https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:46:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105874 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:28:03 +0000 winniebee 1105874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miracle blanket </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105857 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:21:22 +0000 Pepper 1105857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: We have one and he hates it! I'm actually thinking about selling it because he hates it so much. I guess it's because his legs aren't tight enough in it? He also always manages to get his arms free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105182 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:52:49 +0000 swedishfish 1105182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: what about a Halo swaddle sack? It lets you swaddle his arms still but is a regular sleep sack as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105085 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:34:30 +0000 Pepper 1105085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: Yeah, I'm really afraid of overheating too. I'll use a onesie. Thanks!</p> <p>@.twist.: One of these days, we'll win at infant sleeping! :)</p> <p>Gah, I need to put a rush order on these woombies, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105055 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:29:35 +0000 edelweiss 1105055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we also ended up using a woombie. it's so easy and they can't break out of it, although for us it didn't help LO fall asleep any easier. we stopped using the woombie (or any swaddle) when we sleep trained so that he could learn how to suck his thumb to fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105052 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:29:13 +0000 .twist. 1105052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the same problem. I am a sleep failure too, and I hate swaddling and I hate unswaddling. </p> <p>I 3rd, 4th, 5th the woombie. I'm actually going to get another one today because l has outgrown his. </p> <p>Hugs mama!</p> <p>Eta: woombies are the best I've found so far for diaper changes if you need to do that. Although, I don't think you need much more convincing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105051 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:28:49 +0000 lindseykaye 1105051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: We didn't use a sleep and play until she was out of the swaddle. Until then I just used a onesie since the woombie covered her from neck to toes and left nothing exposed. LO runs hot so I worried about her overheating, even though it was winter (though we live in Florida so the term "winter" is relative). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1105043 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:26:57 +0000 Pepper 1105043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: @Bookish: @lindseykaye: Ok, I'm going to try a Woombie! Thanks for the recommendation. Do you guys use the Woombie with a sleep and play?</p> <p>@lawbee11: I think I'm going to put him in a long sleeved cotton sleeper with swaddle tonight until I get a woombie. They fight the swaddle, but can't sleep without it. What gives?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1104574 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:57:15 +0000 lindseykaye 1104574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Another woombie convert. We tried the american swaddle fold, a russian fold, combining the two into a double swaddle... so many things. Finally ordered a woombie and she slept like a dream. It was winter, so we still used a traditional swaddle using an A&amp;A muslin blanket, topped with a woombie for a tight fit. She slept in this until she learned to roll over and we had to quit cold turkey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1104507 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:25:51 +0000 lawbee11 1104507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: I have no advice, just empathy. Swaddling is the bane of my existence. M seems to hate it (cries while I put it on her), but she sleeps so much better with it on. She does the same thing where she wakes up wrestling with it, and she often gets her arms out (we use the swaddlemes). We swaddle her in a short-sleeve onesie because she also runs warm, and usually she doesn't break free until right before she's about to wake up anyways so I haven't had to deal with the cold arms/hands. Could you swaddle him in a cotton long-sleeves onesie? So at least there are light-weight sleeves but no pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1104506 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:25:24 +0000 Bookish 1104506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Does he sleep ok when he's swaddled, even when he breaks out? My LO breaks out a few times a week but stays asleep, so we put her in a light nightgown/sleep sack so that if she does break out, she's still warm.</p> <p>ETA ok I just re-read that he wakes up when he breaks out. I second the woombie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1104504 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:24:16 +0000 sslm 1104504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We loved the woombie bc it zipped up and she couldn't break free!</p> <p>When we swaddle weaned it was rough for a few nights and then it got better, so waiting it out might be the solution :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swaddle-problems#post-1104495 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:15:02 +0000 Pepper 1104495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate swaddling LO anymore. We did a sleep sack and sleeper for a few nights, but he keeps himself awake when his arms are free. At the same time, when he's swaddled, he will wake up and wrestle with it! I woke up last night and he had both arms out and his hands and lower arms were freezing cold. :( I switched him to a fleece sleepsack, but he wouldn't fall back asleep til I re-swaddled him. I'm feeling like a baby sleep failure! </p> <p>We use the swaddle me brand. Is there a better one out there? I always swaddle him in just a diaper because he runs warm... but his cold little exposed hands and arms are making me question my methods. </p>