Startle Reflex
My 20 week old still has a bad startle/moro reflex. He has to be unswaddled at day care for naps, and he’s been in day care for 7 weeks now. I thought this would help him get used to being hands free, but we’re lucky if he takes maybe 30-45 minute naps before he startles himself awake and can’t self-soothe back to sleep. We’ve been trying for weeks to slowly progress from the swaddle at night but we literally get no sleep. He’s not fully rolling yet but is starting to roll over on his sides, so we know it’s time to cut out swaddling. Any tips on helping the reflex??
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@Ally thank you! we’re hoping when he starts rolling maybe he becomes a stomach sleeper and it helps settle the reflex down. just seems impossible right now that once he startles himself awake we can’t get him to settle back down
Magic Merlin suit really helps with this
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It can last 6 months ish and should just go on it's own. We never swaddled but it took aaaaages before our little one stopped startling in the cot in the day despite not doing it at night. If it goes much beyond 6 months you can get him checked in case there are any issues