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Can you wait a little longer until his moro reflex dies down? My baby is 2 months old, and she also hates being swaddled... but I make her sleep swaddled at night b/c she sleeps better. At this age I feel like whatever allows them to sleep for the longest period of time is the best solution.

We swaddled until 4+ months. It worked for us. We let her kinda break the habit and then we switched to a heavy sleep sack (kinda like the miracle suit).

If his Moro reflex is super strong I would probably keep swaddling. Each baby is so different. I was stressed about weaning LO from swaddling but we gave it a shot between 2-3 months and even though she took a little longer to fall asleep at first she was able to fall asleep...I just had to give her some time to get used to it. Maybe try for a nap or two and if he can't fall asleep without it then keep swaddling (maybe an extra tight one like the miracle blanket) and then try again in a week or two.

Agree with the advice to wait! We went until almost six months, at which point he was much more ready to ditch it. Search the blog; a couple of my first posts were on this.