My girl is 5 months and has been sleeping in the love to dream swaddles since she was born, she loves being able to suck her hand through the fabric and rub her eyes with the fabric. I am trying to transition her out of it with their transition swaddle but she just hates it. She has one arm out at the moment and she just will not sleep. She used to self settle to sleep but now I am having to rock her to sleep.
Anyone used these swaddles and how long did it take your LO to get used to having their arms out?
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I’m afraid my girl transitioned really well with one arm out to begin with so we moved to both quite quickly. I would maybe suggest just going cold turkey in your situation as if she does then adjust to one arm out, you’re likely to go through it all again when you take the other arm out? Maybe best just to rip the bandaid off.
Could you maybe introduce a lovey if she likes to have some fabric to soothe her and then remove it from the sleep space once she’s asleep?
Sorry if that’s not much help

It took us around two weeks to transition out, I think mainly because he still had his startle reflex.
But my boy has been a terrible sleeper since he was 4 months, so could’ve been a number of reasons 🤪

I just took it off about a week ago and he slept no different so I've kept it off. I didn't do no transitioning. Though I did tuck him in with his blanket so his startle reflex didn't wake him up

HANDS DOWN ZIPADEE ZIP. My girl was a fantastic sleeper but didn’t transition well. So, zipadee zip worked instantly. It’s the only hands in transition swaddle on the market. My baby still sleeps in it (20m old in the largest size) for bedtime but naps at daycare with a blanket https://www.sleepingbaby.com/products/eversoft-bamboo-zipadee-zip-swaddle-transition-all-colors1?nbt=nb%3Aadwords%3Ax%3A21998634367%3A%3A&nb_adtype=&nb_kwd=&nb_ti=&nb_mi=&nb_pc=&nb_pi=&nb_ppi=&nb_placement=&nb_li_ms=&nb_lp_ms=&nb_fii=&nb_ap=&nb_mt=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADjX6eZkUjcCBgYi3EbVf4hpTWHSz

I’m the same, just went straight into a sleep bag but when she’s down I put her arms up

Our 4 month old was in the love to dream up until about a week ago. She learned to roll from her back to tummy and almost instantly started doing it at night. So we knew we couldn’t keep swaddling. We transitioned her to a sleeping bag instead and so far she does pretty well. Still has a few “false starts”, but she will sleep for 4-5 hours once she’s down. Just another option.
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