Transition Swaddle (arms out)

Are you co sleeping? I honestly would just drop the swaddle all together. The startle reflex is key to cognitive development and swaddling hinders it. We stopped swaddling at 6 weeks and my son would startle himself for the first couple of nights but after that he was great and wouldn’t startle himself awake. He’s been sleeping 8-10 hours through the night since around 7 weeks old and he’s 7 months now.

ok so stop altogether cold turkey! I feel like it’ll be hard but it’s better to rip the bandaid off, not cosleeping he sleeps in a bassinet next to me

Yeah it’s a little rough at first but it’ll save you in the long run hahaha especially when you’ll have to transition out when they’re older it becomes a bit of a nightmare 😂

I dont cosleep..like you. but have to agree with Danielle.

I didnt stop completely i transitioned she hated it naps were shit sleep was shit.. but after about a month she was fine her reflex has now gone completely. Putting them down very close to you really helps with that tbh.

I find she now tries to hold the swaddle position for comfort as shes going to bed so will clasp her hands over one another.

Just imagine we starting making u sleep without a duvet.. ur not gonna be happy lol

ok I took your advice, tried it for bedtime tonight! He sleeps very close so if he wakes up I’ll just stick a pacifier in his mouth 😂🥴

hey! How do you get 8-10 hours of Sleep through night. Could you please break down the schedule. Would you waking up for mid of night feed?

Update: he made it through the night and never officially woke up but he would kick his feet and stir so I moved him a few times and put the pacifier in. It’s almost like he would kick his legs and jolt. Anyone else have this?

hi! Yeah no problem. We co-sleep so I think that helps a lot but my son will nap independently if I put him down tired. Typically he’s up around 7/8am and we do a feed every 3 hours. By like 8/9pm he starts getting tired and his last feed is around 10/11pm usually and it turns into a dream feed cuz I’ll change his diaper and he’ll be awake and as soon as I start the feed he’s passing out within a couple sips but he’ll take the whole bottle lol. I think a key to getting them to sleep through the night is making sure they have full full feeds throughout the day. If my son eats anything less than like 40-45oz then he’ll wake around 3am to eat but will go back to sleep. I also keep all the lights off during his night feeds so he knows it’s time to settle down for bed and I think this helps a lot too. Unless he’s teething he doesn’t fight his sleep. I will say we are lucky with a good sleeper lol because I was not like this my mom says 😂 she got no sleep and I was colicky too

thank you so much for this. Do you breastfeed? If in case how to increase supply.