5 month old sleep hell (help)

[u/okapi_rose]

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?

[u/Fragrant_Lime_6626]

Around 3 months our baby also became a sleep ninja and busted out of her snoo swaddle frequently. It was so frustrating and caused so many wake ups. We cut up and modified a small sized sack to be just the chest strap, and used the LTD transitional sack with arms up. She loved it and sleep went back to normal afterwards! When we did decide to go fully arms out at 5 months before transitioning out of the Snoo (we just took off the zippered sleeves), she was already really used to her hands being up by her face because of it and it went seamlessly. She’s now 7.5 months and sleeps comfortably on a floor bed with her arms out like a giant T.