If you swaddle your LO...advice/recommendation

Starbear06 · July 2012

What do you use to swaddle? Receiving blanket? Halo? Miracle blanket? Or anything else?

We only swaddle at night and currently using the receiving blanket. I am horrible at swaddling and feel bad to wake up DH just to have him swaddle. I'm looking for something easy but DS also likes to have his leg tight in the frog position when being swaddled.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

PashTY · July 2012

I use the SwaddleMe blankets, they are sold at Walmart and my little girl loves to sleep in them. Lately I've been swaddling here for her naps, it keeps her warm.

jennyann28 · July 2012

I use the Aden & Anais boutique muslin blankets. The boutique style are 47"x47" and I would not want them any smaller! IMO, receiving blankets are waaaaaay too small to successfully swaddle with. We have SwaddleMes and a Woombie, but DD fights them hard, ending up awake and pissed off so we no longer use them.

surprise3rd · July 2012

I use the Aden and Anais Swaddle blankets too. Watch a You Tube video, or google the Rosie Pope Swaddle. I also came home from the hospital with a couple blankets that swaddle really well, but LO will probably be too big for them really soon.

Starbear06 · July 2012

jennyann28:
I use the Aden & Anais boutique muslin blankets. The boutique style are 47"x47" and I would not want them any smaller! IMO, receiving blankets are waaaaaay too small to successfully swaddle with. We have SwaddleMes and a Woombie, but DD fights them hard, ending up awake and pissed off so we no longer use them.

I also have these swaddle blankets and cannot use them as swaddle for the life of me. They are huge and I think I just don't know how to use them.

nicole0066 · July 2012

We use the Halo swaddlers. I likt the fleece much better because it doesn't stretch like the cotton ones and DD cannot break out of them as easily.

laurenhankey · July 2012

we also use the halo swaddler. Although it's a little warm right now and our LO has a heat rash because of it (it's made of fleece). But it's great because it velcros and you can have arms in or out or 1 arm in. The nice thing is is when LO starts to roll over you can still use it because it gives you the option of arms out.

rapaulson · July 2012

I love the swaddleMe ones. Easy to use, and lo is content to map and sttn in them.

khagan9368 · July 2012

I use the halo ones at night. I keep the house frigid at night (AC junkie) so the fact that they are warm is a double bonus. He busts out of a receiving blanket swaddle within minutes...

ThePinkSuperhero · July 2012

We, too, love the SwaddleMe blankets; they're so easy!

k4slr6 · July 2012

ThePinkSuperhero:
We, too, love the SwaddleMe blankets; they're so easy!

this. She falls asleep as soon as they are on.

barbyjp · July 2012

We use the Summer Infant SwaddleMe....they are so easy to use and stay put better than using a regular receiving blanket

fryrat · July 2012

i love the halo sleepsack swaddle. it has a zipper, upside down, so you can easily change at night. it is very easy to use, even for dh, without instructions. we tried the summer infant swaddleme, and we just got frustrated. the velcro stuck where it wasn't supposed to, then it only secures in a set place, so if your baby nerds it tighter so she cant escape, no such luck.

katiemrob · July 2012

We were using the swaddleme's, but my LO kept busting out as she grew longer, so we switched to the miracle blanket and LOVE it! It is the only one that can contain her arms, that are out to get her at night :-)

pugznploons · July 2012

we are using the swaddle mes right now as they are a good size for our tiny baby
(not 6lbs yet) but have A&A and miracle blanket to use later

StephenW4 · July 2012

We LOVE the Miracle Blanket swaddler. LO gets wrapped in it every night for bed. Tried the Summer Infant SwaddleMe, but I find it to be too small - if LO is anything but passed out, I can't get a good wrap. Her legs barely fit in the pocket.

The Miracle Blanket is a bit pricey (we got one at my baby shower) but I would highly recommend it. I agree with PPs - receiving blankets just aren't big enough to get a good, secure swaddle.

p.s. - if you do try the Miracle Blanket, we found that simply wrapping the fabric around her arms isn't quite enough to keep her happy. We just take the arm flaps and tuck them under her body - that way her own weight keeps her arms nice and secure and keeps her from "houdini-ing" out of them.

khill86 · July 2012

We started using receiving blankets since DS was small. Once he got a bit more active in his sleep and bigger, we started using the SwaddleMes. Now that DS is a bit longer, I find he prefers to be able to stretch his legs straight out and the SwaddleMes are just to short(he's not big enough to go to the bigger size and keep it tight enough). So now we use the Halo Sleepsack swaddler (cotton). The sack is longer and roomier but the wings keep him nice and tight. I also keep a large muslin swaddler in the diaper bag that I use if we're out and have a swaddle emergency.

elampl · July 2012

The Halo sleep sack is super easy to use, although I would say that it loosens up quickly in the legs.

tiffanybird · July 2012

We use the Woombie for swaddling and absolutely love it. It's a zipper-type swaddler, so LO can't break out of it in the middle of the night, and has a bit of stretch to it. (I feel like I'm really pushing the Woombie on this board lately, but it really is awesome!!)

kdjudd · July 2012

I love my miracle blanket. It puts my LO right to sleep!

freezorburn · July 2012

Sometimes I use an Aden & Anais swaddle, other times I use the Halo Swaddle Me. It sorta depends on what is working this week.

I love the A&A for warmer nights. I like to swaddle the way Harvey Karp describes it in "Happiest Baby on the Block," combined with the technique I found on YouTube -- look up "Escape Proof Swaddling."

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