ergoPouch Butterfly Cardi

ergoPouch Butterfly Cardi

Tailored for Every Sleeping Preference

For babies who prefer having their arms free, the Butterfly Cardi is the ideal solution. This unique design allows your baby to sleep with their hands up near their face, offering comfort and security. It's also a fantastic aid for transitioning your baby from a swaddle to arms-free sleeping, ensuring a seamless changes.

Hands-Up Sleep Comfort

If your baby sleeps best with their hands near their face, the Butterfly Cardi is perfect. Use it over the Cocoon Swaddle Bag with the arms-out option, and tuck your baby's hands into the butterfly wing pockets, keeping them close to their face from birth with the 0-3 month size. This setup provides three sleep options: arms-in, arms-out, and hands-up, accommodating your baby's changing sleep preferences.

Gentle Transition from Swaddling

When your baby begins to roll, transitioning to arms-out sleeping becomes necessary for their safety. The Butterfly Cardi, designed to be worn over your baby's swaddle or sleeping bag, facilitates this transition with minimal sleep disruption. Its light 0.2 TOG rating makes it compatible with any sleeping bag and suitable for any room temperature.

Easy Adjustment to Arms-Free Sleep

The Butterfly Cardi features arm pockets that mimic the comforting feel of swaddling. Gradually free one arm at a time from the swaddle and place it in the pocket over a period of ten days. This helps your baby adapt to the new sensation of sleeping with their arms out. The pockets also allow for self-soothing. For babies with a strong startle reflex, adjustable press studs ensure a snug fit around the torso.

Ensuring Safe and Comfortable Sleep

The Butterfly Cardi’s super-stretch fabric guarantees your baby’s comfort, allowing for full chest expansion during breathing. Its design supports natural sleeping positions that promote healthy hip joint development.

Made from Premium Organic Materials

Crafted from GOTS certified organic jersey cotton, the Butterfly Cardi ensures breathability, helping your baby maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the night. The organic fabric is gentle on sensitive skin, making it suitable for babies with eczema or dry skin. Plus, all ergoPouch fabrics are dyed with non-toxic, water-based dyes, ensuring a safe sleep environment.

Choose the Butterfly Cardi for a versatile, comfortable, and safe sleep solution for your baby, supporting them through every stage of their sleep journey.

How To Use

For hands-up sleeping
1. Dress your baby in a Cocoon Swaddle Bag with the arm studs open, or appropriately sized arms-out sleeping bag.
2. Lay your baby on top of the Butterfly Cardi, and contain their hands in the foldover arm pockets.
3. Do up the studs according to the strength of their startle reflex (tighter, if strong reflex. Looser, if weak reflex).
4. Their hands should be up near their face when lying on their back.
5. To transition to arms-out sleeping once showing signs of rolling, release arms fully from the foldover pockets (see below).

Always put baby down to sleep on their back, in a safe-sleep environment.

For transitioning out of a swaddle
We recommend transitioning over a 10 day period. This should commence when your baby first shows signs of wanting to roll (not after they start rolling) for their safety.

DAY 1 - 3
Dress your baby in the Butterfly Cardi over their sleeping bag or Cocoon Swaddle Bag with their arms contained within the fold-over arm pockets for all their sleeps (day & night).

Use the press studs to adjust the firmness of the Cardi around the torso. If your baby has a strong startle reflex, start with a tight fit. If your baby has a low startle reflex, you can start with the looser fit.

DAY 4 - 7
After your little one is familiar with their new sleepwear addition, you can now take one arm out of the fold-over pocket for all their sleeps.

DAY 8 - 10
In this next stage, you can take their remaining arm out of the other pocket for all their sleeps. On the final day, remove the Cardi altogether. Your baby is now sleeping, arms-out. Hooray!

For a visual guide on how this all comes together check out our How to Use the Butterfly Cardi Video

Materials & Care

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