https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:21:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-738207 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:55:50 +0000 PrincessBaby 738207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LURVE good ol A&amp;A 47x47s. But it took a while to get good at swaddling with them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-738195 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:51:14 +0000 Smurfette 738195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: you know now that I see that video DH doesn't wrap it twice at the last part. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-738179 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:44:25 +0000 shopaholic 738179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: How do you mean her hands come out of the bottom? I wrap her like this video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjWO3PMTHU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjWO3PMTHU</a></p> <p>DH also doesn't always wrap it as tight and she did manage to get one arm out before.</p> <p>* The first time I used it, I didn't realize there was a bottom pocket, so maybe her hands stuck out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735906 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:30:16 +0000 aprk 735906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We like the swaddle me swaddlers bc the Velcro is so easy to undo. A likes his hands up, so we can position them better than in the miracle blanket, and can even "swaddle" him with hands out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735870 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:52:47 +0000 Smurfette 735870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: @shopaholic: maybe I am doing the MB wrong cause R always gets her hand out at the bottom </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735867 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:48:09 +0000 CarrieLouWho 735867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Summer infant for the first 3-4 weeks then she hated it. Spent a week sleeping on the couch with no swaddle. Then we moved to the crib &amp; used the miracle blanket - she magically started sleeping through the night. When we started to wean, we used the woombie for a few weeks. I loved all 3 at different times for different reasons!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735753 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:48:52 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 735753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first loved the A+A blankets and stopped needing to be swaddled around 4 months (even though he was not yet rolling over at that point it stopped helping him sleep). My younger babe is all about the miracle blanket. So yes all babies are different... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735749 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:42:34 +0000 shopaholic 735749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Our LOs sound the same! K still doesn't like the MB but if I can get her in it at the right time, she stays asleep longer than without! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735737 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:32:06 +0000 ladyfingers 735737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried the a+a blankets, halo swaddle sleepsack, swaddle me, and woombie. The only one that works is the Miracle Blanket. He cannot even be able to remotely move his arms or he will detect there's a chance of getting out and will keep himself up trying to wiggle out, growing more and more pissed. Sometimes he hates getting trussed up in the MB but once he's in he falls asleep so much faster and stays contained and asleep. It seems complicated but it's really simple and it takes me like 10 seconds now (though DH sucks at it). </p> <p>Can't speak to weaning since he's 11 weeks and still has to be swaddled. He has major Pinocchio arms and has been obsessed with inhaling his fist, but isn't good enough at it yet for it to soothe himself -- it just keeps him awake lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735590 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:42:52 +0000 photojane 735590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: We also use the Swaddlemes. If I'm not holding her, I always swaddle Sadie for naps, because she loves to punch herself in the head &amp; cut her face open with her little nails while she's sleeping. She always wakes herself up if she's not swaddled. I usually do a loose swaddle with A+A's for naps in her swing, but for night sleep or if she's napping in my bed I always use a Swaddleme since they're so tight and wiggle-proof. They're inexpensive &amp; work wonders for us!</p> <p>ETA: Sadie is 10 weeks &amp; we're not going to swaddle wean any time soon. She does so well in it, I don't see the point of stopping. I plan on losing the swaddle when she's able to self soothe... otherwise I'll be in there all night, every time she punches herself awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735581 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:38:01 +0000 sarac 735581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the sorts that were a sack with wings that just wrapped around and velcroed closed. So useful! I miss those days, with a tiny swaddled baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735232 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:34:00 +0000 kml636 735232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miracle blanket got my LO to STTN at 9 weeks! It's the only one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735189 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:14:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 735189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I know! I made ugly faces at the price of the miracle blanket because I didn't understand what was so special about it<br /> Loved the miracle blanket! LO was born in October so by jan, we doubled layered the miracle blanket with an A&amp;a blanket for warmth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735173 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:07:31 +0000 Smurfette 735173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R didn't like the woombie. We use A&amp;A blankets, started doing double swaddle, now just one. Have tried miracle blanket and SwaddleMe. Whatever we use she breaks out of but I still think she likes being swaddled, not ready to break her of it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735142 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:50:28 +0000 oliviaoblivia 735142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD broke out of the miracle blanket, woombie was too tight on her neck (didn't realize that was such a common problem) , she broke out of an a&amp;a swaddle and mashed it into her mouth, then we got the Velcro halo and she flipped onto her belly. Swaddling was just not for her. We quit trying when she was three weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735110 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:31:24 +0000 pl0508 735110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: it almost look like he has on a one shoulder top haha. We put the arm out side under his arm pit the. Pull the other side higher </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735104 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:29:59 +0000 JerricaBenton 735104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use miracle blanket. We thought she hated being swaddled because she always broke free from a+a swaddles but in the miracle blanket she stays in and sleeps so much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735089 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:24:13 +0000 rattles 735089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with A&amp;As but ended up preferring the Halo swaddle sacks (in fleece since she was a December baby). Our ped said to stop swaddling at 3 months, so we transitioned to regular sleep sacks then. We had the same issue with woombie being too tight around her neck. Her face started to turn purple when we put her in it - scary parent fail. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735069 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:16:15 +0000 shopaholic 735069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K hates being swaddled! After balking at the price of the Miracle Blanket, I finally broke down and bought one. It's the only one she hasn't been able to break out of and I went out and bought a 2nd one! Besides that, I like the A&amp;A large swaddle blankets. I can swaddle her in those too if she's already asleep.<br /> The Summer SwaddleMe and Halo Sleep Sacks just make her MAD! We had one swaddlepod too and that was awful. But this is just my LO - who fights the swaddle like a mad lady! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735068 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:16:03 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 735068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: How do you swaddle one arm in and one arm out in a SwaddleMe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735033 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:04:59 +0000 pl0508 735033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we use swaddleme blankets exclusively! we swaddle lo with one arm out and one arm in and he stays nice and snug all night :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-735017 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:59:18 +0000 Weagle 735017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miracle Blanket until time to start thinking about weaning, then Woombie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734984 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:45:44 +0000 blackbird 734984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a Kushies swaddler at night (suuuuper soft!) and the Summer infant ones during the day. We have a miracle blanket too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734982 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:44:17 +0000 skibobrown 734982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: LOL. Well I would recommend the Summer Infant SwaddleMe blankets across the board, but the time to stop swaddling seems to depend very strongly on the individual baby's temperament. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734981 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:44:00 +0000 loveisstrange 734981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We swaddled for 6 months and just used A+A blankets. When she learned how to break out of a traditional swaddle, we started the double swaddle. </p> <p>C loved swaddling. We quit when she learned to roll over while swaddled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734980 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:43:41 +0000 immabeetoo 734980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought one of each type (used) to see what we liked. Miracle blanket was too complicated woombie was too tight around his neck halo sleep swaddle sacks worked well as did the Velcro summers infant type ones. Aden and anais got tedious after a while but I use the blankets daily for other things. We stopped around three and a half months when he rolled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734972 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:41:08 +0000 autumnlove 734972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only swaddled LO for a month and we liked the 47x47 AA blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734967 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:39:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 734967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: Why do so many baby recommendations come with the disclaimer that it depends on your baby?! Can't they come with a one size fits all manual?? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734949 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:33:42 +0000 skibobrown 734949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We loved the Summer Infant velcro swaddles. The velcro did start to wear out, so we needed to rotate through a few of them. On cold nights I would add an extra swaddle layer w/ an Aden and Anais blanket on top (mostly for warmth, not containment). We stopped swaddling DD at 3.5 months when she was showing signs of getting very angry at her swaddle. She never really liked being swaddled though... I know lots of moms who swaddled for a lot longer. In our case, DD slept through the night starting as soon as we stopped swaddling her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-swaddling-gear#post-734944 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:31:46 +0000 Boheme 734944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! I'm wondering the same </p>