"Aula" wrote:

> wrote in message>news:1146367580.099643.211120@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...>> My son is 4 mos old and I still swaddle him for naps and nighttime>> sleep. If I don't he squirms and keeps himself up. The arms and legs>> startle him and wake him back up.>>>> But he's getting too long for these swaddlers and blankets.

Use a bigger blanket. I never had a swaddler and don't know what theyare like. I did the swaddling with just a plain flat baby blanket -Lay the baby down with his head at one corner. Bring the corner athis feet up to his chest. Cross the two other ends across the baby'schest.

Now when I did that, my babies slept on their tummies, but you couldcertainly do the same in reverse.>>>> How do I transition him to not swaddled but keep him relaxed enough to>> sleep? Is it just coping thru a few nights of him not sleeping?>>>>I'm no expert on this, but I'd move from the swaddling gradually by>swaddling him increasingly more loosely over a period of a several days to a>week. Hopefully this would help to adjust to the greater freedom gradually>and he'd be fine with it. But, be advised, babies do find ways to keep>themselves awake, but at an older age than your DS. And then there is>teething. That can do it, too. Hang in there and enjoy the different>stages as he moves through them.>>-Aula>

grandma Rosalie