I got told off for still wrapping my 4month old to sleep. When should i stop

I stopped early on as DS would always escape but I have heard that once they start to roll its good to unwrap them or leave one arm out.

Pretty sure there is no set age.
We wrapped my DS for quite a while dont remember how old he was but he wouldnt sleep unless we did.
We tryed putting him in one of those sleeping bags which worked for us and he slept in one of those till it started getting too hot.

I got told around 4 months, deffinately not after 6 months, as it inhibits their muscle development or whatever??? Not a prob for me as mine never liked it, had them in their sleeping bags early on. I've seen other posts where people have been talking about it with much older babies. So if it's working for you... But also, if he can't settle without it, it is just another habit we create that we eventually have to break, maybe sooner rather than later eh...

Told off!? WTF! I wrapped mine for as long as they allowed me to. It was a sleep cue for all mine but didn't cause any problems when it came to "weaning" them out of it.

I bub1 till 4 months cause was told to stop then by nurse. Wrapped bub2 till 10 months cause a book I read said it doesn't matter. Wrapped bub3 till about four month cause it didn't seem to make any difference to his sleeping at that age. I found it harder to wean off wrapping at 10 months, that was the only down side. Everyone has a different opinion but I don't think it is bad to do it for longer if they are happy and obviously totally mobile during non-sleep hours.

i stopped wrapping ds whe he was little he was more comfortable but then when he was like 6 months i started to do it again for like aa month or too he liked to go to sleep that way then he wanted to stop again i reckon that you just do it til they dont want to any more why stop if they like it smile

DD was a little houdini so wrapping didn't last long enough for my liking (i do think she slept better when wrapped). I say if your happy wrapping and he's safe and content then do whatever works for you both.

My DD just hit 7 months and TONIGHT is our first night with both arms out!!! Eeep!

We have an ergo cacoon..SP? So thats helped with the transition (atleast i'm hoping so)... Didnt take as long to go to sleep as I thought it would either... Anywho - At 4 months old wrapping is perfectly fine and i'm sure most people would still be wrapping at such a young age (unless of course their babies hated it). Like ruby said - its a sleep cue & it works/ed wonders for my DD. Once they start rolling there is that worry but DD slept with the wedge thingys... I wanted to wait until bubs could put her own dummy in too...

fingers crossed ladies.... i'm confident now but i'm sure I won't be if I get woken up at 3am!! haha

Bub will let you know when its time to stop wrapping.

See I wrap Travis but I also have sleeping bags. When i put him in a sleeping bag, he will not sleep though the night. (I dont mind. Ill just get back up and settle him) but if he does have a ful night sleep he seems much happier the next day.

Some nights he will unwrap himself or get both arms out but (not sounding mean or trying to put my partner down, he does an amazing job) When my partner wraps him, thats when he will unwrap himself. So im not sure.

I got told by a friend that her midwife told her to stop at 4months, but if its keeping Travis happy, I dont see the problem.

He doesnt get wrap for his day naps, just night sleeps

See I wrap Travis but I also have sleeping bags. When i put him in a sleeping bag, he will not sleep though the night. (I dont mind. Ill just get back up and settle him) but if he does have a ful night sleep he seems much happier the next day.

Some nights he will unwrap himself or get both arms out but (not sounding mean or trying to put my partner down, he does an amazing job) When my partner wraps him, thats when he will unwrap himself. So im not sure.

I got told by a friend that her midwife told her to stop at 4months, but if its keeping Travis happy, I dont see the problem.

He doesnt get wrap for his day naps, just night sleeps

Hi Catie,

Im not 100% sure but i thought it was once they start to roll, thats if he will let you do it that long. I could only wrap DD till bout 3 weeks, she then had to have her hands out. If i wrapped them she would not sleep properly as she would continue to try push her arms out so i wrapped her up but with her hand out (she sleeps with her hands up beside her face, quite cute)

She now sleep in a sleeping bag but the one i have has holes for the arms but also comes with another section that attaches to it that you can wrap the baby and secure the arms. Its called a swaddle sleep sack, i got it from Toys r us, the baby section.Maybe you could try him in that, then when he doesnt like his arms wrapped, you can just leave the bag without the arms like what i do?

i stopped wrapping when they could easily get out of it, different ages for DS1 and DS2, but between the 4-6 month stage.

my sister still wrapped her son for 12 months, but just his body, not with his hands in. kinda defeated the purpose, but he took it as his sleep cue even though it was just hi torso wrapped.

I'm still wrapping my 6 month old with one arm out though. She settles SO much better with it. I've used sleeping bags and love them, but she doesn't yet. Think it's cause she's a tiny thing and the bag isn't tight enough around her body to give her that same comfort. If gettin out of the wrap is waking them, and they need you to rewrap to go to sleep, then I'd stop. I wouldn't worry about the muscle development. I'm sure bub gets enough muscle development during waking hours.

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My baby wouldnt sleep unless wrapped super tight! he was wrapped until he could no longer fit into wraps 7 months i think, then we did the one arm out, two arms out then he went into a sleeping bag as it was cool at night.
I believe if i works for you and helps baby settle keep doing it!!

my CHN recommended wrapping as long as possible, if they're still happy being wrapped and don't escape, I used stretchy vanchi wraps and they were fantastic. We stopped wrapping DS around 9 months. Do what works for you and your baby