3 Month Old Sleeping in Swing - How to Get Him Out

My second daughter was a swing baby and my thoughts were "why mess up a good thing?" As long as she was sleeping well I let her stay in the swing. At 3 months your baby is still too young to develop any "bad habits" I let my baby sleep in the swing until she was too big for it....like around 6 months or so and when I switched her she did fine. Went to her crib no problem. I think because I waited until she was older she was better at sleeping so it was an easy transition.

He is still little and can be swaddled to keep him from fwailing about. My daughter was also a swing baby...then turned into a lawn mower/car baby later on. (if you haven't seen your husband riding a lawn mower IN HIS UNDERWEAR at 3am to quiet a colichy 4 month old you haven't lived...lol)

I say what ever works for him...and yes, he may be stuffy. So I'd put a pillow under the MATRESS NOT UNDER HIS HEAD and try and elevate him and see if he'll sleep like that.

Good luck to you.

Yes, it's really tough to move from swing to crib once the baby has learned to rely on the motion for sleep! We went cold turkey. And it was a tough few days. But then it was over and everything was fine. If your son will tolerate it, swaddling is a great idea, just to keep his arms from flailing.

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He's normal.
He is young.. .they STILL have the "startle reflex". As he gets older, he will grow out of it. They all do.

You would try and put him in a swaddle sleep sack.
But his limbs will still move/startle... but as least he will be in a sleep sack. But at a certain point, he will get too old for that too.

Him grunting and making noises... well all babies do that. If you let him be, he may very well just fall asleep himself. Just see. If he is not crying/screaming... then let him be. He may just need to soothe himself. My son was like that... he was a GRUNTER and made a lot of "noise" before actually falling asleep. But he was fine and not crying/screaming. It was just his way... of falling asleep. I also KNEW his sounds... so I knew if he was fine or not, needing me or not. And sure enough, he would fall asleep on his own, self-soothing, after making his grunts and noises.

Or, under his mattress, put some rolled up blankets to elevate one end of the crib mattress. Don't put it under him because it would be a safety hazard... so put it under the Mattress. Or they have wedges, to elevate a baby's head.

all the best,
Susan