can stop. my daughter didn't like it a whole lot. so we got her one of those pillow things that the baby sleeps in to keep them from rolling over and just tucked the blaket around it

Kassie - posted on 07/29/2010

wrap her till she won't stay in it. when she puts up a fight its time

Erin - posted on 07/29/2010

i stopped wrapping my son about 2 weeks ago. he will be 4 months August 11th. we mainly stopped when he was able to kick and move his arms enough to unwrap the blanket, but he can sleep either way. it just depends on the baby and if you wrap them every time they go to sleep.

Brittany - posted on 07/29/2010

I stopped by 2 weeks but she hated be wrapped and would wriggle out. I moved my LO to her own room at 3 months everything I read said that that was the easiest time to do it, and from what my sister was going through with her LO at 8-9 months, I found it to be the best.

Faviola - posted on 07/29/2010

I stopped wrapping my daughter at two months. She wouldn't go to sleep if I wrapped her. She would cry and tried to unwrap herself until it got to the point when she would throw-up.

Julie - posted on 07/29/2010

i stopped wrapping mine both my first and my second when they were past the first month and i put my first one in a crib but in a little bed holder that goes in between u and your partner when u sleep so u don't roll on the baby we had that for our girls so around 4 months i put them each in the crib there 17 mos apart

Victoria - posted on 07/29/2010

She isnt too young to stop wrapping her. I stopped swaddling my son before he was two months old.

Meghan - posted on 07/29/2010

my son hated being wrapped so once we brought him home we didnt wrap him.

Lynn - posted on 07/29/2010

honestly, i stopped wrapping my song when he was a year cause he loved it and he helped him sleep
and he recently got his own room at 2 because we moved and now he has the space, but he went into a toddler bed when he was a year..
i'm still wrapping my 4 month old daughter. :D
and her bed is in my room. :)