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Tonight will night 5 for swaddle weaning my little one. She rolled at 15 weeks, good thing we planned to start that night anyway. I just ordered the zipadee since they can wear that when rolling and hoping it will help. She is all congested too, so I have been lucky to get 2 hour stretches lately. She only wants to eat once over night too. Other times she has no interest.

Your LO might be the swaddle and 4 month regression all at once. I think 4 months is fine to CIO, personally. My pedi feels the same. I think I have read 4-6 months is the best time to sleep train if you are going to do it. I am hoping to avoid it with this LO. But we did right before 4m with LO1.

@rolypoly: I kinda think this is just normal at that age (rolling over and needing to lose swaddle) and he'll get used to it. I remember sleep disruptions for losing swaddle, rolling, sitting, standing, etc. They just need to get used to the new sensation (what are my hands doing here? Why am I on my belly?) and then for us it was back to good sleep as normal.
It sounds silly but for my son I realized he liked his hands to be covered because he liked to rub his face and feel material. So we put socks on his hands and eventually one hand for a long time. Till like 8/9 months I guess? It eventually became a sleep cue for him. The sock would go on his hand and his eyes would get heavy.

I would try as hard as I could to not nurse/introduce new sleep crutches unless it's something you're willing to let stick (such as a pacifier). I know that's so hard to do because you just want to go the F back to sleep! But I see it as short term misery for long term benefits.

Also in the 4 months is ok for CIO camp! So is my ped. We did it at about 4.5 months.

I never did this and maybe I'm totally wrong - but since tummy sleeping is ok once they can roll can you put them down on their tummy? I know if they roll on their tummy they can stay there but can you place them in the crib that way? I would think that flailing arms and waking from rolling to tummy and all of that wouldn't be as disruptive/an issue if they start on their tummy. I never did this so it's more of a question than a suggestion.

And that's AMAZING that he started STTN like that so early. That sounds like a heavenly dream!