To Swaddle or not to swaddle?

My first child HATED being swaddled she much preferred her arms out so preferred sleeping bags, my second child LOVED being swaddled and I had a real hard time transitioning into a sleeping bag😂😂🤦🏼‍♀️ so I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer, just depends if your baby likes it lol. Just like all parenting, just one big guessing game!!

We weren't planning to swaddle, but our baby wouldn't sleep without it initially. At the beginning we spent weeks really struggling with sleep deprivation as he was waking up immediately when transferred to the crib and would only sleep while held (and we couldn't co-sleep safely as he was born small), I then spoke to a friend who advised me to try swaddling and things got sooooo much better. It was difficult to remove the swaddle at 3-4 months though, but we couldn't help it 😅

We didn't swaddle but that was just because she was born at the beginning of 4 months of heat waves. She didn't want anything on her which then made the transition to cooler weather a bit tricky but she got used to a sleep sack pretty quick. I think if we had another we wouldn't plan on swaddling as then you don't have to deal with transitioning them out of it when they start rolling etc... obviously if they're struggling to sleep though it is always worth giving it a go.

I planned to swaddle both mine but neither would settle so we used the sleeping bags with their arms out 😀

My little boy would only ever sleep with his hands above his head as a new born. I’d say swaddle if you can but it’s very much up to baby if they like it or not.

Love to dream swaddles are amazing my boy loves them x