Swaddling??

It was hell swaddling my first… I only swaddled him in the hospital. I’m going to try to swaddle my second … hopefully it works this time

Yes because it helps keep those infant reflexes from waking themselves up

No it seems very unnatural to me. The startle reflex is there for a reason and swaddling actually isn’t recommended anymore.

We’ve always co-slept x

Yes. My first slept so much better when she was swaddled. I think she felt more safe and secure. We switched to arms out around 2 months then stopped when she started rolling, and started bedsharing because she then wanted to be held while sleeping when she wasn’t swaddled.

I don’t swaddle my kids
Never attempted it

Yes. We swaddled. We followed the guidance and found that our daughter slept better when swaddled. We stopped swaddling around 3 months and transitioned to a sleep sack

Never did cos I tried on a doll before my eldest was born and I was all fingers and thumbs.
We put him with a blanket on in the next to me and he slept fine. Once he was big enough for sleep sacks, he went in

With my 2nd, he went straight in a sleepsack as I found ones suitable from newborn so that was a relief off my mind , not worrying about the blanket

Both were good sleepers. We got a few nights/weeks with each where they'd sleep through the night in the early months .

Eldest slept through fully from about 7 months and youngest from about 13 months.

I swaddle if she needs swaddling but honestly it never helped my LO other than a handful of times when she was overtired. I fear she’ll overheat in the blanket swaddled, just better to do what your baby finds comfortable, some babies love it some hate it and some either need it occasionally or not at all.

Hated the idea of restricting my child so I never swaddled my first and that was hell as he would not sleep longer than 45 mins cause he kept waking himself.

My husband persuaded me to give swaddling a try with our second and oh lawddd, it helped.

Moro reflex makes them wake as it startles them, however when swaddled they are not throwing hands and legs all over the place so they stay asleep.

Ended up swaddling my second for around 5weeks and it was pure bliss. Definitely going to swaddle again if I have another child

Swaddled him for a week and then he started freaking out and breaking out everytime. He’s happily in sleep sacks now 😂

My boys hated swaddles they didn't like their arms trapped so we switched to the tighter sleep sacks and they loved them and at 7months still refuse to sleep without one