https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 08:56:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-932701 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:14:35 +0000 Bookish 932701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamakatz: Thanks! I meant to update here to say that I bought a couple Summer SwaddleMes to tide us over until the woombies get here, and they have helped! She can still break out, but it takes her an hour or two instead of 5 seconds :p</p> <p>Her sleep has vastly improved since we put her in them!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-932134 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:11:46 +0000 mamakatz 932134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You may have already decided on what you are going to try, but both of my children were swaddled using the Summer SwaddleMe blankets. I like them because you can decide how tight you want them. My kids loved being swaddled in them and it definitely let me get some much needed sleep. Both babies were sleeping through the night at 7-8 weeks and didn't break out of them. Good luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927684 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:21:39 +0000 mrsbookworm 927684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks @lazylightning. I'm still hoping there's something I can do that will make him sleep more than 2 hours at a stretch each night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927649 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:04:28 +0000 Foodnerd81 927649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently have pretty much every swaddle helper in the book sitting in a drawer in the baby's room-- miracle blanket, swaddle me, woombie, plus A&amp;A blankets. I haven't opened most of them on the chance that I'll find something that works right away, but I wanted to be prepared with everything when the baby gets here since my nephew was a houdini too. The Miracle Blanket worked best for him, so I have those hand me downs ready to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927611 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:50:55 +0000 LazyLightning 927611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbookworm: We swaddle her in a halo or an A&amp;A blanket, and she ALWAYS is out of it each time she wakes. With the halo my goal is to keep her arms from hitting her face. So I'll do it so if she wiggles her hands come out the bottom. She looks weird but at least won't startle herself by hitting in the face. But she does not sleep well either way. This morning I did a particularly tight one and could hear her lying in her pack n play working at it for 15-20 minutes until she got her arms out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927598 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:48:22 +0000 mrsbookworm 927598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lazylightning: What did you wind up doing for sleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927585 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:45:33 +0000 LazyLightning 927585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before you buy a woombie/swaddleme!! I thought it was our answer too. But here's a picture of my child at about 3.5 weeks old busting out of a swaddle-me, which is like a woombie, except cheaper. This took her less than 5 minutes the first time i put it on her. She can also make short work of a halo sleepsack (with the velcro) or a traditional blanket swaddle. </p> <p>Edited to add: your baby sounds like mine - long, lean, and strong. She could roll from side to side right away, and lift herself up if i hold her arms... and hold her head up no problem. Strong babies unite! </p> <p>This has been my most successful and she can even bust out of this if she works at it a bit.<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LgAksqnSrw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LgAksqnSrw</a></p> <p>[attach=233/13/mpucby.450x600.swaddleme.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927447 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:09:04 +0000 Boheme 927447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SwaddleMes work great for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927390 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:51:26 +0000 blackbird 927390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah we've been miracle blanket-ing it up, too. The double swaddle was great for a few weeks but it was warmer for her and she started breaking out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927319 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:23:33 +0000 mrsbookworm 927319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had tried the Woombie. We tried all the rest and he broke out of them all. We gave up and now at 10 weeks, he's not a good sleeper. Keep trying and I hope you find the right one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927304 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:19:24 +0000 maybebaby 927304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do the double swaddle--check it of on YouTube! We use a+a blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927296 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:16:05 +0000 sslm 927296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Woombie!!! The zipper makes it basically impossible for them to bust out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927246 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:02:03 +0000 Weagle 927246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miracle blanket and then Woombie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927186 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:45:25 +0000 cmomma17 927186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: you know what terrifies me .... they are only going to get BIGGER and STRONGER! Eeeek! ;)<br /> Have you had to try to open up her little fist yet? Impossible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927158 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:34:38 +0000 aprk 927158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried the super swaddle?</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LgAksqnSrw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LgAksqnSrw</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927055 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:06:35 +0000 Bookish 927055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: It really is!! I was sitting there with her on my chest last night, and she lifted her head a good 5 times! Ahhh! I really need to get her a cape. I had NO idea how alert, responsive, and strong a newborn could be. Lordyyy.</p> <p>@babynumber1: @keiki_mama: @mrs. wagon: @Mrsbells: It looks like the woombie website has a snap/wrap style one on clearance, 20$ for buy one/get one free. I think I'll get on that!</p> <p>@dookie32: @sloaneandpuffy: I'm going to have DH pick up a MiracleBlanket from Target, hopefully it'll work!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-927038 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:59:40 +0000 Mrsbells 927038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: How about the woombie? It has a zipper so even with super human strength your baby cant get out</p> <p>I tried the miracle blanket but I hated it </p> [attach=1326/13/mpu4ng.300x300.woombie-pic-300x300.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926994 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:47:16 +0000 babynumber1 926994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second the woombie! It is fantastic and sooo easy! We didn't find it until 3 months, but it is awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926991 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:46:01 +0000 dookie32 926991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was super strong and we had a lot of luck with the Miracle Blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926984 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:43:38 +0000 cmomma17 926984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: isn't it amazing how strong a newborn can be?? I was so surprised by this! We have the miracle swaddle but are less than impressed. It would be better if it came with some kind of velcro closure.<br /> My LO regularly breaks out of A&amp;A's and the miracle blanket, but that's all we have ever used (12 weeks now). We just learned to do it tighter and tighter, and got used to re-doing it in the middle of the night sometimes.<br /> Good luck! Maybe get super baby a cape!!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926973 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:40:44 +0000 keiki_mama 926973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You might think we're crazy but we had a houdini and we used the miracle blanket first then topped it off with the woombie. LO was a winter baby and we didn't have heating so it worked in our favor. Not sure if your climate will allow you to do this? Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926970 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:39:44 +0000 Smurfette 926970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R would break out of A&amp;A blankets too. We had great success with Swaddleme blankets till she started getting bigger and could break out of those. The miracle blanket didn't work great for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926968 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:39:11 +0000 looch 926968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>something with velcro, not just wrapping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926961 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:38:29 +0000 mamimami 926961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never tried it but I have heard great things about the miracle blanket! Also, the Merlin sleep suit.</p> <p>We just used the summer baby and swaddle me thingies and those were strong enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926957 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:37:33 +0000 mrs. wagon 926957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>one word: WOOMBIE!!!</p> <p>eta: LMW has superhuman strength and broke out of every single swaddle we tried (especially ones with velcro) except miracle blanket, which she started breaking out of later on as well. We couldn't double swaddle because it was summer and she was a sweaty baby. So we went to the woombie and never looked back. Loved it. She even busted through the seams and I had to sew it back together but it's SO much easier than swaddling (just zip it up!) and keeps them in there!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-what-kind-of-swaddle-for-superhuman-baby#post-926952 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:37:08 +0000 Bookish 926952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby Bookworm is just over a week old, and it's already terrifying how strong she is. She rolled from her left to right side at 4 (!!) days, and is starting to lift her head up pretty frequently when I'm burping her on my chest.</p> <p>So, super baby doesn't seem to be agreeing well with our A&amp;A swaddles. She was always able to break out, even when the expert nurses at the hospital did it, but last night it's like a switch flipped and it *really* bothered her to have her hands out. We tried double swaddling, no dice.</p> <p>I'm sending DH to Target in a couple hours, and could really use some help on what new swaddle to buy. She is currently working back up to her birth weight of 7lbs9oz, and is a very long, lean baby.</p> <p>Help! We were up all night trying to calm her down and keep her darn arms from scaring her, and we all need some sleep! </p>