Sleep advice please!

My baby is 11 weeks old and since about week 5/6 we have been swaddling her because her arms and hands disturb her sleep so much. I’m sure part of it is startle reflex but I think mostly it’s that she seems to find comfort in sucking her hands which knocks her dummy out and generally wakes herself up by rubbing her face/mouth. She’s so busy with her arms that she breaks out of the swaddle often (we either use a muslin cloth or the momcozy swaddle wrap)

Will she grow out of this herself or does she need to get used to it? I was thinking maybe we don’t swaddle her for a few nights even though she’ll wake up more to see if it helps get her used to it and then hopefully we can ditch the swaddle before she starts rolling?

Any advice really appreciated!!

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I just realised I’ve been using the Milton tablets wrong after seeing another post 🤣 I’ve been soaking the mam bottles and parts in soapy water before a wash and rinsing then soaking it in the Milton water solution. I’d then rinse once more then put them in the microwave to sterilise. Hadn’t realised the tablet is a steriliser all these months 🤣 My LO is 8 months now 🤣

Signed a clearly exhausted, lost a few brain cells mum 🤣🤣

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