Love to dream sleeping bag to soothe 6mo old

[Eeoanna]

Hi,

My 6month old continues to wake up every 2-3 hours at night looking for food or cuddles. Also, until a couple of days ago he would only sleep in his nest, I believe he prefers snuggly environments but I also want to adhere to safe sleep guidelines.. Would the Love to dream transition sleeping bag help? On their website they claim that the bag can increase sleep stretches form 3 to 7 hours.. but I wonder if that only applies to babies that were previously swaddled..

Any experience on the matter would be v helpful!

Why not cosleep so he feels comforted that way. I’d be sceptical of claims sleeping bag can make them sleep longer.

Is it the one that has the option of the arms done up to swaddle or undone as a regular sleeping bag? You can’t use a swaddle on a 6MO, it would be incredibly dangerous because at that age they can roll over so there’s a very real risk of them getting stuck face down. And then if it’s just to use a regular sleeping bag then fine, that would be safe, but then there’s no point in specifically getting the love to dream. Really I think it’s a product designed for ~3 month olds who are moving away from swaddling so you can do one arm in, one arm out and/or not have to replace it when it still fits but they’ve started rolling. I’d also take that stat with a huge pinch of salt. If there’s even a grain of truth in it then I suspect it’s referring to how newborns generally sleep better when swaddled. There’s no way a bag will have any influence over the sleep of a 6 month old. I’d either look at cosleeping or sleep training depending on what best fits for your family.

I'm afraid of the long term impact that might have .. several people have warned me about how difficult it is to wean them off it even when they're toddlers.. 😬

The long term impact of making them feel loved and secure? As PP said you can’t use any sort of swaddle. Just use a normal sleeping bag. Those nests are not advised for unsupervised sleep.

Are you referring to cosleeping? Fair enough if it’s not for you. Alternatively you could look into sleep training. They’re the only things that are going to make any significant, immediate difference. There’s no such thing as a magic sleeping bag. Don’t waste your money! Also, you shouldn’t be using a nest for overnight/unsupervised sleep either.

Thank you for that 🙏🏼 You're right, it's a bit silly to expect a sleeping bag to magically solve his sleep issues but I'm at my wits end..
And I have indeed been worried about letting him sleep in the nest. At first we'd take turns with my husband to supervise him but then it was just not sustainable... I'll just wait for him to get used to the crib, he will have to eventually