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I voted woombie. My LO was often referred to as swaddle Houdini (by people everywhere! Or, ya know, me) and the woombie was able to contain her haha.

Swaddle strap is da bomb

@Mae: It was the only thing that worked for M. She could easily get out of the halo swaddles and the swaddleme velcro swaddles. It never even came close to her face.

ETA: I also liked that it wasn't a blanket because she ran warm and would often get sweaty in the blankets.

I loved our woombies so much. LOVE THEM.

I weaned from the swaddle when she started fighting it because it was interfering with her sleep instead of aiding it. I really liked halo swaddles!

Google "double swaddle." It worked amazingly with our son!

We use both the halo swaddle sack thing, which she will occasionally bust one arm out if I don't wrap tight enough and also the summer infant swaddleme sack. She rarely busts out of the swaddleme sack and it's a thinner material to me than the halo. I can wrap her pretty tightly in it. My daughter had a couple of nights like you are describing, but she will not sleep well unless swaddled. Maybe try those swaddleme sacks? I get them at target.

We liked the SwaddleMe. If she's breaking out of it but still startling herself awake, I'd say she probably needs it even more now.

we swaddled our first for naps till he was around 7 months old. I know... crazy... but he wasn't a big roller. we just used aden and anais blankets!

Definitely the Swaddle Strap. I posted a similar thread almost as soon as we came home from the hospital and ended up trying the Swaddle Strap we had. It works miracles. The only thing I'd suggest is using long sleeves underneath for more friction.

Im old school. We just used regular blankets. lol. The A+A blankets were my favorite and the double swaddle is awesome! We used it until she was 6 months old.

I used two A&A blankets and learned the Russian Swaddle from youtube. It was the only thing that worked until we transitioned to halo sleep sack swaddles.

@Mae: In the summer we would just swaddle him up in his diaper only!

Also, we transitioned out of the swaddle into the Magic Sleepsuit. It was awesome and not too hot (again, he was only in a diaper).

Have you tried swaddling her with her arms out? My LO is almost 9 weeks old and has never liked to have her arms restricted. We use sleep sacks or swaddle blankets (the kind with velcro) and just swaddle her with her arms out.

We use a SwaddleMe, but we're trying to wean her right now. Around the age of your LO she was starting to bust out her arms somewhat. I think that was our clue to wean, but we pushed it to 16 weeks. Her startle reflex is still strong so it's hard!

@illumina: good to know someone had success with cold turkey during crib transition! We're attempting that now and it's rough so far! How long until she wasn't startling herself so much?

@Mae: I used to just use the inner swaddle of the double swaddle when it was hot out. Works like a charm.

@Mae: Instead of using 2 blankets or a blanket and a swaddle, I would just use the first blanket with nothing over it. It would still pin down her arms, but leave her legs free for some air flow.

My DD hated to be swaddled, needed hands by her face/over her head, so we used a sleep sack pretty much from the beginning. I also used an A&A just around her legs.