Cocoon Sleep Set Grey Marle

This little life-saver is for newborn babies who either prefer to sleep with their hands up near their face, or are transitioning out of a swaddle and into a sleeping bag. If using for the latter, the arm pockets help ease the position by slowing transitioning from arms-in swaddle, to arms in a hands-up butterfly position, to arms fully out over 7-10 days.

The Butterfly Cardi is a bolero style jacket designed to be used over any arms-out, sleeveless pouches. It's ideal for babies who wake due to a drop in temperature during the night, and with their
arms feeling a little cool to the touch. The sleeves are 1.0 TOG rated whilst the body is a thinner fabric akin to a 0.2 TOG. This means it will provide some extra warmth, without causing the risk of overheating.

Our swaddles are made from a stretchy fabric to allow for natural arm movement, but a baby won't be able to get their arms all the way up to the sides of their head in an ergoPouch Cocoon Swaddle Bag when in the 'arms-in' position. If your newborn baby prefers to sleep arms-out or hands-up by their face (i.e. not swaddled) – that’s OK! Simply open the arm poppers of the Cocoon Swaddle Bag to let their arms out. You can keep them like this, or dress them in a Butterfly Cardi over the top of their Cocoon Swaddle Bag if they still have a strong startle reflext, but like their hands positioned near their face during sleep. Not matter which you choose to have their arms, the Cocoon Swaddle Bag is still the warmest, safest solution for non-swaddled newborn babies during sleep.

It’s time to start training your baby on how to sleep with their arms out of the Cocoon Swaddle Bag when your baby begins to show signs of rolling from their back onto their front. We recommend releasing only one arm out first, this will give a baby time to become used to this new way of sleeping. Naturally, they will have a few disturbed sleeps however this is normal when transitioning a baby through anything new so try one arm out for a week or two, followed by the other arm.

If your baby isn’t adjusting, try adding ourButterfly Cardi to aid the transition.