WeMoms
12 Mar 2024

How to swaddle your baby properly?

Swaddling your baby is more than just a ritual, it's also a fold to take. Here's how.

  • With the top corner of the cloth, form a triangle downwards, then gently place your little one on it.
  • Next, place your baby's left arm alongside their body, then fold the diaper under the right arm and gently tilt it to fold the cloth over the back of the body.
  • Bring the cloth up to form a pocket, then fold the other side over, pinning it back as well. Your baby's legs should be able to move freely.
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Isabell
19 Jul 2023

So my baby is 12 weeks and is starting to break out of his swaddle every morning. We dont currently have any sleep sacks and I’m now nervous to put him in a swaddle… we live in Iowa it’s currently 71° outside and 72° inside… what should my baby boy wear to bed so he’s not too hot and not too cold?

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Alisha
If it hot I just let my baby sleep in just a diaper but that’s if it really hot but when my son was breaking out of swaddle I just started letting him sleep in just his sleeper and he was just fine they don’t have to be swaddled especially if they don’t want to be
19 Jul 2023

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Isabell
Thank you! Im a very anxious mama and I really wasn’t sure what to do.. anything new stresses me out 😂💜
19 Jul 2023

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Nina
13 Jun 2023

Hi everyone. I’m transitioning my baby from his swaddle and need some help. Swaddled, he sleeps well and 4 hours without making too much noise before needing a feed. I started to only swaddle one of his arms in and he has been sleeping terribly. He’s able to break out his other arm and then makes all sorts of noises and movements. I was finally getting some sleep but last night I maybe slept two hours. Any advice on what to do? Or if it gets better when he’s used to it? Much appreciated

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Sara
I just swaddle with a looser swaddle blanket so when he wants to he works his own arms out.
13 Jun 2023

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Erika
24 Mar 2023

My son hates to be swaddled but tonight he was crying, fighting, & wouldn't go to sleep . So i baby jailed him with the swaddle. Now he quite & looking at me like, "bi*&h 🤣🤣

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Jessica
Yes! My daughter like jerks and moves her hands every time she’s about to fall asleep and then she’s up for another 10-15 minutes and she does it over and over again until I swaddle her. 🙃 she’s usually mad at first but she gets over it quick 😆
24 Mar 2023

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Erika
he been fighting me for 30 mins. This my momma fault. She watches tv with him every night from 2am-4am. Black & white old tv 😂
24 Mar 2023

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Carrisa
1 Mar 2023

I hope this post will help me find solution for my daughter. She is rolling over and I need to take her out of her swaddle when she’s sleeping. Into a sleep sack. But no luck here. She keeps waking up every 30 minutes crying. She definitely loves to be swaddle and I don’t blame her of feeling the snug as she loves that. But with her rolling I rather her have her arm free. Any suggestions? Of how to make her stay asleep without waking up every 30 minutes because of her arm swinging everywhere that is waking her up. And also not feeling snug. Thanks!

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Danielle 🦦🪷
I have one of these and love it. But my baby isn’t rolling just yet. It keeps her arms close tho so they’re not flailing everywhere but also let’s her chew on them if she wants
1 Mar 2023

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Danielle 🦦🪷
But they have these where there’s more arm access which might be better for your baby when rolling while sleeping but still might be secure enough not to wake her
1 Mar 2023

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Taylor
11 Jan 2023

Little drama queen, won’t sleep without a swaddle but doesn’t like to be completely swaddled either 🥴😂 also yes we have 2 pacis one for sucking and one for comfort lmao

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tanyetta
I wish mine would take the pacifier sometimes. She refuses. 😩😩😩
11 Jan 2023

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Taylor
These are the only ones mine will take. I’ve tried alll kinds and she spits all of them out except the tommee tippie ones
11 Jan 2023

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Lakelyn
1 Jan 2023

I need advice my baby girl is 2 months old and she doesn’t like swaddles. She sleeps in her bassinet with a blanket tucked it, recently she learned how to roll from her back to side and sometimes she can get to her stomach but she usually gets stuck on her side. At night she will try to roll and end up stuck on her side with her face pushed into her bedding we are constantly waking up having to turn her body around. As I already said she refuses to be in a swaddle she likes to move her legs and arms and will scream until the swaddle is off. We are so scared she’s going to hurt herself. Has anyone had this issue. (She fell asleep right after a bottle and we were in the room the whole time with her that’s why she has on a bib and her blankets are like that she doesn’t sleep like that at night)

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LadyG
My baby 2 weeks and rolls to his side every time we lay him down. I just let him and if he gets to close to the bedding which always I just move him back...so we play back and forth through the night. My baby don't like to be swaddle either, he so strong he breaks out of it. But never cry when we wrap him. His biggest cry when taking to long to feed him or changing his diaper you would think we killing him 🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂
1 Jan 2023

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Lakelyn
If she doesn’t get her bottle or diaper change that very second she’s not happy😂 knowing good and well we are making her bottle
1 Jan 2023

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Megan
7 Oct 2022

Considering hubby is a first time dad, I used teddy bears and dolls to show him how to swaddle and change a diaper last night. Let’s just say… the diaper, he spent more time staring at it trying to figure out how the whole thing worked than he did trying to put it on. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 And it was definitely on crooked. I definitely got a video of it. 😂 This is going to be interesting. He looked like a deer in headlights.

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Autumn CPT
😂😂that's great!
7 Oct 2022

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Julie 🦢🦢🦢
My man learned on YouTube how to swaddle lol. He's a first time daddy too
7 Oct 2022

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Trinity
7 Aug 2022

Any tips on how to transition my baby out of being swaddled. Little back story: I have a 2 month old (about to be 3 months) and he will not sleep in his bassinet unless he’s swaddled but he somehow manages to get his arms all the way up to his face and one time the swaddle blanket covered his mouth and nose thankfully I caught it in time and he was fine he’s also just now getting to where he can roll from his back to his side and my biggest fear is him rolling to his stomach while swaddled so please give me all the tips on how to transition him out of being swaddled.

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🕸💀⛓ Trei ⛓ 🌹🦇
There's transition swaddles. Like the arm up swaddles. They have different stages. 1.) Arms up 2.) Arms up with slippers to allow the arms to be out and free 3.) Completely free arm You can find them at Target and on Amazon. All the security of a traditional swaddle without the fussing to get the hands by the face (because they like having their hands by their face just as they did in the womb).
7 Aug 2022

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Trinity
Thank you I’ll look and try to find one
7 Aug 2022

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Sol
2 Aug 2022

I dont swaddle my baby, i did for the first few days and then stopped. He seems to be sleeping good without it for hours and not wake himself up plus he likes to keep his arms up and used to get them out of the swaddle thing everytime so i really dont see a point in continuing😅

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Madison
My son hated being swaddles he would always get his arms out no matter how tight or he would just fuss so he hasn’t been swaddled since he was about a week old haha
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Brooklynn
I have to swaddle my baby girl. She loves being cuddled tightly and of course I’m so tired most of the time I can’t keep on holding her hours at a time. 🥲
2 Aug 2022

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Emily
1 Jun 2022

Going in hospital bag. Swaddle set and hat for pictures. Take home outfit newborn and 0-3 months since we don't know how big baby boy is going to be! Don't forget the slippers. I'm obsessed with all of it!! #EXCITED

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nya
I love the variety in sizes! I'm obsessed with these prints🙌☺
1 Jun 2022

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Liana
Did you get the lion onsie because he’s going to be a Leo?
1 Jun 2022

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