Swaddling

My little one never liked his hands being restricted but I’d try just not having her hands restricted, if you need to just hold her arms gently while she falls asleep.. this way you can start transitioning her before you need to stop swaddling

Had a similar situation that hit during sleep regression. We did the Merlin magic suit to help with the swaddle to arms out transition and it helped. We only used it for about two weeks and now we’re using halo transition sleep sack.

We used the Halo Sleep Sack that lets you wrap around their tummy to provide more compression. Helped to transition my son who hated being swaddled but kept waking up. Now he sleeps a lot nicer!

Thank you all for the input! Is the halo transition sleep sack weighted?

Not weighted, as those are generally considered unsafe

Okay that's what I thought too. What makes the halo one a transition sack and not just a regular sleep sack?

We use the love to Dream sleep sacks. They have the option to have 1,2 or no arms free and keep the hands close to the face when both are closed so baby can still rub their face with hands… my little (just 5 months) isn’t rolling yet either but we have transitioned to both arms free over the course of the last few weeks so when he does roll it’s a bit easier for everyone. The first few nights arms free were rough but it only took about a week and now he’s good to go!

We moved out of a swaddle when this started happening. We tried a transition one but he hated it. So after a few nights, we just did the halo sleep sack and he was much happier.

My 5 month old has an arm that constantly tries to escape as we’re still swaddling at night. We’ve been using the love to dream with both arms still in for naps and he’s been doing really well with that. We also use the compression from the happiest baby swaddle to wrap his chest still for naps since we use the snoo.

I’d try not swaddling and see how that goes. She’ll be rolling soon anyways so you’ll have to do it eventually. My first baby was swaddled and we did one arm out at a time, but this time my baby was always trying to break out so we never swaddled her. But she has been self-soothing with her hands recently, so maybe yours is trying to do the same thing too. It’ll take time to adjust but it’s inevitable

Do you suggest letting both arms out tonight or just doing one at a time?

Also, do you think this is part of the sleep regression since she's waking up every 1-2 hours with this or is this a separate thing?

Eventually she’ll sleep well without being swaddled you just have to get through this phase. My baby did the same lol i bought all the other recommended transition products and it was a waste! Just let both her arms out cold turkey! You’ll have to eventually stop using those products anyhow.

Still swaddling and she breaks out of it every night