How to help a 3 month old sleep without swaddling her?

My daughter is 3 months and if I dont wrap her up tightly when she sleeps she kicks her legs and waves her arms around like crazy and wont sleep. Just curious when do they gain more control of their limbs? Is there another way I can get her to sleep without swaddling, I dont like doing it when the weather is warm but she wont sleep if i dont do it. Is it normal and should I just keep doing it until she stops kicking around and gains a bit more control?

My daughter retained her startle reflex until she was 6 months old, and we struggled with the sleeping a lot. She learned to roll when she was just 9 weeks, so we had to stop swaddling for safety reasons. I finally heard about a sleep sack called the Peke Moe. It’s basically like a pillow case that zips at the bottom and has a head hole at the top. Lots of people said it helped their babies transition out of swaddling. We tried it, and my daughter loved it! It’s really not tight at all, so it’s not much like swaddling. But their hands are covered with loose fabric, and my daughter seems to find it reassuring to grab on to the cloth. She’s 8 months old now and still loves it. I was really worried that she’d have a hard time transitioning to napping at day care last month, but we just brought her Peke Moe and she settled right down.

The Peke Moe is made by some women in New Zealand. It’s a bit on the expensive side, but the price includes international shipping, and we received it promptly. I’m not sure it would have helped when my baby still had a strong startle reflex, but it worked really well when she was about 6 months old.

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