Unswaddling - advice needed
Hi my little one will be 12 weeks on Friday and has been swaddled arms down from birth.. I want to start the transition of unswaddling so starting with an arms up love to dream. Last night was the worst night we have had in weeks. Does anyone have any advice??
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She just smacks herself in the face and her startle reflex is still quite strong so she’s wakes herself up. I will try 1 arm x
It won’t happen overnight unfortunately, you just have to keep going and have a few bad nights before they get used to it. My boy is 9 weeks and has a very strong startle reflex still but I’m able to put him in a sleep bag now, he was in a love to dream swaddle before x
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When I unswaddled my daughter I did it one arm at a time, let her adjust to having one arm free then did the other. It was 8 years ago so my memory isn't great but I don't remember having too many issues, just made sure to give lots of reassurance as soon as she started fussing