Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Product Review: SwaddleMe Wraps
Swaddle, swaddle, swaddle. That's all anyone brought up when we brought Baby Platypus home.
"Why isn't she wrapped?"
Why don't you have yourself a nice cup of shut da hell up?
"She has to be wrapped all the time."
"She'll keep getting startled if you don't."
"Her heart stops when she gets startled."
"Why are you wrapping her just at night?"We would wrap her in receiving blankets but then she'd whine the whole time she's in it and then whines trying to break free so we would only wrap her at night when she's unconscious. By the time I get my lil William Wallace in the morning she'd already be broken free. "FREEDOM!" One thing I do agree on is that she does get startled a lot and wakes herself up and because she keeps doing that she can't get good sleep. So I recently remembered that I bought these while I was pregnant and I started using them last week and guess what? I love them. I love them so much I want to make out with them. Yes I want to French my daughter's blankets. She doesn't try to break free because her arms are TOTALLY pinned down and she sleeps longer and more peacefully. And yes we do wrap her mostly in the evenings but I use it a couple times during the day as well.
Do you swaddle your baby? If so, what do you use?
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We swaddled our son for about 5 months, at which point he gradually worked himself out of them and did not need them anymore. We used the thicker cotton receiving blankets. There was an awesome nurse who took care of us when Jack was born and she showed us to wrap him really tightly with those blankets. She then told us to also tuck a blanket over him, as in, he's swaddled and then we put a blanket on top from his arms down and tuck it under his bassinet mattress. The kid couldn't move and he slept like a dream!
Yes, yay swaddling! We had to swaddle my son for probably 4 or 5 months, 'cause his arms would flail around and wake him up constantly. The poor things have no control over themselves - especially when they're falling asleep. I never quite mastered the SwaddleMe that we had, I found it easy to use receiving blankets to keep his little arms pinned down. It sounds so cruel, but it's a true life saver, plus...as you said, they sleep longer and more peacefully when their arms aren't flying around smacking themselves in the face! Haha. I think my SwaddleMe was defective or something, 'cause it wouldn't stay fascined together, the velcro wasn't sticky enough or something strange. The receiving blankets worked well 'cause you could wrap it around him just enough that it stayed snug and closed.
We have also always swaddled and loved it! We used Kiddopatomus swaddlers and they worked wonderfully up until Jathan was about 7 or 8 months old and he totally outgrew them yet still wanted to be swaddled to sleep at night. I keep hearing about babies that outgrow being swaddled but he hasn't got there yet. Now I fold a twin sheet and swaddle him in it!
My mom always thought it was so mean to swaddle and said that it looked like he was in a straight jacket but he loves it and falls asleep by himself so I don't care if I have to do it til he's five! ha ha.
Both my kids disliked being swaddled. They would work themselves out of it, even in the hospital. They don't like being hot either, so they'd start screaming and I'd have to take all blankets off of them. If we have another baby, I'll try it again. Maybe that kid will be the swaddler! (Is that the right term?)
Tried one, didn't liked it, when back to a nice big sheet of muslin.
All of my kids liked swaddling, this was just too hot for Aussie summer and not as quick as I could be with a sheet.
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The William Wallace thing cracked me up! My daughter was the same way when she was that age- no matter how tightly we wrapped her, she'd wiggle and fidget until she freed herself. And if you even *thought* of wrapping her arms? All hell would break loose. You'd think we had cut them off with how mad she'd get. hehe Ahh, the memories.
We used to use receiving blankets at first and then found the swaddlers like you have. Both worked really well. I loaned them to my friend and her little one outgrew them in a month (a chunky little wee one) so we'll be getting them back for the next round of 'baby'...
Thanks for the add! Look forward to getting to know you!
We used the fleece swaddlemes, and that is the only we we got our goomba to sleep at night! I was in love with them as well! This was around 2 months that we started using them. Now, a month later we have just weaned her from them! So soon? Yep - I read that they become a habit after 3 months and can be horrible to break when you're trying to pin down a 10 month old who still has to be swaddled to sleep lol. We transitioned her from her swaddleme to a sleep sack and for the first few days she woke up 2 or 3 times a night vs. her once a night feeding, but now she is happily sleeping through the night (except for that pesky 3 am feeding lol). In short, swaddling rocks!
awww, such a cute picture! looks like my daughter when we swaddled her. =) we also used swaddleme wraps. she started to struggle out of them after 4 months so we stopped using them.