What does unswaddled sleep look like for your babies that are too young for sleep training
We are dropping the swaddle today for our 11 week old and I’m a bag of nerves for what our nights are going to look like until we officially sleep train and move him to his own room at 5 months. We got great sleep with our Kyte swaddle sack and so far naps today have been non-existent (33 minutes for first one, 27 minutes for second). He’s a super active and reflexy sleeper so he jolts himself to sleep almost immediately and is just generally pissed at that point.
Additionally him taking a pacifier is truly hit or miss and he’ll spit it out once he falls asleep so that isn’t going to give us a safety net for soothing.
What did unswaddled sleep look like for your little ones when they were still too young for sleep training? Are the next 2.5 months of my life going to look like hell?!
ETA: thank you everyone for all the advice so far. I was going to try without the swaddle wrap for nap times only and give myself some time on overnights but it looks like many people have done well dropping it entirely and going cold turkey around this age. Think I will try that out tonight and just have the hugest pot of coffee ready and waiting for me tomorrow morning 😵💫
ETA2: I chickened out tonight after a day of 30 minute naps and I’m still swaddling. Let’s hope I’m braver tomorrow…