Sleep sack or swaddle sack?

babypaloozyvan · July 2012

So STM's...which do you suggest? Sleep swaddle at night or sleep sack over pj's/onesie? Or some other combo I'm not thinking of...TIA!

ToxityRue · July 2012

swaddle definitely

stever · July 2012

ToxityRue:
swaddle definitely

babypaloozyvan · July 2012

Miracle blanket or halo brand?

Grins04 · July 2012

Swaddle until they roll, then switch to sleep sack when they need their arms (and we used them until DS was about 18 months because he wouldn't keep a blanket on).

I still put something until the swaddle though, even if it was just a onesie. In the summer months I used cotton swaddle/sleep sacks and then in the winter I used fleece.

Grins04 · July 2012

babypaloozyvan:
Miracle blanket or halo brand?

Miracle Blanket SwaddleMe's are great too, but aren't as Houdini-proof as a Miracle Blanket. Halo is what we used for sleep sacks.

pugznploons · July 2012

we have A&A blankets for swaddling, plus a couple of swaddle mes and miracle blankets. If baby doesn't like swaddling we'll go buy some sleep sacks, but I didn't want to buy any until I knew what season baby would be using them in and what size they'd need.

jesslinnn · July 2012

Receiving blankets or a SwaddleMe for the first few months when DS liked being swaddled. Then we used sleep sacks until he could use regular blankets.

Edit: Either way I put something underneath. Either a onesie or footed pjs, depending on the temp.

Novem06 · July 2012

Swaddle for 3 months or so then halo sleep sack

Mrs. Rohde · July 2012

Swaddle definitely in the beginning. Then Sleep Sack over jammies once they outgrow or are done being swaddled.

KayaXavier · July 2012

My daughter wasn't tiny or anything, she was a healthy 7 lbs but as a newborn, sleep sacks and SwaddleMes, anything that was a preset size, not custom wrapped around her body was huuuuge on her, like she was swimming in them and may as well have just had a blanket over her. She was soothed by a tightly wrapped swaddle but the other things were useless. For us, swaddling was absolutely necessary to calm her but I've heard from a lot of parents that said their little ones didn't want to be swaddled so I think you just need to wait to meet your baby and find out her preference.

Manda-Kay · July 2012

We were told at our newborn class to never swaddle a baby when they are sleeping unless you are right there with them. Hearing all of these other answers is making me second guess this. To be on the safe side, we plan on using sleep sacks.

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