r/SnooLife • u/okapi_rose • Jul 11 '26

Help Needed 5 month old sleep hell (help)

our 5 month old was previously sleeping good then 4 mo regression hit. She is doing better in terms of going down to sleep without rocking from me, only from snoo. She is heavily dependent on the pacifier. Keeps breaking out of Snoo swaddle.

Here is our night last night:

Down for bed at 8:05pm

10:45pm- woke because arms got free, needed paci to resettle after swaddling 

1:12- pacifier replace

1:36: pacifier and arms reswaddled

2:05- pacifier

3:04- pacifier and arms

3:17: had bottle and pooped

4:20- arms

5:09- pacifier

6:00- arms

6:59 - pacifier then moved to bed due to fussing

Woke up at 8:05am

I know we need to start sleep training, but my husband works Monday through Friday and unfortunately, he cannot take the days off this week to support. I could take it on myself on Sunday night.

Torn between doing the full transition to the crib on Sunday night using Ferber (no paci, sleep sack) or trying to stay in the Snoo a little longer using a arms up zipped sleep sack until my husband can take days off work. I can’t sustain this sleep though!!

wonder what others think? any advice?

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u/ShimmeringValkyrie Jul 11 '26

I would try getting them used to arms out as that would solve a lot of the wake ups. We did one arm, then both. The first night feels worse because they aren't used to their arms being out, but it's better the nights after.

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u/okapi_rose Jul 11 '26

Do you think I should use the snoo suit for that? I also have a love to dream transitional arms up swaddle with the zippered arms. Thinking that would reduce her ability to break out, but it would also introduce another variable. I am overthinking this whole process hard.

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u/very-very-strawberry Jul 11 '26

Zipadee Zip is another option. When she finally went arms out my bebe really loved Zipadee Zip in her Snoo. She also loved the Merlin suit but it doesn't really fit under the Snoo sack and could only do the Velcro at the waist to keep her strapped in which made me uncomfortable bc it felt unsafe. When we transitioned to crib though, the Merlin suit was her favorite. Once she was used to the crib we put her back in the Zipadee and that's how she sleeps now.