https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:31:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938463 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:41:49 +0000 Anagram 1938463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: yup, lots of freedom! My LO walks all around her crib wearing hers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938436 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:29:11 +0000 Mae 1938436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alright, I'm convinced :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938421 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:21:11 +0000 twodoghouse 1938421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use sleep sacks now and especially like them now that it's getting colder. My friends used a sleep sack till their son was 2.5 and moving into his big boy bed, so I'm thinking at least we won't have another transition anytime soon. And since the sack gives them more freedom to move, I don't think the transition will be as difficult when it does happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938396 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:06:06 +0000 gilmoregirl 1938396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a sleep sack and it is for warmth as much as anything else. He can and does sleep without it but his room is too cold lately to be without. Right now I think it's also preventing him from standing in his crib too much so that's also a win for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938392 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:04:41 +0000 hilsy85 1938392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used and loved sleep sacks. And they are easy enough to use that they should never really be a negative for you, i.e. disrupting her sleep in any way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938378 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:59:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 1938378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I say yes. It's nice to have that extra layer without worrying if she's cold. We only stopped using it when she started walking in the crib and tripping on it and I didn't want to buy even more in another size or style, but now that it's cold again I wish she still wore one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938373 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:56:59 +0000 Anagram 1938373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use sleep sacks now, and LO is 15 months. It gets COLD in our house at night and we have a winter weight sleep sack from Ikea, as well as a Baby Deedee (I prefer the Ikea one, actually). Even in the summer, we put her in a cotton sleep sack because we still have the AC on and we sleep under blankets, so we figure she needs the same layers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-out-of-swaddle-or-merlin-sleep-sack-or-no#post-1938366 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:53:49 +0000 Mae 1938366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we went from swaddle to Merlin, and now I think we'll be out of the Merlin before Christmas. LO has just about figured out how to roll in it! </p> <p>So anyways, when you were done with those types of baby sleep aids... did you use a sleep sack? </p> <p>On one hand I sort of don't want to because I'm sick of having a "she won't sleep if she isn't wearing this thing" thing and I don't know that the transition out of merlin would be better with a sleep sack than without. </p> <p>But it's cold! I worry that just putting her in a sleeper won't keep her warm enough this winter. </p>