My Swaddled Baby Won't Sleep!!!!

I had the same problem with my daughter. Instead of swaddling her I tucked the blanket into each side of the bed over her leaving just her head out. She slept well that way. Maybe you could try that. Hope it helps.

My daughter was that way and we bought the nighties that are made out of fuzzy blanket material and that helped. It is probably just going to take a few rally rough nights of letting him grow out of it... I think it took my daughter a week. she wouldn't sleep very long but don't make the mistake I did. I would spend hours rocking her to try to get her to go back to sleep...then we had to break that habit.

It is just like taking away a passifier. it takes time.

Maybe you should just fight with him not being swaddled for a couple of nights until he is used to it. My newborn was like that but not anymore. he kept escaping and waking and I let him go about 2 or 3 nights without the swaddler and he was fine after that. He sleeps any way now and he's 4 months old.

my daughter had the same problem. i took her to the pediatrician and he said she had colic. he said that she liked being swaddled because it eased the belly pain. i dont know if thats the problem but she was put on medicine and she was fine after that.

Hi T.

My 7 month old was just like that. Had to be swaddled to get her to sleep. Just like your son, if one arm got out she would start moving around and just about wiggle completely out of it.

I started giving her this little blanket each and every time I would put her down to sleep, whether for the night, or a nap and even during car rides.....and I did this consistently. Now I guess I have a new problem because she has to have it every time she starts getting ready to go to sleep.

There are times now that she wakes up not long after she's been put down for a nap or at night and I go in there without talking to her and give her back her blanket. She likes to have it close to her face and once she grabs it and pulls it close she's out.

Maybe try a blanket or a stuffed animal something that might give him some security. Also look into getting the little pad that goes under his mattress that vibrates.....I had a friend that had to go that route with her son.

Goodluck!

I think you have started something with the constant wrapping up of your baby. I think you are going to have to stop doing this some how. I would say hold him and rock him, that is what I did with my son when he was a baby, but even that spoils them to want to be rocked all of the time. Have you started cereal with his formula yet? That used to put my son to sleep.

My now 7 month old was just like that at 5 months. We continued to swaddle him, but focused on the arms only and let his legs out. Once he was ok with that, I would swaddle him, let him sleep and undo his arms. We used the same blanket so now he HAS to have that to hug at night. It will take some time, but taking the time to work with him will pay off.

Put the shirt you wore for that day in the bed with him or swaddle it with him in the blanket. He is probably wanting you to be near him and if he thiks you are there by smelling you then he may think you are still holding him or laying next to him. Most of the time it is just a natural fear that all babies have of being alone. He just needs to feel secure. A lot of people say the old expression that the baby is spoiled but it's just that they need to be reasured that they are not alone. Think about it. If you couldn't do anything for yourself, not even eat, would you want to be left alone. Straight from the pediatricians mouth! Besides the way I feel is so what if he is spoiled, I will/you will only beable to hold him or make him feel secure for so long. They grow up so fast. Give it another year or two and he won't want to be held any more. I'm a mother of 3. I don't regret holding them at all and some days thats all I did especialy when they were sick. My oldest is now 13 and she has confidence in her self like you wouldn't believe. In her mind theree is nothing that she can't accomplish with a little effort. She is an A/B student, has held first chair in band almost since she started and this includes the children that were in band for more than a year longer than her, she is looked at as asecond mom by my 19mth old, and cooks a dinner of pork chops better than I do. To put it simply....she's awesome!!! No! I don't regret it a bit. My second child is secure in knowing I'm always there for her. Even if I am 3hrs away she Knows I'm there because I have always been there. There is nothing that she feels she is doing alone because she is confidently sure of her abilities and of her self! BY the way, she is a staight A student and has always been! She is self diaplined. At age 9 she comes to me to let me know she needs to go to bed early because she was catching herself falling asleep in class. Smart as a whip and swelf diaplined! All I can say is thank you God! With examples like this set before my 19month old how do you think she will turn out?

I'm not saying they are like this because I held them as much as I could or because I let them sleep with my shirts. I'm saying they are secure in who they are because they know that I am always there if they fall nd thats because I have proven that to them by my action sence the day they were born. It's not just something I have told them.

Good luck with everything! Just remember you are his mom. You know what is best for him. There are times when you even know what is best over his daddy even. But most of the time you both should be on the same page. If not you go with your instinks. That is how God tells us what to do. Who really wants to argue with God? Not me or my husband that is for sure.