When can my baby sleep without a hat or without being swaddled?

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Swaddling your newborn, or wrapping her snugly in a blanket, can help her feel safe and secure in the early weeks and months after birth. But most babies quickly outgrow the need for it – usually around the time they start trying to roll over. That developmental milestone is a good guideline for determining when to stop swaddling your baby. And if your baby is uncomfortable being swaddled and starts to squirm around, she could roll over on her tummy and have trouble breathing. No one knows exactly why babies who sleep on their tummy have a higher rate ofSIDS, but that's why doctors recommend that all babies sleep on their back.

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At home, I do not think there's any need to put hat. I stopped swaddling my baby when she was 3 or 4 months old. And to top swaddling the baby is such an effortless thing that you wouldn't even come to know how and whine happened. Check this out. http://www.wikihow.com/Transition-from-Swaddling

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i stop swaddling after first mth. but at night i still swaddle cos he sleeps in aircon room. and during nighttime we tend to react slower and baby if not swaddled may cry at night & if we didnt hear (becos we fell asleep), they may cry too long and tummy may haf too much gas..

I stop swaddling my baby after few days he back home. He don't like to be swaddling or wearing a hat to sleep. He will cry and sweat alot whenever I swaddling or wearing a hat for him. So I just put a newborn beansprout pillow on his tummy to make him feel secure.

my baby sleep without a hat after he got home. and sleep completely without being swaddled around 5 weeks. around 2 weeks he able unwrap the swaddle and show one of his hand. i put bean pillow on his tummy to make him feel secure

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Babies have Moro reflex which may startle them and it should disappear by the time he is six weeks old. You can stop swaddling him then. http://www.whattoexpect.com/baby-behavior/newborn-reflexes.aspx

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My baby has never slept with a hat on. I stopped swaddling her after 1 month cos she sweats a lot and tends to break free from her swaddle. P/s she doesn't sleep in air con room due to her stuffy nose.

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Swaddling is generally effective only for the first 8 weeks after which your baby would tend to want to free up their arms and legs.

Without a hat should be fine after they get home. 4-6 weeks without being swaddled its fine !