One arm out?

Question

Okay my daughter can easily roll over now, in her transition sleep sack (arms next to her head) she sleeps 10 hours straight. In her arms out wearable blanket she’s getting up every 1-2 hours. She still fully has her startle reflex. Last night I took her out of her wearable blanket to feed her and when I put her back into it I accidentally didn’t put her arm in properly and I trapped her arm in the sack by her side (it was 3 am give me a break) and she slept 4 straight hours like that until her usual wake up time. Is this sleep safe?

Answer

We used the Love to Dream swaddles that have the ability to zip the arms off one at a time during transition. My son started rolling at 3 months, so at that time we only took one arm out and left the other one still swaddled/zipped until around 4/5 months. It definitely helped with the transition and he could still roll if he really wanted to, but it controlled his startle reflex. It’s technically not recommended after they’re rolling, but it’s what worked for us. Plus, our son started his 4-month sleep regression early so we didn’t want to take him completely out of his swaddle during that time. Around 5 months we tried the Zipadee Zip for a couple of weeks, then went to the Woolino sleep sack after he had outgrown the startle reflex.

Answer

The one arm out never really worked for my son either. Unfortunately now with the rolling you def don’t want to fully swaddle. He would startle so bad every 40 minutes or so. So hard watching him try and sleep! We tried the zipadee zip, which I liked. I also tried the magic Merlin that so many swear by but my little guy was too strong for it. It was a struggle until he started sleeping on his belly around 5 months.

Answer

My boy used to do that. He would wiggle his one arm into the wearable blanket. Apparently it was just more comfy 🤷🏻‍♀️

One arm out?

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