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My child basically doesn't nap so I can't comment on that. We swaddle weaned for nighttime to the Magic Merlin suit and it worked well. I was going to try the one arm out at a time thing but he's a maniac and was rolling onto his face and screaming so it didn't work out well.

At daycare he naps in a sleep sack but he will only nap for 30-45 minutes... I think he hits himself in the face too, and he usually has scratches. ugh. Hang in there mama!

Do you always rock to sleep? What I did was when it was close to LOs nap time, I would set her in her crib without swaddle and leave her to see what she would do. I would let her fuss for about 10 mins before I would decide to swaddle. One day she put herself to sleep which is what made me think she could do it with some encouragement.

No advice just commiseration. My LO never goes down for the night. I put him down "at bedtime" and he's up ever 40 minutes- an hour all night. I feel like I'm dying.

I would just rip off the band aid and sleep train now plus ditch the swaddle. Otherwise you have a difficult transition now, then another difficult transition right after. You'll feel like you're never getting anywhere.

@Littlebit: how's it been going? Desperate to hear as we are in a similar situation. I really feel like death. Hope you've seen improvement and can advise!

I used the miracle blanket and it worked really well until about the time we started sleep training around 5.5 - 6 months. I knew it was time when my youngest started breaking out of the miracle blanket. So then I started out using the Halo sleep sack inside and continued to use the miracle blanket around the Halo sleep sack and continued to swaddle his arms in. I left his legs out of the pocket below. It helped transition him to a sleep sack. I remember I still had to rock him to sleep when he broke out. I don't remember how long I did that for but sleep training ultimately did the trick. I don't know if that was helpful, but that's what I did with my youngest. With my oldest, I went cold turkey to sleep training and 2.5 weeks later he was finally sleep trained. It was a tough road with him. Good luck and I hope you find something to help him sleep.