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SnuggleBear 
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 8:44pm |
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so ds is still being swaddled at 9 months of age and its not really a problem but honestly i have visions of still swaddling him when he's two!!
so this is what we've tried so far, he is in a sleeping bag so we've tried just wrapping his body, one arm out, both arms out, tucking a sheet tightly around him and using a dummy/cuddly,
but what happens is that he sleeps on his side/tummy so he wriggles to the bottom of his cot and basically gets very very very upset until i come in and swaddle him back like i did when he was a newborn!! (minus the legs)
soo my question is do i really need to wean him, will he just magically grow out of it one day?? (im hoping for this one), or do i need do something? if so whats the best way to wean?
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 8:57pm |
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I wouldn't worry about it. I was still swaddling DS until about 15 months when all of a sudden I thought I'd give it a go without and he was fine.
Up until that point though he was very reliant on it to get to sleep and to stay asleep.
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 9:01pm |
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thanks mamaT thats awesome!
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 9:38pm |
I had fears of her never weaning but someone pointed out to me that no adults get swaddled! 
For me DD weaned at 8-9mo but that was after a week long trip with a lot of car time!
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 9:38pm |
There was a thread a while ago about extended swaddling, ill see if I can find it to bump up for you
edit: sorry there are heaps! Do a quick search and you will find lots 
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Posted: 15 July 2011 at 10:31pm |
We swaddled to 12 months. As soon as he turned 1 we stopped cold turkey and it was fine. Haven't had any problems, well none associated to swaddling anyways
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Posted: 16 July 2011 at 6:21am |
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Ok awesome I will have a look wriggles.
Yeah I thnk cold turkey is best but only when he s ready... He s not ready yet ;)
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Posted: 16 July 2011 at 10:01am |
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I honestly wouldn't stress, if you don't mind, he likes it and it's safe. I had to wean Jacob cold turkey because he started rolling on his front and not being able to get his face off the mattress when he was younger, but a 9-month-old wouldn't struggle with that. It will be a battle now, why fight it if there's no real need to? There's a chance it could be a battle later when he's a bit older and needs to ditch it for some reason - but there's a chance he'll just give it up happily then too, I'd try for that!
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Posted: 17 July 2011 at 9:32am |
I was swaddling DD for quite a while, from memory around 1.5yrs, and I wondered the same thing Snugglebear, but it was never an issue for me, she got to sleep easier and wriggled out of it pretty easy after she fell asleep so just kept swaddling and every so often tried it without to see and one day it just wasn't needed anymore. It'll be fine as long as its ok for you and safe. They all have their own way and timing for doing things. 
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Posted: 18 July 2011 at 9:16pm |
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ohh thanks miss 1 is still swaddled and we have tried several times to get her to sleep with out but no luck so please to see others still swaddling till late.
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Posted: 19 July 2011 at 7:22pm |
We were in the same position and just went cold turkey one day when the wrap wouldnt fit and she was fine!!!
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SnuggleBear
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Posted: 20 July 2011 at 9:14pm |
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Yip we try the cold turkey approach every now and then and nup he won't have a bar of it! If he s tired he ll sleep till midnight before swaddling him again and I not so tired he won't even go to sleep without it... So we ll just keep trying till we get there... Though lol just had a thought .. We don't really want to be swaddlin both the newborn and ds atthe same time come march!!
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Posted: 21 July 2011 at 11:01am |
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I switched mine from swaddling to a pekemoe at around that age, basically cause it got too hot to swaddle him, he seemed to like it , I think because his hands were still covered, then it was quite easy to transition to a sleeping bag.
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Posted: 21 July 2011 at 12:25pm |
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I bought sleepywings and they are great! Using them on my 8 month old and he is fine with them, but would never go to sleep without being swaddled before.
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Posted: 21 July 2011 at 7:26pm |
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DS1 was swaddled for ages, think it was around 12 months. I had to make larger swaddle cloths for him and all. Eventually we dropped swaddles during the day, then night.
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Posted: 23 July 2011 at 6:10pm |
DD was swaddled until 10 months. I tried to wean her off it but she didn't want a bar of it, then one day she just decided she could go to sleep without being swaddled and she was fine after that
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Posted: 23 July 2011 at 9:48pm |
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Somewhere around 9 mths I started leaving one arm out and it started working (whereas before it hadn't)and then not long after that he started pulling his arms out of the swaddle almost immediately after wrapping him which he hadn't been doing before so we stopped then and he was fine. So DS pretty much weaned himself.
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still swaddling 9 month old
