When did your baby outgrow the Moro reflex?

Cut the swaddle cold turkey to get her used to the Moro reflex and after about a week she won’t startle herself awake. We cut the swaddle at 6 weeks and my son has slept through the night since and he’s 8 months. Moro reflex is also key to cognitive development so idk why they even recommend swaddles anymore

I waited until mine started to roll around 4.5 months and he did great. We do half the night in his bassinet and the other half co-sleeping. No issues with startling now and he is 7 months

did you do some sort of transition out of the swaddle or did you just unswaddle completely? Did you do anything to calm your baby if he did startle?

So we waited until he started to roll from side to side. At that point we completely took away the swaddle and used a large receiving blanket or a light baby blanket to drape over him and that kind of helped with the occasional startle. He also slept next to me in his bassinet so when he would startle I would place my hand on his tummy until he settled. Often times he was asleep still after a startle so dit was just to make him feel a bit more secure.

ok will try this when she’s older or starts to roll. Thank you!

No problem 😁

I never swaddled my boy and he still startles but not often and it doesn’t wake him!!! I agree with the cold turkey!

how old is he?

he’s 7 months now