People often recommend swaddling your baby for 1-3 months, we swaddled our children for quite a bit longer. Now we stopped keeping them continuously swaddled after about six weeks, but continued to swaddle them during nap times or times when they were really upset. Basically when to stop swaddling depends on the temperament of your child.
Our oldest child we swaddled for about seven or eight months. He loved being warped in his blanket and would get excited when we got the blanket out to swaddle him. Our middle child I remember as being the opposite. She did not like being wrapped up, we would still swaddle her but it was a really loose swaddle, which really suits her personality, as she does not like to be tied down. We only consistently swaddled her for about six weeks. Our youngest daughter seems to only be able to fall asleep while she is wrapped up in her swaddle, she is almost seven months of age, and has not yet shown that she is ready to sleep without being swaddled. We have tried to understand the personality of our kids and let their personalities and preferences determine when to stop being swaddled.
It can be hard to know for sure if you baby is ready to move on from swaddling. Some signs of readiness might be, resistance to swaddling, increased fussiness while being swaddled, getting out of the swaddle, or rolling over while being swaddled. The best way to know when to stop swaddling your child is to try to understand whether or not it comforts them and if they enjoy it. Understanding your child’s disposition and personality is the key to knowing when to stop swaddling them.
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