DD is 7 months, 1 week.
she has been swaddled since forever. but lately she is really squirming out of it.
she's also been sleeping seated - first RNP, then swing, and now in car seat which we put in her crib.
she has never, ever slept flat.
since she's started squirming from the swaddle, i thought she wanted to stop being swaddled.
we've tried unswaddling before - one arm out for first nap of the day, and it's been a fail each time.
i've been obsessing over the fact that she's getting old and really needs to figure out how to sleep flat and unwrapped
so for the last few days i've been trying to cold-turkey her first nap - no swaddle, no car seat - just down in her crib
oh my. it's been absolutely awful. she hasn't slept at all
and then, perhaps b/c she missed the first nap of the day, the rest of the day has been awful too - teeny, tiny naps even though she is swaddled and back in her beloved seat
so...question is, should i back off? or should i push forward and just get her out of the seat / swaddle regardless of how painful it seems?
any advice from anyone who's BTDT would be most appreciated
thx