Weaning from the Swaddle

I got a question from a buddy on facebook the other day...
Hey, I have a random baby question. I thought I read awhile back on fb that you swaddled Zach when he was younger. I was wondering if you have any advice for phasing out the swaddle. [My baby] is 5 1/2 months old and he sleeps really well swaddled until he some how unswaddles himself. So basically I'm getting up several times a night to re-swaddle him and rock him till he goes back to sleep.
My response...
First, are you using the miracle blanket because it is really hard for them to get out of that so that might help.

Beside that, right around 6 months, Zach started seeming agitated at night so we weaned and he was fine with it because he was done with it anyway. We had stopped swaddling his legs at two months because he has long legs and the swaddle on his legs irritated him (not swaddling their legs is easier when using the miracle blanket). So you might start by not swaddling his legs.

Then at around 6 months we left one arm out. We did that for a bit and then left both arms out and just wrapped his torso. We did just the torso for a couple nights and then quit all together. It's great that you are doing this going into the spring and summer because you won't worry as much about him getting cold (which worried me a bit b/c we weaned the swaddle in November).
I was actually very stressed about the swaddling. Zach loved it and slept great being swaddled but many people were very opinionated about when you should stop swaddling. Some people say 6 weeks... whatever. Some say 4 months... we passed up that time frame. Like I said, Zach pretty much told us when he was ready by showing that he wanted out of the swaddle and then seeming more comfortable when we took him out. Generally, I have found (through talking to other swaddling mommies) that when they are ready to roll over consistently is when they usually dont want to be swaddled anymore and then they usually roll over and sleep on their tummy with thier arms tucked under them (basically swaddling themselves with the mattress).