SWADDLE TO SLEEP SACK 😅

Moms please I need help, I am not sure what to do my baby boy is super active. Advance they say for his little 10 week old self. The cutest I must say! Please be gentle, I am a FTM and I don’t need scary examples, trust ive read it, I just need some options, ideas, tips etc.

How do you transition from a swaddle to sleep sack when your baby becomes way more active? He still has the Moro reflex. No he is not rolling or attempting, he is just pretty strong and when swaddled moves way to close to the bassinet edges for me, he can almost fully hold his head up, and typically kicks his legs up, he sleeps directly next to me.

Also, I read I have to move him to a crib when he moves more but I am like the bassinet is pretty large and it’s mesh — when do babies transition from bassinet to crib, the cribs do large and he’s still pretty small.

I read to start with one arm out when he gets to deep sleep but he just started giving us 4-5 hour stretches that I want to find away to help him get use to sleeping with one arm out and then both.

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I stopped swaddling and I put him down when he’s drowsy. We personally co sleep so it’s easier to kinda slide him on the bed. But with both my boys putting them down while they are drowsy. My son still has the reflex to do sometimes it takes a couple tries and pats on the back to get him down. It’s just a process for them to get use to

Also he’ll be totally fine in a crib. A lot of people just do the crib and not bassinet

Babies can sleep in a crib at any age. Moro reflex doesn’t fully go away until closer to 6 months. He needs to experience it for it to actually go Away. Start the transition during the day if you don’t want to go cold turkey with the swaddles. Some babies do well with the arms up transition swaddle. There’s the halo transition sleep sack. You can also just do one arm at a time. I recommend starting during the day first and then at night.

I cut blanket swaddles a while ago cuz her arms would break free while she’s sleeping and she’ll wake up uncomfortable throughout the night .

I always do bath time/wipe down with warm water with and without soap and some night time balm for her body, the warm water soothes her and makes her very sleepy even when she’s fussing she’s falling asleep in between..

Make sure hes really just fed , maybe bathed/or wiped down (this helps a lot in my opinion ) and warm rub down and when you put on jammies put him in the sleep sack OR I just recently switched to the swaddle with the Velcro that helps a lot too I use both , currently .

She moves towards the top/edges too , she still kinda does with the sleep sack and a solid burrito in place with that Velcro swaddle. I love both

I moved my girl from a swaddle to a sleep sack when she started consistently breaking her arms free from the swaddle. She loves sleeping with her arms up and the Sleep sack works great for her but every baby's going to be different. When I lay her down to sleep I put her so her feet are touching the bottom of the bassinet and every time she wakes up her head is touching the top of the bassinet because she ends up wiggling herself up there. With my oldest I think I moved him to a crib when he was about 4 months old so I might do the same with her I'm not sure yet. I wish you the best of luck on your adventures

I've moved to swaddling torso with arms out it seems to be helping with the transition

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