I decided to drop the swaddle and try out the sleepy sack for our 3.5 month old tonight. She has been fighting the confinement of the swaddle more and more in recent days, and I think she might be telling us that she is just done being swaddled. ...Or this experiment could be a disaster. We'll know by tomorrow morning one way or the other!
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Good Luck!
I think it's normal for things to be a little rocky in the beginning as LO gets adjusted. Our transition from swaddle to sleepsack wasn't too bad. Hopefully, you'll have a smooth transition as well!!
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good luck!
olive slept through the night (11 hours?) the first night in her sleep sack! alas it didn't last, but it was still glorious.
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Good luck! Wishing you lots of rest tonight!
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Good luck!
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So far so good! 2 hours in, and she is happily asleep. I thought she would wake herself up with her flapping arms about 30 mins in like she usually does during naps, but she has surprised me. Watching her on the video monitor she seems very content in her adorable ladybug sleep sack
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@skibobrown: awesome!!!
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You are about 2 weeks ahead of us, LO is also fighting the swaddle lately, and we've been slowly introducing the sleep sack for naps. I'm still nervous about introducing at night.
Subscribing, please keep us posted on your progress! =)Good luck!
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Just wanted to report back in. Baby slept great in her sleep sack last night. It wasn't remarkably different from her normal swaddled nights, but I'm pretty sure she did less whining during the night, and I didn't have to listen to her strain and push against the swaddle all night long. More importantly, her flapping arms did not wake her up, and she seemed to be quite happy with her increased mobility. I guess the sleepy sack might be here to stay!
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Yay! I'm about to do the same with my 3.5 month old soon too. Might try it this weekend to see how he fairs just in case he wakes up a lot. At least I'll have my husband to help out during the day time in case I'm exhausted!
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@skibobrown: yay!!
I want to do this but DS will not sleep unswaddled.
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@skibobrown: Yay! I've never heard of a sleep sack before. haha
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@Coco Bee: No point in rushing the process. We only decided to try to make the switch b/c DD was clearly becoming increasingly unhappy with being swaddled. She has never liked being confined, and she was expressing that sentiment loud and clear.
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glad the sleep sack worked for you! My baby doesn't love being swaddled (and HATES if her arms are swaddled), but she started sleeping better once we switched to sleep sacks.
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That is great!!! We transitioned with the Magic Sleepsuit a few weeks ago and I was terrified that he wouldn't be able to sleep swaddled but his first night was similar to your LO's! We still swaddle for naps though... :S
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