Swaddles and sleep sacks when to start when to stop???

Question

I have this Velcro wrap swaddles that I use. Most the time my one month old has his arms out anyways and is out growing them already because of how long he is. Online it says to stop swaddling at 3 months? I was gonna buy more. I was thinking about switching to sleep sacks then but I read somewhere else to stop using them early too. 
What are we suppose to do for safe sleep as they get older? I would think he would be to young for a blanket at 3 months. So do we go from swaddles to sleep sacks? And if so, for how long? I'm confused.

Answer

Based off safe sleep, swaddling of arms should stop at 8 weeks old or signs of rolling over. Whichever comes first.

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No more swaddling after they can roll over.  After swaddling I used a sleep sack with a little weight in it until my son was about 6 months.  It allowed his arms to be out, to roll safely, and he couldn’t get out of it because it zipped.   Once he started wanting to move around a lot in his sleep and change positions often, we stopped using it because I figured having his legs available to him would probably be most comfortable.

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Once they can roll over, you shouldn’t swaddle anymore. If he’s getting out of it and it ends up being loose fabric anywhere in the crib, ditch them. Sleep sacks are a good next step. Some of them have a tummy wrap type option so baby still has that comforting pressure. Or there are some arms-out swaddles.

Swaddles and sleep sacks when to start when to stop???

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