LO has been in the Merlin suit (previously swaddled) for about 6 - 7 weeks. He doesn't know how to roll from front to back, so that's not an issue yet. Just wondering how to tell when it's time to transition him to a sleep sack, and what kind of sack?
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Don't know how helpful this is because my son HATED being swaddled and we basically did it out of force for a few weeks. We went from a brief stint in SwaddleMes to the Halo swaddle sack at 2 months (where we basically started with 1 arm out swaddling), and then used it in the arms out configuration until 4 months when we switched to the regular Halo sacks. But DS is really long so you may end up being able to use the swaddle sack for a lot longer than we did. We like it because he can freely roll over back and forth and thrash around (he's active).
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The zippidee works great for us, we skipped the merlin because she was rolling.
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My son is six months old, rolls over like crazy and is still in the merlin's magic sleepsuit. It works well for us! I don't think you have to transition to a sack at a certain point - it's just a matter of you and your baby's preference!
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When she rolled over in it at 6 months, it went bye bye. We moved to a plain sleep sack and sleep trained
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The Zipadeezip was a lifesaver for us!
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I switched to the zipadee when I could tell she was trying to roll. If your lo is not sleeping well in the Merlin it may be because they want more freedom.
Zipadee worked well for about 4 weeks and we've actually just gone to a sleep sack (A&A brand) and she's sleeping better than she ever has.
She's now a tummy sleeper who likes to stretch and move around lots. Which is why swaddling, the Merlin, and the zipadee all stopped helping her sleep.
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We transitioned straight to a sleep sack once he could roll from back to front. That entire span of time is a haze due to lack of sleep but I don't recall it being too torturous of a transition.
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When she started rolling back to tummy I went ahead and switched her to a sleep sack, cold turkey. We didn't have any issues (I mean, she's a horrible sleeper but the switch didn't make it any worse!)
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We switched to a regular sleep sack, with pjs underneath around 7 months.
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I stopped swaddling around 5 weeks (he hated it), tried the magic sleep suit for a few weeks (it helped but not a whole lot, he has MSPI/reflux so nothing was very helpful), and finally now that he's rolling (12 weeks tomorrow) he's in a sleep sack and I'm letting him sleep on his tummy. I know that's not recommended, but he has good head control, does mini push-ups, and is a million times more comfortable/better sleeping that way. I swaddle weaned both LO1 and 2 cold turkey, but neither of them loved it and it was pretty painless. Good luck!
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When it seemed like be really wanted to move around/roll but he couldn't in the Merlin, that's when I tried to get rid of it. I started just with naps and when I realized he slept the same, maybe better, I put him in a sleep sack at night. We didn't skip a beat, it was a very easy transition.
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