The tiny human burrito is being unswaddled tonight and I'm not emotionally prepared. Please send thoughts and prayers.
Our girl is 12 weeks tomorrow (a whole other milestone I'm not emotionally ready for) and today rolled from her back to side while on her play mat. She just started sleeping long stretches through the night this week so the timing is extra devastating but we knew it was coming soon.
She's a wriggly one with a very strong startle reflex so the velcro swaddle has been our best friend through the newborn trenches. She's already managed to sneak an arm out a few times so instead of making a slow transition of one arm out at a time, we're going cold turkey - both arms out.
We haven't decided if it's best to keep her in her swaddle and wrap the velcro around her chest to keep the feeling and night routine a bit similar for now, or if we should put her in her Woolino that we would eventually get her sleeping in. She has only had a couple naps in the Woolino so it's still fairly new to her. Any tips, strong pros/cons for either option, or general well wishes are welcome!
UPDATE: Well, turns out all that stress was seemingly for nothing. She slept almost exactly the same as before, and possibly even more calmly since she wasn't fighting the swaddle at any point in the night. I woke up a couple times during the night to her doing the odd sleep cry and I would pop her soother in, to prevent her from waking herself up, and that seemed to do the trick. We ended up doing the Halo swaddle with the velcro around her chest because we have two of them so we figured if she spit up on one, then there was a backup. She's almost outgrown them lengthwise so we'll probably switch to the Woolino within a few days.
Thank you for all the input and good luck to those of you about to make the same transition!