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(1) Do/did you use it for just night sleep, or all naps as well?
night sleep AND naps

(2) When did you transition out of it? Why? And to what?
About a month after we started using it because she was rolling over in it, which isn't safe. We transitioned to a regular sleep sack and it required sleep training. She had been STTN a lot in the merlin, so that sucked.

@snowjewelz: That's still a win! E was about 5.5 months old when we started it with her. I think her issue was her startle reflex and it calmed it just enough that she could go down easy and stay asleep

@snowjewelz:

1) used it for naps and night sleep

2) transitioned out maybe two weeks after we started using it because she learned to roll in it. Now use a zipadee.

Her sleep was never great in the Merlin but I think it was an important transitional tool. She reached a point where she could not be swaddled ( fighting it, constant wake ups and almost rolling swaddled) we tried her in the zipadee but it was too much freedom. After two weeks in the Merlin the zipadee suddenly worked really well. I think it helped her get used to not being swaddled where else the zipadee was just too loose to do that.

Timeline:

4 months -5. Months : fighting swaddle dreadful sleep
5 months - 5.5 : Merlin, vast improvement still not great
5.5 - 6 months: zipadee, sleep is so much better
6 months on: still in zipadee, regular sleep sack is still too much freedom. I like that with the zipadee there's no end date for when I'll have to transition her out.

(1) Do/did you use it for just night sleep, or all naps as well?
Night sleep only. He didn't need it for naps - plus I didn't want to buy a second one for daycare/MDO.

(2) When did you transition out of it? Why? And to what? We transitioned at about 6.5 months. He rolled over in the suit. He is now in a sleep sack. He didn't miss a beat since he had finally figured out tummy sleeping.

I have a post somewhere on here about my attempt at weaning earlier (I think 5 months) and the disaster that ensued. I'm of the mind set that there is no sense in ditching it until the baby shows you it's time. When he was ready, it was easy. When he wasn't ... well, it was a mess.

@snowjewelz: She was rolling at 3.5 months rarely and by 6 months old, could roll all over the place--but in the Merlin she couldn't roll till she was almost 8 months old, which is when we transitioned her. She was still in the Small at that point, but the legs were like Capris--but I think the thickness kept her from being able to roll in it for a long time.

@snowjewelz:

There was one night before the Merlin arrived when she wouldn't sleep at all, swaddled or un swaddled. I ended up letting her cio for a bit over an hour in the motn. She was in a sleep sack that night. Once she settled she slept for three hours the longest she ever had.

The Merlin arrived the next day and her sleep became bareable so I didn't end up sleep training.

I'm lucky enough to have a year mat leave so I don't mind a few night wakings. My breaking point was when she wasn't sleeping at all. Which luckily the Merlin fixed.

@snowjewelz: He may or may not predominately nap in my mom's arms / daycare's arms.... (hangs head in shame)