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The first month we used swaddle blankets because Olive was too small/weak to break out of them. Then we used the wrap/velcro style blankets until she was 4 months old. She kept breaking out of them so we went cold turkey to sleep sacks after that and she's been in sleep sacks ever since.

We still use the swaddle blankets all the time in the stroller, nursing cover, blanket, etc. so they have a long use after the initial swaddling stage! And Charlie was in sleep sacks until just recently (he's 2 1/4). The wrap/velcro blankets have the shortest life, but they work so well!

So they all have a purpose.... just at different stages of their life!

The Miracle blanket worked the best for us because LO couldn't break out of it. But it was such a pain to use, especially in the middle of the night when you're dead tired. We then used the velcro-style wrap but it was made of a fleece type of material and our LO would sweat like no other. So I'm on the lookout for a velcro-style wrap made of cotton. I'll probably try the sleepsack with #2 and see how that goes too.

We used Aiden and Anais blankets and the SwaddleMe with DD; for some reason, DS only likes the A&A blankets. We never used sleep sacks; we just went straight from swaddles to long-sleeve footie pajamas.