Transition from swaddle to grobag

[MummyKP]

My lo is 4 & 1/2 weeks old & when 10 days old, we tried swaddling her in in a swaddle me, & since then she's been fantastic, she sleeps great & was waking at 3 & 6 for feeds after her bedtime feed at 10. The past week she's started going 10-5 & then 5:30-9 which is brilliant. My only issue now is getting her out of her swaddle & into a grobag. Last night I tried her with one arm in the swaddle & the other out. She was down & asleep by 10:30, but at 1:15 we woke other screaming crying, which she's never done!! She wakes usually by grunting & does so for about 20-30 minutes before she's hungry and I wake straight away to her grunts. I'm not sure if she woke because she jumped and her arm that was loose scared her or not? Anyone got any ideas or tips of how to get her out of the swaddle? I was going to try her one arm out over a few nights, then the other one, then it's not too much of a shock when she goes into her grobag, but I'm worried this is what caused her to cry in the night (it wasn't just a cry, she screamed and was properly upset and only calmed by going on the boob which we rarely have to do!) any tips of advice would be appreciated!

 

[Taurus8484]

Any reason why you are going to stop swaddling??? They still have startle reflex at that age.

I didn't stop until around 4 months when they showed signs during the day of rolling and then just went cold turkey into bags. Rough couple of nights but fine after that.

 

[Willow01]

I would keep swaddling going for now too until signs of turning on side appear, don't give up what works hun

 

[sil]

Agreed 4 weeks is too young to stop swaddling if baby enjoys it. You don't need to stop until they begin to roll over and by then the startle reflex is gone so it should t be as hard. Do whatever gets the best sleep at this age!

I weaned ds1 from the swaddle at 6 months and ds2 at 3 and a half months when he seemed more upset being in it than out.

 

[Calitwins]

We made the transition at 3 months when our boys' startle reflex eased up. We did one arm out to begin with. The Zip a Dee Zip transitional swaddle worked wonders for them. These are all of the details of what we did, and what worked. I hope it helps. Good luck, mama! https://www.theydontfeedthemselves.com/transitioning-twins-out-of-swaddles/

 

[MummyKP]

I know it's early but I'd rather get out of the habit now if we can. The past two nights she has gone into a newborn baby sleeping bag with arms, so it is quite padded, and she's done quite well considering so we are going to carry on with this for now. Thank you Calitwins for your blog, was helpful to read. Gorgeous twins!