How long do baby swings last

Some of these objects live longer than others, and we call that resilience or durability. Like diamonds for example and antiques. Then again, some stuff just becomes outdated quickly, and newer models take its place. Mobile phones are like that, and these devices expire even before they lose their functionality. Some people argue that swings do not have the same stringent safety issues that a car seat has. Infants should only use furniture and devices that are completely safe and clean.

A faulty swing could come unhinged and the baby would fall off. Observing some signs on the swing is more important than only reading an expiry date. So even if they appear to be functional, they should still be discarded. Infants are much too fragile to be around such contaminated things. You can check all these points before buying a used swing.

The varieties of baby swings can be overwhelming. Each manufacturer sells around twenty different models. They come with different designs, options, and finishes. Here are the basic types. This is the simplest type. Hanging swings consist of side supports, a top bar, and a tiny little chair hanging by ropes. I want her sleeping in crib for naps and night by 4 months as this in our room business is driving me crazy and I get no sleep. The problem I have is the fisher price swing I have the lowest setting is still ridiculously fast.

I need a swing that actually has speeds I can use to wean her to lower speeds each week. All the reviews of fisher price swings say the same thing that the lowest settings are still fast. Complicating matters is I go back to work next week and this training will be done by my mother who right now only has a pack and play for naps. Do you know of any swings which have slow swings settings? Thank you thank you for suggesting swing sleeping!

It has saved my husband an I! Thankfully no second hand store would take it, so it sat in his truck…. And then she started not sleeping…the only way she would sleep was on one of us…which meant neither of us got sleep if she was on us…we were tired and snapping at everyone and each other… And then I read your website and literally right after ran to the truck and started tugging the swing out and back into the house.

I placed her in it and within minutes her eyes closed and she passed out. She slept for three straight hours right then and there! She naps in it also. Then you leave it in the truck for a few weeks. So glad you got things turned around! Enjoy your vacation! Hi……I have learned so much from your website today. I feel like finding it is an answer to my prayers.

I try to put him in his crib and he is up after 30 minutes. He will sleep great in a swing…. My question is on swing safety. His does when he sleeps in his swing. We have a Graco. Please advise on swing positioning or sleeping.

He was giving me 3 hour stretches in his swing which is ok with me!! Thank you!!! An upgrade from only being able to sleep on us. I tried plugging and unplugging multiple times and trying to run it on battery power, but no dice. It still works!!! Just wait it out. I had no idea! Let it sit and try again later! Do you recommend starting adventures in swing training at the late age of 12 weeks? Pick up and soothe and put back in swing?

At 32 minutes I would give her 5 minutes before rushing in and see what happens. Swaddle, white noise, swing, it may take care of the 32 minute issue all on its own. But what if despite it all the babe is still crying after 10 minutes…repeatedly. Do you pick up, soothe and pit back in swing? Tracy Hogg meets Alexis style? You are welcome to TRY. I would give it no more than minutes tops. Some babies can work back to sleep. Which generally involves poop. Hi I just came upon ur website tonight, and had a question I was really hoping u could help me with.

I have an 11 month old baby who is almost 30 lbs and loves to swing. So I opted to take his swing and rid of it and try to break him from the whole swinging to sleep thing been swinging and rocking to sleep since a week old. That seemed to create quite the problem, my son has done nothing but cry and cry to the point hes making himself ill.

He wont sleep, he wont eat, and all he does if fuss non stop. We have got him other seats to sit in, a bouncy seat, a walker, a playpen, lots of toys, but nothing is soothing him at all. Now he is becoming ill because I took it away. Im so unsure as to what to do at this point to find a swing that would be safe for him. Hi Alexis- I love your website! Nights in the crib are great right now knock on wood! A couple weeks ago he was getting some nice chunky naps in his crib, but after his 2-month shots naps became a nightmare, so we broke out the older swing given to us by relatives.

Also, the minute transition is now all but impossible. I try to pay really close attention to his sleep cues, but those are tricky too since often he will start yawning almost immediately after eating feeds take min right after he wakes up.

So my two questions are: At this age, would it be worth investing in a newer swing that might make him more comfortable? Would the minute naps really cut it down that much? Oh man, your little one sounds just like mine! She is four months, but sometimes it takes her a long time to fall asleep in the swing. I feel guilty leaving her in it that long. Her sleepy cues are hard for me to catch sometimes as well… Like when she yawns 15 minutes after getting up.

Just wanted to let you know you are not alone! It is crazy how much they change sleeping habits at this age!

Mine is now 4. We did end up getting a newer swing that made him much more comfortable and helped him go to sleep faster. As did just getting older I think. I wonder if some of the sleepy behavior after waking was because he woke up hungry and wanted to just eat and go back to sleep? Who knows. Alexis is right about growing out of the swing around this age, though. I thought it would be a long transition process, but he started wiggling and fussing when going in the swing so one day I just put him in the crib and he fell asleep in less than Hope it is helpful!

Any suggestions? Boppy makes a special pillow called the Noggin Nest that is specifically designed for preventing flat head. Hi Alexis, I was wondering if it was possible for the swing to kind of lose effectiveness. I started using the swing with my 3. I think she started going through the four month regression. The swing worked well for about two weeks, but it takes her forever to fall asleep like 40 min. But she isnt crying, and sometimes her nap is 2 hours so she ends up with a long awake time.

I realize now there may be more than one question there, but I appreciate the help. If so naps will be hard to come by regardless and likely would be worse not in the swing. Alexis, Thanks so much for a quick response! I will try sticking with the swing. I love your website and how informative it is. Also how it always makes me laugh when I want to pull my hair out. I used this instructable to add a switch and an old Nokia phone charger to our swing.

How do you safely sleep a child in a swing while they are swaddled? He startles himself awake without the swaddle. We are trying like crazy to get our little one 4 weeks to sleep in the Fisher Price Ocean Wonders swing and it is not working. We typically get him to sleep or almost asleep using swaddle, soother and slight head jiggle and then put him in swing but he typically wakes up after 20 minutes in swing!

I am wondering if anyone has had success with this swing or should we buy the one that Alexis recommends? As I am sure all of you are, we are willing to dig deep in our pocketbooks to buy a second swing if it means we will all get a little more sleep around here!!! Hmmm I think if it a cradle swing which it looks like it is from google the difference will be minimal. I would save your buck for other hopeful sleep aids! I am doing a semi dark room during the day but based on your note I will make it super dark close blinds and curtains.

We do have a white noise machine but I am not sure how many dbs it is. I will look into that. His 20 minutes naps tend to happen during the day and then in the early morning hours am. However I did just get him after an 1 hour and 15 minute nap in the swing this morning and I should not the blinds and curtains were closed!

Really hope the longer naps continue for you Bonnie. Sounds like you are doing all you can and hopefully will get some help now with the reflux…Alexis has some great articles on that. We used the swing for naps and early mornings. I think the white noise is approx the level of a shower. Which is quite loud, but I watched a video I made the other day and not as insanely loud as I used to have it!

Hope it goes well. If u get stuck come over to the Google group link on right as u will always get help there. Hey Bonnie, Not all babies are motion junkies. So what might be an alternative to the swing in this case? If your baby is not motion loving, what are your available tools? I think we will continue to try with the Ocean Wonders swing as well as the Rock and Play. We need to at least as he just got diagnosised yesterday with severe acid reflux due to him choking in his sleep and his throat has gone hoarse, and both the swing and Rock n Play have the incline.

Once again, thanks for your time and advice. I simply love this website and wish I found it before with our first. You keep things informative but light. I find myself constantly laughing as I read your writing! Since you already have the swing, you might set it aside for now but try again in a week or so. Thanks Becky! We are going to continue to try it, at least during the day when he sleeps lighter.

I have the Bright Starts signature edition. Its a good swing with some extra features such as the vibration in the seat. The biggest draw back is it auto shuts off after 90 minutes and the white noise shuts off after 25 minutes. Thanks so much for all your insight! My baby slept 6. The swing helps with that! Also the white noise helps too! I have been using a fan until I can find a cheap old radio.

I do have one question about missing the sleepy cues…what do I do if I miss that golden moment to put her down? No one really touches on that. Oh and my graco swings motor went out and they are sending me one free! Now I just have to figure something out for the next two weeks! Update: My friends gave me a couple of swings that they used when their baby was smallish. Anyway one is the fisher price cradle n swing and it doesnt swing hard enough…shes not a fan of it.

The other is another graco swing and it works great. Im half tempted to have her order a replacement motor just in case it goes out too…lol. I have started figuring out her sleepy cues but im not sure of what to do about the short naps and feeding. I know shes not hungry when she wakes up from a 20 minute nap…do I feed her again and start the process all over or do I try and put her back to sleep?

Wonderful tips!!! I am a second time mom in WAY different territory, as my first was a fabulous sleeper from the get go. My youngest is now 12 days old and only has issues falling asleep at night. We swaddle, white noise, motion, etc. All night!!! Also… My fear is that he has his days and nights confused, so I have been keeping daytime naps fairly bright and normal home volume. Is that bad? Should he still be napping in his cavelike bedroom instead?

Any insight you have is sooooo appreciated. Probably not a 5-point harness, but with a 3-point harness that goes around hips and thru the crotch, you can just leave the legs out of the swaddle. A lot of the popular swaddle blankets Miracle blanket, Swaddleme, Halo can be used with the legs left out. It basically allows to take the baby with you to another room without extracting her from the seat. As there are stands on the bottom of the seat it can serve as a baby chair.

It is, however, quite heavy. We bought the Fisher Price Snug-A-Puppy Swing 3 weeks ago and they must have made some changes to it because the lower speeds are definitely WAY slower than the faster ones and level one is barely swinging at all. I have e-mailed Fisher Price to ask them about it. I posted about this on Facebook and asked FB about it on twitter but got no response. Infant swings can seem like a cure for sleep-deprived parents whose babies won't go to sleep any other way.

They can rock and soothe babies to stop crying and help them sleep. However, swings aren't a long-term cure. Not only should babies only spend short periods in a swing, but you should stop using the swing permanently once your baby exceeds the weight limit or starts trying to crawl out of it. The American Academy of Pediatrics cautions parents against using swings as sleepers for infants.

Though you might use the swing safely to get your baby to fall asleep, you should remove your baby from the swing once he is asleep. If your baby sleeps in the swing, he could slouch or slump, which could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. At this stage, the baby might have gotten bored with the rocking motion or wants to curiously explore the environment.

Also, you should not wait until the baby starts showing signs of wanting to get out. Kids can show signs of climbing out from as old as 12 months or as young as 8 months. What if your child has reached the maximum weight limit, but still feels okay sitting on the swing? Photo credits: Fisher Price.

As recommended by experts, a parent should not use a baby swing for more than 30 minutes at a time. According to them, letting the toddler spend too much time on it breaks the all-important physical and emotional mother-baby bond.

It may potentially lead to growth deformities and even death as a result of suffocation.